Bloomberg Thousands of Italian cities shut off power at some of their biggest tourist attractions to protest spiraling energy costs. Municipal authorities from across the political spectrum banded together to highlight their call for 550 million euros ($627 million) in energy-cost relief from the government, as gas and electricity bills have risen by more than 30% this year. Italy …

  Bloomberg Stocks extended declines on Friday along with American index futures as red-hot US inflation stoked bets on faster Federal Reserve interest-rate hikes amid febrile speculation about the monetary-policy outlook. The Stoxx Europe 600 index dropped more than 1%, with technology and real-estate shares leading the decline. Carmakers outperformed after strong results from Mercedes-Benz AG. The benchmark remains on …

  Bloomberg Europe’s food delivery firms are finding out the hard way that investors are no longer willing to look past continual losses and rising costs. Delivery Hero SE’s shares shed close to a third of their value, or about 5.1 billion euros ($5.8 billion), in a record rout as analysts lamented elusive profitability. The bleeding continued with a further …