Bloomberg Trade between Ireland and Northern Ireland surged during 2021 following the UKs formal departure from the European Union. Imports from Northern Ireland to the Irish Republic jumped 65% compared to a year earlier, while exports from the Republic to Northern Ireland rise 54%, Ireland’s Central Statistics Office said. Meanwhile, imports to Ireland from the rest of the UK ...

  Bloomberg Telecom Italia SpA, the phone carrier targeted in November by KKR & Co, is weighing reducing its Italian workforce by as much as one fifth amid faltering profit during the pandemic and heightened competition in its home market. Pietro Labriola, who took over as the ex-monopolist’s chief executive officer last month, is mulling a three-year restructuring plan that ...

  Bloomberg Colombia’s economy blew away forecasts as it grew at the fastest pace in more than a century last year, driven by a rebound in consumer demand after pandemic curbs were eased, and soaring prices for the nation’s oil, coal and coffee. Gross domestic product (GDP) expanded 10.6% in 2021, the nation’s statistics agency said Tuesday. That’s the fastest ...