Bloomberg Carlyle Group Inc is weighing new plans to sell Hunkemoller, the Dutch swimwear retailer, according to people familiar with the matter. The US private equity firm is working with investment bank JPMorgan Chase & Co on a potential sale of the business next year, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing confidential information. No final decisions have …

Bloomberg A global stock rally powered by hopes that new Covid-19 vaccines will bolster economic growth paused on Tuesday as investors weighed the near-term spread of the virus. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index fluctuated at the open, while S&P 500 futures retreated a day after the underlying benchmark closed at an all-time high on news that Moderna Inc’s vaccine was …

Bloomberg Indian stocks rose as favourable initial results for a second Covid-19 vaccine fanned optimism of an exit from the pandemic. The S&P BSE Sensex climbed 0.7% to 43,959.75 in Mumbai, while the NSE Nifty 50 Index advanced by the same magnitude. Both gauges extended gains from all-time high closing levels. Strategists at brokerages including Goldman Sachs, Morgan Stanley, and …