Bloomberg Ford Motor Co is preparing to make a bigger push in electric vehicles (EV), according to Morgan Stanley. The company doesn’t currently offer any electric cars although it has been heavily investing in such technology. The carmaker’s ongoing discussions with Volkswagen AG promise to take its electric-car ambitions “to the next level,” analysts led by Adam Jonas wrote in …

Bloomberg European governments are actively discussing nominating Bank of England (BOE) Governor Mark Carney as the next head of the International Monetary Fund, according to a person familiar with the matter. While a Canadian by birth, Carney holds British and Irish passports, so his selection would technically preserve the seven-decade practice of a European running the Washington-based lender. The BOE …

Bloomberg India will inject another 700 billion rupees ($10.2 billion) into state banks, giving them a bigger cushion to absorb loan losses and bolster credit growth at a time when the country’s shadow banks are in retreat. The new infusion will “boost capital so that credit can be further improved,” Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said, while presenting the federal budget …