Bloomberg A Mexican truck blockade at a key Texas bridge is diverting US-bound cargoes to far-flung crossings, worsening shipping snarls and raising the specter of delivery disruptions for everything from avocados to auto parts. Truckers on the Mexican side of the Pharr-Reynosa International Bridge are protesting Texas Governor Greg Abbott’s stepped-up inspection effort. With commercial traffic at a total ...

  Bloomberg UK inflation surged to a 30-year-high of 7% last month, intensifying a cost of living crisis that threatens to derail the economic recovery. Consumer prices rise by 1.1% in March alone, the fastest increase on record for that month. It adds to pressure on the government and Bank of England to act, with prices set to surge further ...

Bloomberg The average price of a Toronto home dipped in March as a slight cooling of activity allowed the pace of new listings to close the gap with sales, even as the market remained heavily tipped in sellers’ favour compared with historic standards. The average home price in Canada’s largest city dipped 2.6% to just under C$1.3 million in March ...

  Bloomberg GlaxoSmithKline Plc agreed to buy biotech company Sierra Oncology for $1.9 billion as the UK drugmaker moves to strengthen its stable of medicines to fight cancer and prepares to spin off its consumer-health unit. The pharmaceutical giant will pay $55 per share in cash for California-based Sierra, a maker of targeted therapies for rare forms of cancer, GSK ...

  Bloomberg France’s economy is slowing more than previously expected as industry suffers from soaring energy costs and worsening supply constraints following Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, according to a monthly report by the central bank.

  Bloomberg Deutsche Telekom AG paid $2.4 billion to SoftBank Group Corp. to increase its stake in T-Mobile US Inc., taking it closer to its goal of holding a majority of the US division. The Bonn-based telecommunications company now holds 48.4% of the company after buying 21.2 million shares at an average price of $113 per T-Mobile share.

  Bloomberg The economic cycle is advancing to a point where valuations may finally matter again for stock and bond investors. Fortress-like in their refusal to bend for the better part of a decade, both asset classes have come under pressure thanks to the ever-stiffening resolve of central banks to restore order to the global economy. The S&P 500 has ...

Bloomberg Investors are flooding into exchange-traded funds focused on semiconductor stocks, wagering the industry will rebound from the supply-chain snags and chip shortage that have dragged the shares lower. Semiconductor ETFs have seen roughly $6.8 billion of inflows since the beginning of the year, surpassing the $5.2 billion for all of 2021 and the $2.1 billion for the year before, ...

New York / WAM The United Arab Emirates has called for continued commitment from the United Nations Security Council to close the stark Covid-19 vaccination gap around the world. Sarah bint Yousif Al Amiri, Minister of State for Advanced Technology, delivered the UAE’s statement at a council meeting on the implementation of two resolutions that call for international cooperation and ...

  ABU DHABI / WAM The United Arab Emirates expressed its sincere condolences and solidarity with the brotherly Republic of Philippines over the victims of landslides and floods caused by the tropical storm that hit several areas of the Philippines this year, killing and injuring dozens. In a statement on Tuesday, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation (MoFAIC) ...