London / Bloomberg Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne is under pressure to reverse his plans to liberalize the U.K.’s Sunday trading laws, with 23 Conservative members of Parliament saying they’re ready to vote against the government. In the Enterprise Bill, due to be debated by the House of Commons on Tuesday and Wednesday, local councils in England and Wales ...

MUNICH / Bloomberg BMW AG, which became the world’s largest maker of luxury cars by focusing on Autobahn thrills, is shifting gears to automated driving as urbanization and changing attitudes toward cars redefine transportation. “In the future, ‘Sheer Driving Pleasure’ will also be defined as liberating drivers through automation,” BMW said on Monday in a statement as it celebrated turning ...

London / Bloomberg Holders of the U.K.’s government bonds need not fear the prospect of Britain voting to leave the European Union as they stand to benefit from any economic woes that follow the vote, according to one of the world’s largest money managers. “If a ‘Brexit’ happened it would be very likely the Bank of England would ease policy ...

Bloomberg Few Finns probably thought that adopting the euro would mean more work for less pay. Yet trade unions are now getting ready to sign off on a deal that will cut workers’ income and raise working hours. Unveiled last week, it’s designed to boost competitiveness as the Nordic nation struggles within the constraints of the euro zone. The board ...

Clearly, the Chinese economy has problems, and now appears to be tumbling rather rapidly down along its so-called soft-landing path. Overcapacity began to emerge from around 2013 in the infrastructure sector as well as in numerous manufacturing industries such as shipbuilding, solar cells and wind turbines. The ability of both the public and private sectors to pay back their debt ...

Around the time that polls were closing on Super Tuesday in the U.S., Communist Party news outlets in China began syndicating a 15-image slideshow: “The Erratic Trump is Actually a Winner in Life.” It opens with an image of Donald Trump’s extended family, and a list of reasons why Trump “couldn’t be more inspirational,” including his bestselling books, real-estate empire, ...

Bloomberg U.S. stocks fell from a two-month high, while the dollar and German bonds climbed as investors assessed the impact of China’s growth plans and the potential for European Central Bank stimulus measures this week. The Standard & Poor’s 500 halted its longest rally since October, while miners and banks led the Stoxx Europe 600 Index lower from a five-week ...

ABU DHABI / EMIRATES BUSINESS The Emirates Securities Market Index has increased by 0.62% to close at 4563.26 points. Accordingly the Market Capitalization has gained AED 4.53 billion attaining AED 740.22 billion. A total of 1.97 billion shares were traded with a total value of AED 2.32 billion during the trading session of 07-03-2016 through 20575 transactions. The number of companies which ...

Bloomberg Companies are second guessing whether to participate in green-bond markets as scrutiny by environmental groups raises the bar on what constitutes a climate-friendly security. After quadrupling in size from 2012 to 2014, lifted by investors tracking environmental performance in addition to yield, the green bond market is expected to slow for a second consecutive year, according to Bloomberg New ...

AFP He’s the name behind the world’s first electric supercar, winning international plaudits for his ingenuity. But for Croatia’s 28-year-old Mate Rimac, it all started as a hobby in his garage. A keen techie since high school, Rimac was racing an old BMW when he blew the engine and decided to turn the car into an electric one starting with ...