Bloomberg Brazilian President Jair Bolsonaro asked US President Joe Biden for help in his re-election bid during a private meeting on the sidelines of a regional summit this week, portraying his leftist opponent as a danger to US interests, according to people familiar with the matter. During the meeting, Biden underlined the importance of preserving the integrity of Brazil’s democratic ...

Bloomberg French voters begin the process of electing a parliament on Sunday in a two-stage ballot that will determine how much power recently re-elected President Emmanuel Macron will actually have. If polls are right, he should maintain control, perhaps only barely. The latest surveys suggest Macron’s renamed party, Renaissance, and its allies should remain the largest bloc in the 577-seat ...

  Bloomberg Australia Defense Minister Richard Marles said he had a “very frank and full exchange” with his Chinese counterpart on Sunday, marking the highest-level meeting between the countries in more than two years amid a flare-up in tensions. Marles said he discussed issues including the interception of an Australian aircraft by a Chinese jet last month with Defense Minister ...

  Bloomberg UK companies are scaling back their ambitions in response to chronic labour shortages that show few signs of abating, an employment group has warned. The report by the Recruitment and Employment Confederation and KPMG found job vacancies and placements both slowed in May, possible signs that employers are starting to “rethink their growth plans because of skills shortages ...

  Bloomberg The Port of Los Angeles, the US’s busiest, is preparing for the early arrival of 2022 peak season for cargo as retailers stock up on back-to-school and fast-fashion products despite high inventory levels, Executive Director Gene Seroka said. “The upstream orders coming from Asia — getting ready for an early arrival of peak-season goods — look strong; the ...

  Bloomberg Tesla Inc Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Elon Musk sent staff, investors and electric-car watchers on a three-day rollercoaster with conflicting messages about potential job cuts, underlining the sometimes erratic nature of his leadership and muddying the automaker’s outlook. Musk tweeted that Tesla’s total workforce would grow, even as the number of salaried workers remains broadly the same. That ...

  Bloomberg Czech inflation accelerated more than expected in May, supporting expectations of one more large interest rate hike before less hawkish leadership takes over the central bank. Consumer prices rose 16% from a year earlier, driven mainly by cost of housing and food, the statistics office in Prague said. The reading exceeded the median estimate of 15.5% in a ...

  Bloomberg Apple Inc plans to expand the line-up of laptops using its new, speedier in-house chips next year, aiming to grab a bigger share of the marke. The company is working on a larger MacBook Air with a 15-inch screen for release as early as next spring, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the plans ...

  Bloomberg The UK’s antitrust watchdog launched an investigation into the Google Play app store over suspected anticompetitive conduct, alongside a sweeping study taking aim at Alphabet Inc and Apple Inc’s “strong grip” over mobile technologies. Marking the latest broadside against Silicon Valley from an increasingly interventionist UK regulator, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) will probe suspected breaches of ...

  Bloomberg Ferrari plans to significantly expand its factory in northern Italy as part of the electrification strategy it will unveil during a highly anticipated briefing next week. The supercar manufacturer has snapped up space near its Maranello plant and started clearing way for a third production line that will be dedicated to making hybrid and electric vehicles. The expansion ...