Bloomberg Renault SA, Nissan Motor Co. and Mitsubishi Motors Corp. are about to do what many carmakers have been trying to avoid: let Google into the dashboard. The French-Japanese auto alliance announced a technology partnership that will make its vehicles among the first to use Google’s Android operating system in the dashboard, letting Alphabet Inc.’s software control mapping and navigation, ...

Bloomberg One of the biggest legal battles in the technology industry may be entering its final stages. Qualcomm Inc. Chief Executive Officer Steve Mollenkopf said a bitter standoff between the chip maker and Apple Inc. is entering a period when both sides have an increasing incentive to settle. In coming months, the companies will be forced to make their case ...

Bloomberg Germany’s beleaguered car industry faces another regulatory tangle, as the European Union opened a probe into Volkswagen AG, Daimler AG and BMW AG over suspected collusion that could have delayed clean-emissions technology for cars. The investigation, which could lead to heavy fines, focusses on technical talks to develop selective catalytic reduction systems to reduce nitrogen-oxides emissions from diesel cars ...

Bloomberg The European Union outlined ways to bolster the World Trade Organization in a bid to keep US President Donald Trump committed to the global commercial order that America helped shape after World War II. EU Trade Commissioner Cecilia Malmstrom presented a “concept paper” aimed at strengthening WTO rules against trade-distorting subsidies, averting a deadlock in the dispute-settlement system of ...

Bloomberg President Donald Trump’s decision to impose tariffs on an additional $200 billion of imports from China drags the biggest part of the US economy into the thick of the trade war, threatening to deliver a more direct hit to growth. The 10 percent tariffs announced on Monday — which take effect from September 24 and will rise to 25 ...

Bloomberg Global equity markets reacted calmly to the latest salvos in the intensifying trade war between the US and China. Treasuries retreated and oil gained. The S&P 500 Index rose on Tuesday, led by technology shares, even after Beijing responded to President Donald Trump’s announcement of fresh levies by saying it will impose tariffs on $60 billion of US goods ...

Bloomberg Global markets have arrived at an inflection point, with the dollar’s fate poised to determine whether the extreme divergence in equities continues, according to Oxford Economics. “There is a fork in the road,” writes Gaurav Saroliya, director of global macro strategy. The shop is positioning for a weaker greenback, a development that researchers there say would allow non-US equities ...

Bloomberg China’s ever-growing money market funds pose an increasing problem for the nation’s central bank as policy makers attempt to boost the flow of credit to cushion an economic slowdown. While the funds have offered savers a handy alternative to risky stocks and once high-flying wealth management products, they’re effectively raising borrowing costs. That’s because, with some 8.6 trillion yuan ...

Bloomberg Dena Bank surged the most in 10 years after India’s government announced a plan to combine the state-owned lender with two peers including Bank of Baroda to strengthen the debt-laden banking system. The stock jumped by the 20 percent limit to 19.1 rupees in Mumbai, while Bank of Baroda slumped as much as 14 percent amid concern the merger ...

Bloomberg Visa Inc. and Mastercard Inc. agreed to pay as much as $6.2 billion to end a long-running price-fixing case brought by merchants over card fees, the largest-ever class action settlement of an antitrust case. The total is in line with sums the two companies previously set aside to cover the costs of the litigation, including $5.3 billion already held ...