Bloomberg The number of fresh listings on Nasdaq Inc.’s alternative First North market in Stockholm has more than doubled this year, driven by health-care companies such as Promore Pharma, the latest from that industry to plan an initial public offering. Stockholm’s First North market saw 27 new listings, including 20 IPOs, between early January and May 22, according to data ...

Bloomberg Prime Minister Theresa May’s office backtracked on a statement that a deal was reached with Northern Ireland’s Democratic Unionist Party, adding to a sense of chaos around her government after last week’s disastrous election, and eight days before Brexit talks begin. “The prime minister has tonight spoken with the DUP to discuss finalizing a confidence and supply deal when ...

Bloomberg Russia and the US are ready to help resolve a diplomatic rift in the Middle East over Qatar’s alleged support for militants and ties to Iran, the Russian Foreign Ministry said on Sunday. Sergei Lavrov, the foreign minister, discussed Qatar with US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson in a phone call on Saturday. Both “stressed the need to resolve ...

Bloomberg Philippine troops have enough resources but will need a bit of time to quash Islamic militants entrenched in the southern city of Marawi, the head of the army says. The remaining members of the Maute group, which is allied with the IS, are confined to four villages in the city and their possible exit points have been sealed, Eduardo ...

Bloomberg Italians voted in the first round of municipal elections on Sunday in a test of the country’s political mood after a multi-party deal on a new electoral law unraveled this week, making the prospect of a snap national vote this year unlikely. “It was our duty to try, but the game’s over,” former Prime Minister Matteo Renzi told daily ...

Bloomberg Polling stations opened across France on Sunday as voters begin electing a parliament that will determine how much power recently elected President Emmanuel Macron will actually have. If polls are to be believed, it will be a lot. The latest surveys suggest Macron’s Republic on the Move movement, or REM, will win a comfortable majority in the 577-seat National ...

Bloomberg North Korea says it has moved closer to test-firing an intercontinental ballistic missile with the potential of hitting the US mainland. “US President Donald Trump has said the world will never see North Korea reach the final stage of developing nuclear weapons that could reach the US, but recent strategic weapon tests have proved the country is ‘not far ...

Bloomberg German Chancellor Angela Merkel took a shot at President Donald Trump’s proposed border wall, telling an audience in Mexico that a physical barrier won’t resolve any country’s immigration issues. “We must fight against the causes that lead people to abandon their homes,” Merkel said at a business event at Mexico City’s Interactive Museum of Economics. “And constructing walls isn’t ...

What does the FBI director do when he suspects the president is a manipulative liar? The answer in James Comey’s case is that he writes memos, tries to evade demands for loyalty — and anguishes about protecting himself and the FBI. But by Comey’s own admission, perhaps he should have done more. The big news had already surfaced before Comey’s ...

There’s something about the Indian stock market this year that’s turning the serious business of managing money into a kindergarten spoon race: Everybody is a winner. Well, almost everybody. Among offshore funds that primarily invest in India, the top 30, which between them account for $40 billion in assets, have produced average returns of almost 25% so far in 2017, ...