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Bombardier to Boost Output Capacity in Quebec With New Factory
Canadian jet maker Bombardier Inc. will invest C$100 million ($72 million) to build a new manufacturing center near Montreal to increase its production capacity.
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Mol Nears Deal to Buy Gazprom Stake in Sanctioned Serb Refinery
Hungarian energy company Mol Nyrt. is closing in on the takeover of Serbia’s sole refinery as US sanctions force Russia’s Gazprom Neft PJSC to sell its majority stake.
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Britain Shows Europe How to Keep Offshore Wind Alive
Yesterday’s auction resulted in plans for four huge wind farms, while other countries struggle to attract developer interest.
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TSMC Makes the Case for Sticking With Tech Stocks
Capital spending forecast points to the powerful fundamentals driving AI boom.
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Bloomberg Brief 1/15/2026 (Video)
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Demand for Mortgages Fell Ahead of Reeves’ Budget, Survey Shows
Demand in the UK for mortgages dropped in the build up to the November budget and is expected to fall further in the coming three months, according to a Bank of England survey, despite other signs that the housing market is picking up.
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US Equities Look 'Robust' Even Without Fed Cuts, SocGen Says
Kokou Agbo-Bloua, global head of economics, cross-asset and quant research at Societe Generale Corporate and Investment Banking, discusses the outlook for equities in 2026. (Source: Bloomberg)
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Ermotti Says UBS Is Assembling List of Potential Successors
UBS Group AG Chief Executive Officer Sergio Ermotti said the bank is in the process of identifying candidates to replace him while reiterating he expects to step aside within about a year.
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Private Credit Drops Safeguard to Win Deals on Wall Street Terms
Private credit firms’ efforts to reap leveraged debt business from Wall Street is coming at a steep cost — safeguards that made them less vulnerable to an economic downturn.
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Tech Revival on AI Boom; Iran Averts US Strikes For Now | The Pulse 1/15
"The Pulse With Francine Lacqua" is all about conversations with high profile guests in the beating heart of global business, economics, finance and politics. Based in London, we go wherever the story is, bringing you exclusive interviews and market-moving scoops. Today's guests: Kokou Agbo-Bloua, SocGen CIB, Global Head of Economics, Cross-Asset and Quant Research; Roxane Farmanfarmaian, Cambridge University Lecturer; Diana Choyleva, Enodo Economics Chief Economist. (Source: Bloomberg)
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India Top Court Says Tiger Global Liable for Flipkart Taxes
India’s Supreme Court has held that Tiger Global’s capital gains arising from its 2018 stake sale in Flipkart to Walmart Inc. are taxable under domestic law in a setback for the US investment firm.
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BlackRock Total Assets Hit Record $14 Trillion as ETFs Surge
BlackRock Inc. pulled in $342 billion of total client cash in the fourth quarter, pushing the firm to a record $14 trillion of assets as it integrates a string of recent acquisitions to become a force in private markets.
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Stock Market’s Calm Belies Extreme Swings in Individual Shares
The sense of calm that has pervaded the US stock market for months is masking unprecedented bursts of volatility in individual shares, say Barclays Plc strategists.
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Apple and Tech Hardware Stocks Face ‘Crisis’ as Memory Prices Soar
Soaring prices for memory and storage components have turned companies like Sandisk Corp., Micron Technology Inc. and Western Digital Corp. into the hottest stocks in the market over the past year. But they’re causing headaches for many of their customers.
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US Wants EU Regulation Simplified, Trump Envoy Says
US Ambassador to Belgium Bill White discusses President Donald Trump’s support of NATO, US interest in Greenland and EU regulation. He said “we would love to see Europe’s regulation simplified, much more simplified if not eliminated.’’ He speaks with Oliver Crook on "Bloomberg: The Opening Trade." (Source: Bloomberg)
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Canadian Housing Market in Winter Freeze as Prices, Sales Decline
The Canadian housing market ended 2025 on a down note, with both sales and prices declining as economic uncertainty kept buyers away.
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BAT to Shut South Africa Plant as Illicit Cigarettes Spread
British American Tobacco Plc’s South Africa subsidiary will end local production of cigarettes after the spread of illicit trade shrank volumes and made operating unviable.
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SpaceX Capsule With ISS Astronauts Splashes Down
A crew of four astronauts landed back on Earth after departing the International Space Station in NASA’s first-ever medical evacuation over an undisclosed ailment involving one of the crew members. The astronauts undocked from the station at about 5:20 p.m. New York time on Wednesday in a SpaceX Dragon capsule and splashed down off the coast of California at around 3:41 a.m. on Thursday.
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German Economy Grows for First Year Since 2022 on Spending
Germany’s economy grew for the first year since 2022 as a government spending spree helps the country overcome its lengthy industrial slump.
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UK’s South East Water Faces New Investigation Over Outages
South East Water Ltd. could be fined as much as 10% of its turnover if a new investigation by industry regulator Ofwat finds the UK company breached licence conditions over customer care during recent outages.
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ASML Soars Above $500 Billion Value on TSMC’s Upbeat Outlook
ASML Holding NV became only the third European company to surpass $500 billion in market value after key customer Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. gave a stronger-than-anticipated outlook for 2026.
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China New Loans Shrink to Least Since 2018 as Demand Weakens
Chinese banks extended the smallest amount of new loans since 2018 last year despite an uptick in December, in a reflection of sluggish demand from borrowers that’s weighing on growth.
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Naver, NCSoft Cut From Korea’s Intense Sovereign AI Contest
South Korea dropped teams led by units of Naver Corp. and NCSoft Corp. from its closely watched competition to develop the nation’s first sovereign AI model, narrowing the field to three groups.
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Cartier Owner Richemont’s Sales Beat Expectations in Holiday Quarter
Richemont’s customers splurged on its watches and Cartier jewelry over the holidays particularly in the US, even as wider concerns about the luxury market remain.
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Copper Drifts Lower as Traders Weigh Rally’s Impact on Demand
Copper eased from an all-time-high, as markets took stock of a record rally that could hit physical demand for the crucial industrial input. Nickel also fell.
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Hedge Funds Hire Talent Scouts in Japan to Tap Comeback
A hiring spree among hedge funds in Japan is reaching fever pitch. The latest must-have: talent scouts.
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Oil Tumbles After Trump Signals US Response to Iran Is On Hold
Oil fell the most since October after US President Donald Trump signaled he may hold off on attacking Iran for now.
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TSMC Spurs Tech Revival as Metals Slide From Peaks: Markets Wrap
Technology stocks bounced back on Thursday after Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. revived confidence in the ability of artificial intelligence to continue driving outsized returns. Metals fell from all-time highs.
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Private Equity Firms Circle Volkswagen’s €6 Billion Everllence Unit
A majority stake in Volkswagen AG’s heavy diesel engine unit Everllence SE is attracting interest from a number of private equity firms, according to people familiar with the matter, as the German automaker proceeds with its asset disposal program.
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Hologic’s $8.75 Billion of Buyout Loans See Strong Demand
The $8.75 billion debt financing tied to the buyout of medical-device maker Hologic Inc. has been widely considered the leveraged loan market’s first big test of the year. The final results sent a clear signal that demand for risky debt is strong.
