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Italy is set to approve as soon as next week a €3 billion ($3.6 billion) package to cut energy costs for consumers and companies, according to people familiar with the matter....

French President Emmanuel Macron will attend the India AI Impact Summit this week amid deepening defense ties between the two nations....

Goldman Sachs Group Inc. revised its forecast for China's current-account surplus this year after incorporating data for the fourth quarter, when the measure of trade in goods and services rose to a record....

China will accelerate efforts to build a new development paradigm and focus on high‑quality growth this year, President Xi Jinping said in his Lunar New Year speech....

India's central bank tightened rules for loans taken by firms that undertake proprietary trading in shares and commodities and offer leverage to clients, the latest measure aimed at reducing speculative market activity in the South Asian nation....

A worsening earnings picture is darkening the outlook for Chinese equities, leaving investors wary that Lunar New Year holiday spending may not be enough to reignite a rally....

The Bank of England will watch a slew of data closely in the coming days after a knife-edge decision to keep interest rates steady on concerns that inflation is still uncomfortably high....

Debt investors are worried that the biggest tech companies will keep borrowing until it hurts in the battle to develop the most powerful artificial intelligence....

France's aviation authority asked airlines to reduce flights on Sunday at Paris's Charles de Gaulle and Orly airports due to snowfall and frost....

The European Central Bank is prepared to offer euro liquidity to monetary authorities from around the world, an effort to prevent market tensions and increase global use of the single currency....

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy spoke at the 2026 Munich Security Conference, saying he's open to elections if ceasefire is reached. (Source: Bloomberg)...

Peru rejected concerns that operations at Chinese-owned Chancay port near Lima threaten its sovereignty, days after US officials warned that fresh regulatory exemptions granted to the port could undermine the country's autonomy....

After Mexican investigators said they'd uncovered a brazen extortion scheme by a rogue mayor against the world's oldest tequila maker, the state government is seeking to repair the damage....

Volkswagen AG has been ordered to face a criminal trial in France related to the diesel-emission scandal that erupted more than a decade ago....

Business development companies run by Carlyle Group Inc. and Sixth Street Partners set up a joint venture to issue collateralized loan obligations, in a bid to boost returns in a sector where declining interest rates have squeezed earnings....

UK PM Keir Starmer speaks alongside EU Commission President Ursula von der Leyen at the Munich Security Conference, 14 Feb 2026. (Source: Bloomberg)...

Steve Rattner of Willett Advisors examines whether tariffs and trade policy are actually changing the trajectory of US manufacturing. He discusses the data behind industrial output, the consumer cost of keeping out Chinese EV maker BYD, and the strategic trade-offs of protecting domestic industry. As President Trump touts potential for 15% GDP growth, Rattner explains why that's unlikely to happen — and why productivity gains from AI may matter more than tariffs. (Source: Bloomberg)...

'The entirety of the beef and cattle market is a wreck,' says a Missouri rancher....

Sen. Elissa Slotkin (D) Michigan speaks on the US's standing on the global stage and relationship with Europe, tariffs, and more. She speaks with Bloomberg's Oliver Crook from the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference in Germany. (Source: Bloomberg)...

Italy is investigating deliberate damage to the country's railway infrastructure for a second time during the Winter Olympics, in what the transport minister called “criminal acts.”...