Bloomberg Business

With culture wars raging in schools and student loan bills landing again, Miguel Cardona is in the eye of the storm.

Two top progressive Democrats asked antitrust regulators to examine UnitedHealth Group Inc.’s planned $3.3 billion purchase of home-health provider Amedisys Inc. and challenge deals that bring medical providers under the same ownership as health insurers.

Buffeted by criticism from partners on both sides of the Atlantic, Ocado Group Plc’s founder Tim Steiner remains adamant that his robot-operated warehouses are worth the investment, even if customers currently aren’t quite as keen.

The United Nations called for greater oversight of commodities traders, saying unregulated activity is worsening the global food crisis in the wake of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.

The second biggest party in Sweden’s parliament has effectively blocked a proposal by the Social Democrats to impose a temporary tax on the profits of the country’s banks.

Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey said “the job is not done” on fighting inflation even though he expects those pressures to dissipate rapidly this year.

Stock bulls reeling from the worst month of 2023 have at least one reason for optimism: Corporate profits are set to rebound sharply in the fourth quarter.

Iceland’s central bank unexpectedly kept western Europe’s highest borrowing costs on hold as two and a half years of tightening begins to bite, cooling the island’s economy.

Ever since the prime minister’s August move to tax banks, sentiment has shifted — and she’ll remain in the spotlight ahead of elections next year.