Bloomberg Business

Europe has broken temperature records already this year, with cities from Berlin to Warsaw recording their warmest ever start to the month.

Pricing for the first corporate bond deals of 2023 suggests it’s going to cost European companies a lot more to issue debt than it did a year ago. More than twice as much, in the case of Renault SA’s finance company.

First-time homebuyers accounted for the biggest chunk of Britain’s property purchases in 2022, even as mortgage rates spiraled to 14-year highs and a cost-of-living squeeze strained finances.

Solana, the digital token backed by fallen crypto mogul Sam Bankman-Fried, is starting the year strong after a 94% plunge in 2022. Traders are looking for evidence that the selloff is overdone after a supportive Dec. 29 tweet from Ethereum co-founder Vitalik Buterin. Don’t look for Solana to regain its highs anytime soon though: The coin remains 95% below its November 2021 peak.

For five days the elderly Chinese lady’s corpse lay decomposing in the Shanghai house she shared with her family before a hearse finally arrived to take away her remains.

Singapore is looking at additional support measures in the budget to help locals with cost of living issues over the coming year.

New Chinese Foreign Minister Qin Gang offered effusive praise of Americans after stepping down as his nation’s top envoy to Washington, signaling that ties between the world’s biggest economies appear to be warming despite recent tensions over Taiwan.

China said it would hit back at nations that placed Covid restrictions on its travelers for “political goals,” showing the coronavirus remains a politically sensitive subject in Beijing even as it lets the virus run rampant.

European natural gas prices declined as persistent warmer-than-normal winter weather reduces demand and eases stress of the region’s energy systems.