Ireland’s new retail savings and investment account will have a €50,000 ($56,318) tax-free threshold, Finance Minister Simon Harris announced in the budget Tuesday.
Republican Senate nominee Ken Paxton is seeing an influx in spending on his behalf as he tries to preserve the GOP's grip on statewide offices in Texas. But he's facing headwinds, with supporters leaking two sets of recorded comments from private events and President Donald Trump offering criticism, even while stumping for him. Julie Fine reports on “Balance of Power.” (Source: Bloomberg)
Iran paid three men to spy on London-based journalists critical of the country’s regime intending to violently attack them, prosecutors said at the start of a criminal trial.
Russian attacks on commercial vessels off the Black Sea’s western coast are on the rise, threatening to add strain to already-choked trade flows in the region.
President Donald Trump’s latest bid to pare fuel costs ahead of November’s midterm elections included the signing of an executive order Monday to ease restrictions on the use of a tax-exempt variety of diesel. Tyler Kendall reports on Bloomberg Television. (Source: Bloomberg)
Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez’s government approved new housing measures meant to address Spain’s affordability crisis in a bid to quell nationwide protests and salvage legislation that was struck down by parliament last week.
Nazi symbols, sexual assault allegations and months of internal Democratic conflict have churned through the US Senate race in Maine. But with the election four weeks away, it’s the explosion in housing costs and record-breaking heating bills that Mainers can’t stop talking about.
Germany’s far-right party secured a majority for the top parliamentary post in the eastern state of Saxony-Anhalt, giving it an initial foothold as it builds support to take power in a regional government.
President Donald Trump said the US will consider establishing a permanent military base in Lithuania, prompting an offer from the Baltic state’s government to cover the costs.
French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen, head of the far-right National Rally, laid out a new fiscal plan aimed at reducing the country's deficit below 3% of GDP by 2032 at the latest. Bloomberg's Alan Katz reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
The Philippines is investigating the national security implications of alleged inflows of more than 300 million pesos ($4.8 million) from China into a company associated with Vice President Sara Duterte’s husband.
The UK government could publish a crucial spending plan in the second half of next year, despite expectations that it would be held in the spring or early summer.
UK opposition leader Kemi Badenoch played down initial claims her plans for a £10 billion ($13.2 billion) air defense program would amount to a British “iron dome” after the proposal came under scrutiny.
Germany’s former foreign intelligence chief, August Hanning, was taken into custody as part of an investigation into treason and espionage allegations.
Far-right French presidential candidate Marine Le Pen proposed a sharp deficit reduction and called on the European Central Bank to intervene to bring down surging debt costs as she seeks to assure investors of her financial credentials ahead of the election next year.