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(Bloomberg) -- McDonald’s Corp. sold its first Swiss franc-denominated bond since 2016, with the deal coming in the wake of an E. coli outbreak and disappointing third-quarter results.Most Read from BloombergThe Leaf Blowers Will Not Go QuietlyArizona Elections Signal Robust Immigration Enforcement Under TrumpScoring an Architectural Breakthrough in Denver’s RiNo DistrictKey Ballot Initiatives and Local Races Highlight Views on Abortion, ImmigrationThe fast-food chain sold 550 million Swiss fran

Oil and natural gas companies for the first time will have to pay a federal fee if they emit dangerous methane above certain levels under a rule being made final by the Biden administration. The Environmental Protection Agency rule follows through on a directive from Congress included in the 2022 climate law. The new fee is intended to encourage industry to adopt best practices that reduce emissions of methane — the primary component of natural gas — and thereby avoid paying. Methane is a climate “super pollutant” that is far more potent in the short term than carbon dioxide and is responsible for about one-third of greenhouse gas emissions.

Elon Musk's close ties to the new Trump administration has investors rethinking the potential value of the EV maker's wider ambitions.

(Bloomberg) -- Elon Musk’s day-trading fan club is on a buying spree in some of the most speculative parts of the market, from the joke cryptocurrency Dogecoin to a controversial closed-end fund that counts SpaceX among its key holdings — all in hopes that Donald Trump’s election will release more animal spirits. Most Read from BloombergThe Leaf Blowers Will Not Go QuietlyArizona Elections Signal Robust Immigration Enforcement Under TrumpScoring an Architectural Breakthrough in Denver’s RiNo Dis

Neurogene's stock price collapsed by 34.8% in pre-market trading after announcing data from the Phase I/II Rett syndrome trial.

Stocks Down Pre-Bell After Record Highs as Earnings Season Wanes; Asia, Europe Fall

Bayer shares are sinking in German trading after the pharmaceuticals and crop science conglomerate reduced its full-year earnings target amid a tough agricultural market.

Danish police said Tuesday that they were closing the investigation into the devastating fire that destroyed more than half of Copenhagen’s Old Stock Exchange, saying nothing points at the blaze being the result of a criminal act. Despite extensive forensic investigations, review of surveillance and the questioning of a large number of witnesses, “it is not possible to determine the cause of the fire in the historic stock exchange building," said Brian Belling, the Copenhagen police officer in charge of the investigation. “Our assessment is that we have explored all relevant investigative possibilities in the case,” Belling told a press conference, adding that no one has been charged in the case.

Money is still flowing into Bitcoin. The same can't be said for Ethereum, which appears to be losing the trust of top institutional investors.

(Bloomberg) -- OPEC cut its oil demand growth forecasts for this year and next for a fourth consecutive month as it belatedly recognized a slowdown in top consumer China.Most Read from BloombergThe Leaf Blowers Will Not Go QuietlyArizona Elections Signal Robust Immigration Enforcement Under TrumpScoring an Architectural Breakthrough in Denver’s RiNo DistrictKey Ballot Initiatives and Local Races Highlight Views on Abortion, ImmigrationGlobal oil consumption will increase by 1.8 million barrels a