British and European Union negotiators are racing to strike a post-Brexit trade deal before next week, with officials on both sides saying the outcome is still too close to call.

Ocado has asked the U.S. Patent Trial and Appeal Board to take a second look at one of AutoStore Technology’s patents for a robotic warehouse system.

The pound rallied the most in more than a week, as speculation grows British and European officials are getting closer to striking a trade deal.

France plans to boost output of high-protein crops to cut its reliance on soybean imports amid a push toward self-sufficiency and concerns about the crop’s links to deforestation.

Germany’s biggest industrial and technology firms formed a data-sharing alliance with carmakers as Europe’s biggest economy fights to recover ground lost to U.S. and Chinese competition.

A trifecta of regional economic numbers helps explain the upbeat mood in global financial markets even as the pandemic worsens.