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Bloomberg As the Union Jack fluttered over Hong Kong’s Victoria Harbour for the last time on June 30, 1997, home prices were hovering near record highs and sellout crowds at new projects were the norm. Twenty years on, property price have hit fresh records and buyers are still thronging to buy new apartments. This time around, the boom has been ...

Bloomberg China’s next batch of economic data is expected to signal that consumption remained steady while industrial momentum softened a bit in the world’s second-largest economy. Data on Wednesday will show retail sales growth was unchanged last month while growth in factory output and investment both edged down for a second month, economists say. That would reinforce expectations that economic ...

Bloomberg Multinationals are in line for a windfall from President Donald Trump’s call to cut the tax rate on US companies’ stockpiled overseas earnings, but a select few would do better than others. Apple Inc. and Pfizer Inc. may enjoy an extra earnings bump because of their previous accounting maneuvers, while companies including Microsoft Corp., Merck & Co. Inc. and ...

Bloomberg UK inflation resumed its upward march last month, accelerating more than forecast to the fastest pace in four years. An increase in prices for computer games, laptops and package holidays — partly reflecting the impact of the weaker pound — lifted the inflation rate to 2.9 percent, the highest since June 2013. Economists had forecast that it would remain ...

Bloomberg General Electric Co. is unveiling software for boosting its machines’ productivity and streamlining repairs, alongside deals with Danish shipping line Maersk Corp. and French energy producer Dalkia SA. GE announced new software for power plants, drilling platforms and wind farms at an event in Berlin on Tuesday. The showcase for GE’s IT know-how comes a day after the Boston ...

Bloomberg There may be trouble ahead for the debt fueling America’s car addiction. Securities backed by certain auto loans have “some real fundamental credit issues,” according to Chris Flanagan, a top-ranked analyst who specializes in structured finance at Bank of America Corp. The dangers lurk in subprime deals and in bonds supported by car rentals, Flanagan wrote in a note ...

Bloomberg China’s Yanzhou Coal Mining Co. is holding fire on a counter offer for Rio Tinto Group’s Australian coal assets as it waits to hear whether Glencore Plc has succeeded in trumping the deal it struck six months ago. Glencore Chief Executive Officer Ivan Glasenberg has submitted a proposal to buy Rio’s Coal & Allied unit in New South Wales ...

Bloomberg China and Singapore pledged to cooperate on trade and regional infrastructure projects, in a sign the countries have begun to repair ties strained amid security disputes in Southeast Asia. Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi and Singaporean counterpart Vivian Balakrishnan said on Monday in a briefing in Beijing they reached agreement to work more closely on China’s “Belt and Road” ...

Bloomberg India’s judiciary must consider the interests of the economy and examine the impact of its verdicts on jobs, the country’s top court said in a judgment that could help reduce stalled projects in Asia’s third-largest economy. “The court needs to avoid that particular outcome which has a potential to create an adverse affect on employment, growth of infrastructure or ...

Bloomberg After the shock comes the silver lining. Most business leaders are dismayed at the political chaos unleashed by the UK election, which left a damaged Prime Minister Theresa May trying to forge a shaky coalition government. But some are quietly hoping that it may lead to softer terms for the country’s exit from the European Union. UK Plc was ...