Bloomberg Some 18 months after its chicken sandwich went viral, fast-food chain Popeyes is on a mission to take over the world. It may not work, of course. Its parent, Restaurant Brands International Inc., has a spotty overseas record, at best. But the ambition alone underscores just how startling a transformation the once-sleepy brand has undergone since the summer of …

Bloomberg Wall Street banks grappling with the implosion of Bill Hwang’s investment firm spent time briefing US regulators as Washington starts to dig into one of the biggest fund blowups in years. The Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) summoned the banks for hasty meetings on what triggered the forced sale of more than $20 billion of stocks linked to Hwang’s …

Bloomberg Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group Inc. joined a growing list of global financial firms as it warned of a potential loss tied to a US client. MUFG’s securities arm is evaluating the extent of the loss and currently estimates it at about $300 million, it said in a statement on Tuesday, without naming the client. Japan’s biggest bank said an …