Bloomberg Not even the cheapest shares in 13 years can lure investors to China’s banks. On a price versus book value basis, Chinese financial firms are trading at the biggest discount since 2004 to both the MSCI China Index and their Asian peers. The stocks have underperformed all but two other industry groups this year. While that’s spurred bullish ...

  Bloomberg China’s producer prices surged again at close to the quickest pace since 2008 last month, though pulled back slightly from February, suggesting the reflationary boon to industrial profits is set to moderate. Producer price index rose 7.6 percent from a year earlier, versus median estimate of 7.5 percent in Bloomberg survey and 7.8 percent increase in February. Consumer ...

  Bloomberg The previous two times BHP Billiton boss Andrew Mackenzie ran his ruler over the company’s $29 billion oil unit he decided it was still a good fit for the world’s biggest miner. A fresh review following the urging of billionaire activist Paul Singer came up with the same answer. “I’ve asked the question about the fit of petroleum ...