Bloomberg Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni doubled down on her criticism of French President Emmanuel Macron over a dinner he hosted with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy ahead of a European Union summit, calling the invitation “politically wrong.” Speaking on Friday after the EU talks, she said a private meeting in advance that “privileges the internal public opinion of some leaders …

  Bloomberg Global investment banks including JPMorgan Chase & Co. and UBS group AG are renewing efforts to gauge investor interest in Chinese developer bond sales, in hopes of revitalizing a key business following a yearlong deal drought. Hong Kong-based debt capital market bankers have been approaching the investors, encouraged by the recent return to the primary market by major …

  Bloomberg Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida will nominate Kazuo Ueda, a professor and former Bank of Japan (BOJ) board member, to take the helm of the central bank from April, according to people familiar with the matter, in a shock move that sparked sharp moves in the yen. The decision blindsided investors who had expected long-time front-runner and Deputy Governor …