Bloomberg JD.com Inc. reported higher sales last quarter after shoppers kept spending at China’s second-largest online retailer despite an economic downturn. Sales rose 11% from a year earlier to $34.2 billion in the quarter ending in September, the company said in a statement. That compared to the average forecast of 243.1 billion yuan from analysts surveyed by Bloomberg. The …

  Bloomberg JPMorgan Chase & Co. made sweeping improvements to time off for bereavement, sick days, and caring for ill family members — including for the first time giving 16 weeks of leave to either parent for the birth or adoption of a child, regardless of which is the primary caregiver. The changes put the bank more in line with …

  Bloomberg The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) warned inflation may accelerate as overall demand in the economy picks up, suggesting the scope for further monetary policy easing may be limited. The central bank “will pay serious attention to the underlying possibility of rising inflation, especially changes in the demand side,” it said in its quarterly monetary policy report. At …