Bloomberg Europe’s common currency edged closer toward parity with the US dollar on Tuesday as energy concerns and the risk of recession weighed on the outlook for the euro area, while risk aversion fuelled a broad rally in the greenback. The euro dropped as much as 1.3% to $1.0005, eclipsing its low from last week. The last time it was …

  Bloomberg Chinese authorities will start repaying most of the victims in the nation’s biggest bank scam after hundreds of angry customers took to the streets again over the weekend to ratchet up pressure on the government. Clients from the four rural banks in the central province of Henan and one in Anhui will be repaid “in advance” starting Friday, …

Bloomberg The yen falls to a fresh 24-year low after Japan’s ruling coalition expanded its majority in the upper house election, with investors interpreting the result as a quasi-referendum on the country’s super-easy monetary policy. The currency falls as much as 0.9% against the dollar, breaching the closely-watched 137 level. Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda reiterated that he won’t …