Bloomberg Risk sentiment that boosted Asian markets weakened in European hours as investors weighed China’s better-than-forecast trade data against the threat of a reduction in central-bank support. Nasdaq 100 Index futures rise, while contracts on Russell 2000 Index fall, as the US markets reopened after the Labor Day holiday. Equity gains in China and Japan were followed by losses in …

Bloomberg SoftBank Group Corp surged the most in nine months after unveiling a deal to acquire 4.5% of Deutsche Telekom AG and sell part of its stake in T-Mobile US Inc to the German telecommunications carrier. The Japanese investment giant announced a complicated deal under which it will swap T-Mobile shares for an initial 225 million shares of Deutsche Telekom. …

Bloomberg Officials in China’s financial capital of Shanghai are closing a route used for decades by companies operating in the technology sector to draw foreign investment. Startups that have recently applied to Shanghai’s National Development and Reform Commission for permission to inject money into affiliated entities incorporated in places like the Cayman Islands are being turned away, according to people …