Bloomberg Shares of Chinese technology companies slid in Hong Kong as investors stepped back to gauge the impact from Beijing’s move to block ride-hailing giant Didi Chuxing from app stores due to data security issues. Tencent Holdings Ltd, which has a stake in Didi, slumped 3.6% in Hong Kong to erase its year-to-date gain. Meituan, ordered by China’s antitrust watchdog …

Bloomberg As stocks around the world continue to smash one record after another, some of the world’s biggest money managers have a simple message: Get used to it. The likes of BlackRock Inc, State Street Global Markets, UBS Asset Management and JPMorgan Asset Management expect equity markets to keep rising in the second half of the year, with many investors …

Bloomberg British consumers are starting to feel the pinch from a rally in global energy markets, with supplier Igloo saying it will hike prices. The cost of energy for a typical home buying natural gas and electricity will rise 12.1% from August 2, Igloo said on its website. The move follows a surge in the wholesale price of gas and …