Bloomberg Denmark’s new left-wing government pledged tough laws to control housing costs and singled out Blackstone Group for “unsustainable” rental practices. Kaare Dybvad, the Danish housing minister, said Blackstone is “challenging” local legislation “where there are holes.” By taking advantage of those holes, the concern is that properties are being bought up and then rented out at prices that Danes …

Bloomberg US stock-index futures retreated with Asian shares while equities sank across Europe as miserable manufacturing data from the world’s largest economy kept reverberating around markets. The dollar advanced. Contracts on the S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 and Dow Jones Industrial Average all signalled declines when exchanges open in New York, after the underlying indexes slumped the previous day when a …

Bloomberg Hong Kong’s financial markets showed resilience after a day of violent clashes between protesters and the police brought much of the city’s centre to a standstill. The benchmark Hang Seng Index was little changed on Wednesday, closing down 0.2 percent on volume that was 30 percent lower than the 30-day average. Trading in the local dollar was also muted, …