Bloomberg Hong Kong will charge additional rates on unsold new apartments in a bid to limit hoarding by developers and cool a red-hot property market. Apartments left vacant for more than six months will be charged a 200 percent rate of the rental value, or equivalent to about 5 percent of the unit’s price, according to Chief Executive Carrie Lam, …

Bloomberg After several quarters on the bench, Nike Inc. has finally healed the damage inflicted by Adidas AG. Nike increased sales in North America for the first time in a year, after its smaller European rival had been outmaneuvering the sneaker giant on its home turf. Nike’s improved performance, sparked by new products and a smartphone shopping app, unleashed a …

Bloomberg Indonesia’s Bali airport resumed services after a halt caused by a fresh eruption at the Mount Agung that sent volcanic ashes several miles high into the sky above the popular tourist island. The airport opened at 2.30 pm local time on June 29, according to its twitter feed. The shutdown, the second in seven months, led to cancellation of …