Bloomberg BNP Paribas SA became the latest global firm to be dragged into the tensions roiling Hong Kong after the French lender publicly apologized for a posting on an employee’s personal social media account. The lender’s statement on its website came after an unidentified employee made remarks on Facebook about a pro-Beijing group singing the Chinese national anthem at a ...

Bloomberg US rice growers won’t get increased sales under the current terms of a trade deal agreed by President Donald Trump and Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, people familiar with the accord said. While there are still details to be finalised, the people said there won’t be any expansion of Japan’s quotas for US-grown rice. US producers hope the issue ...

Bloomberg China Gold International Resources Corp, the overseas arm of state-owned China National Gold Group, is on the hunt for acquisitions to replenish its pipeline as deal-making in the sector heats up thanks to a jump in the metal’s price. “We need more pipeline, especially in gold production,” Jerry Xie, executive vice president, said in an interview on the sidelines ...