Bloomberg Tiffany & Co. reported third-quarter profit that exceeded analysts’ estimates as demand improved in China and Japan, a sign that the worst of the global luxury market’s downturn may be over. Earnings were 76 cents a share in the period ended Oct. 31, the New York-based company said in a statement on Tuesday. Analysts projected 68 cents, on …

  Bloomberg The brawl atop India’s largest conglomerate isn’t just splitting the $100-billion Tata Group, it’s also forcing the nation’s business community to pick sides. That’s because many of India’s industry captains are board members at Tata’s dozens of units. They include the heads of the nation’s oldest conglomerate — the Wadia Group — top mortgage provider Housing Development Finance …

  Bloomberg China’s government is stepping up efforts to contain runaway property prices, with the central bank clamping down further on mortgage lending in areas deemed overheated, people with knowledge of the matter said. Some lenders in those cities have been asked to suspend distributing new home loans, said the people, who asked not to be named as the change …