Bloomberg Several large Chinese cities including Shijiazhuang, Chongqing, Nanchang, Nanning and Guiyang are imposing restrictions on home resales as part of the nation’s campaign to cool its heated property sector. Chongqing will ban sales of new and existing residential properties in downtown areas within two years of purchase, according to a statement on the city’s housing authority website. The move ...

Bloomberg ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­ UK Prime Minister Theresa May continued a charm offensive to ease European worries about Brexit by writing an opinion column in France to say Britain will be reasonable about the conditions of its departure and wants to remain the nation’s closest ally after it exits. “My message to the citizens of France is clear: In the years to ...

Bloomberg Uber Technologies Inc. collected more than 500,000 signatures in less than 24 hours on a petition to protest London’s decision to not renew the company’s taxi license, a setback in one of its most lucrative markets. The campaign on the website Change.org asks London Mayor Sadiq Khan to reverse Transport for London’s decision, and is being promoted on the ...