Bloomberg Asian property prices have reached risky levels, especially in Sydney, Hong Kong and Shanghai, according to S&P Global Ratings. “Asset prices, especially property prices, today are as stretched as they were before the Asian crisis,” Elena Okorochenko, head of Asia-Pacific ratings said at a conference in Singapore on Wednesday. Combined with increased household debt, prices in Sydney, Hong Kong …

Bloomberg Prime Minister Theresa May is in a double bind as she tries to navigate the politics of Brexit while keeping businesses on side: Even when she thinks she’s giving companies what they want, they say she’s made it worse. May is set to ask the European Union to let Britain keep access to its single market and customs union …

Bloomberg European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker pushed to expand Europe’s global economic footprint in a sign of growing confidence that the political threats posed by Brexit and populism can be curtailed. Juncker, who leads the European Union’s executive arm, proposed to start EU free-trade talks with Australia and New Zealand, give the bloc a role in screening foreign investments and …