Bloomberg Britain’s decision to build a third runway at London Heathrow airport by 2025 gives airlines what they have been demanding for decades, providing the 16 billion-pound bill for lifting the hub’s capacity to 135 million passengers a year doesn’t fall on them. While carriers were unanimous in welcoming Tuesday’s government backing for the expansion of Europe’s busiest airport, …

  Frankfurt / AFP Germany’s biggest lender Deutsche Bank will face renewed probing on Thursday, as investors pore over its third-quarter results after being hit with a multi-billion-dollar fine by the US Department of Justice. “It will be important to keep an eye on growth in provisions for legal risks,” Equinet analyst Philipp Haessler said. News of a $14-billion demand …

  Bloomberg China’s central bank is conducting a trial monitoring of banks’ off-balance-sheet wealth-management products under its macro-prudential assessment system, according to people familiar with the matter. The WMPs will be included in calculating broad-based credit, the people said, asking not to be identified discussing non-public information. Currently, the products aren’t included in the assessment framework, and it’s not clear …