Bloomberg Bank of China Ltd., the nation’s fourth-largest lender, reported a 3.4 percent increase in second-quarter profit even after setting aside extra provisions to boost its bad-loan buffer. Net income rose to 46.4 billion yuan ($6.9 billion) in the three months ended June 30, from 44.9 billion yuan a year earlier, according to figures derived from first-half numbers released …

  Bloomberg Investment bankers at Europe’s biggest securities firms are watching their bonuses melt. A rout in financial stocks this year has wiped more than $2.5 billion from the value of deferred shares that were paid as bonuses in the past few years at Barclays Plc, Credit Suisse Group AG, Deutsche Bank AG and UBS Group AG, data compiled by …

  Bloomberg Deutsche Lufthansa AG and Air China Ltd. plan to finalize a joint venture this month, sealing a deal to share revenue and coordinate routes after more than two years of negotiations, people familiar with the plan said. Lufthansa Chief Executive Officer Carsten Spohr will travel to Beijing to attend a signing ceremony scheduled for Sept. 20, said the …