Bloomberg A regular client of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), investors are asking whether Pakistan’s 13th loan program since the late 1980s will finally break a cycle of financial crashes and bailouts. Pakistan’s history of taking the lender’s money while dragging its heels on economic reforms suggest otherwise. With Islamabad now formally requesting IMF aid — seeking to raise anywhere ...

Bloomberg The UK Treasury is planning new measures to encourage investment in machinery and factories to help revive Britain’s flagging productivity, two officials familiar with the matter said. Chancellor of the Exchequer Philip Hammond may use the budget on October 29 to announce the measures, with tax breaks under active consideration, according to the officials, who declined to be named ...

Bloomberg US authorities have opened investigations into whether shares in Broadcom Inc. and CA Technologies Inc. were the target of a stock-manipulation scheme, according to people familiar with the matter. The inquires are related to Broadcom’s announcement that lawmakers were given what purported to be a US Defense Department assessment of national-security concerns surrounding Broadcom’s planned purchase of CA. That ...