Victoria City / Bloomberg Hong Kong’s exclusive club of residential property developers will have to make room for a new entrant after billionaire Pan Sutong’s Goldin Financial Holdings Ltd., beat out other bidders including Cheung Kong Property Holdings Ltd. to win a land site for HK$6.38 billion ($821 million). Goldin, a relatively unknown company that’s among the worst performers in …

VANCOUVER / Bloomberg Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau is urging global leaders to rely more on government spending and less on monetary policy to spur growth as he prepares a budget that will push his country into deficit. In a wide-ranging interview in Vancouver, Trudeau highlighted the importance of infrastructure spending and measures to bolster incomes of middle classes he …

Bloomberg The slump in raw materials prices that has hurt Brazil, Chile, Peru and Colombia is leaving Central America unscathed. The region is bucking a trend of sluggish growth in the rest of Latin America as cheaper crude prices cut its fuel bills and faster growth in the U.S. boosts remittances and tourist spending. The region will grow by 4.2 …