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China Forex regulator examines dealmakers

Bloomberg China’s foreign-exchange regulator is examining how some of the country’s biggest dealmakers used their domestic assets as collateral to get loans overseas, people familiar with the matter said. The State Administration of Foreign Exchange recently began reviewing loan guarantees for Anbang Insurance Group Co., Dalian Wanda Group Co., Fosun International Ltd., HNA Group Co. and the Chinese owner of ...

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No scrutiny for Trump’s Russia ties as Hous­e panel eyes Clinton

Bloomberg Between Russian meddling in last year’s election, Donald Trump’s decision to fire FBI Director James Comey and the president’s public drubbing of Attorney General Jeff Sessions, the House Judiciary Committee has a lot it could be looking into. But its Republican chairman, Bob Goodlatte of Virginia, has a different priority: investigating Hillary Clinton. Goodlatte has called for new scrutiny ...

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Brazil’s Temer on the line as Congress considers trial

Bloomberg Brazil’s Congress debates on Wednesday whether President Michel Temer will stand trial on corruption charges, a decision that could determine his political survival and country’s immediate economic outlook. The plenary of the lower house of Congress started the debate shortly after 9 a.m. local time. Two-thirds of the chamber, or 342 lawmakers, must be present for the actual voting ...

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