PARIS / AP An Austrian luxury hotel is ditching electronic room cards for old-fashioned locks and keys after having its systems frozen by blackmail-hungry hackers. The management of Romantik Seehotel Jaegerwirt, in the Austrian Alps, said that they’ve been repeatedly targeted by cybercriminals. One recent infection with ransom software on December 6 resulted in a complete shutdown of hotel ...

  Bloomberg European stocks fell, following stocks in the US, as investors awaited earnings reports and assessed the US president’s latest moves on trade and immigration. The Stoxx Europe 600 Index declined 0.4 percent at 3:48 p.m. in London, approaching its lowest close this year. Media and chemicals shares fell the most, while gains in retail and real estate companies ...

  DUBAI / Reuters Middle East fund managers are strongly positive toward fixed income in the region because of expanding international bond issuance and they also plan to increase their equity holdings, a monthly Reuters poll found. The poll of 13 leading fund managers, conducted over the past week, found 46 percent expect to raise their investment in fixed income ...