WARSAW / Bloomberg Polish Central Bank (PCB) Governor Marek Belka said rate setters are debating how to transition from their pause in monetary easing as they weigh the risk of deterioration in the global economy and potential capital inflows as a result of the euro area’s quantitative easing program. The 10-member council left the seven-day reference rate at a record-low ...

Ottawa / Bloomberg Canadian stocks rose, joining a rally in global markets as growing optimism on European stimulus overshadowed a surprise increase in Canada’s jobless rate. The Standard & Poor’s/TSX Composite Index rose 1.1 percent to 13,522 in Toronto, to the highest since December 1 while capping a second weekly increase. The resurgent S&P/TSX is one of the best-performing developed ...

Bloomberg Blackstone Group LP agreed to sell Strategic Hotels & Resorts Inc. to China’s Anbang Insurance Group Co. for about $6.5 billion, just three months after it purchased the U.S. luxury-resort company, according to people with knowledge of the matter. The price is about $450 million more than Blackstone paid for Strategic in December. The New York-based private equity firm ...