Bloomberg Chow Tai Fook Jewellery Group Ltd said it plans to shut about 15 of its Hong Kong stores after their leases expire this year, in a sign that major retailers are starting to withdraw from the city’s economy as anti-China protests continue. In the first significant pullback by a luxury retailer after months of fiery demonstrations that have driven …

Bloomberg With UK airline Flybe Group Plc teetering on the brink of collapse, prime minister Boris Johnson faces a dilemma. Should the government stick to its long-held policy and let market forces take their course, or step in and help Flybe owners including Virgin Atlantic Airways and private-equity firm Cyrus Capital with a rescue? The decision would normally be a …

Bloomberg Shares of Ryohin Keikaku Co tumbled 19%, the most on record, after the Muji operator cut its profit forecast, citing uncertainty in its East Asian operations. The retailer of everything from furniture to clothing and food lowered its full-year operating profit target 17% to 37.8 billion yen ($343 million). It reported third-quarter operating profit of 9.2 billion yen versus …