Bloomberg The People’s Bank of China (PBOC) warned that the escalating trade war could destabilise the global economy, and vowed to continue with its targeted stimulus policy at home. “Trade friction and uncertainties in global policy could impact the global economy negatively” by driving up inflation, damaging household and corporate confidence and causing financial market turbulence, the PBOC said in …

Bloomberg The biggest banks in the UK are among the worst offenders in paying women less than men and face being summoned to explain themselves, according to Nicky Morgan, the Conservative member of Parliament who will chair hearings this summer into the finance industry’s alarming gender pay gap. Goldman Sachs Group Inc., HSBC Holdings Plc, Barclays Bank Plc and others …

Bloomberg Southwest Airlines Co, which has tied all of its future growth to the grounded Boeing Co 737 Max, says the aircraft’s return to the skies this summer is still within reach. “I’m not predicting, but I’m hopeful,” Southwest Chief Executive Officer Gary Kelly said following the carrier’s annual shareholder meeting in Denver. “Is it possible? Absolutely.” The largest operator …