Bloomberg Technology shares gained on strong earnings from a leading chipmaker, while Treasuries fell with gold. The Nasdaq indexes rose after Micron Technologies Inc’s profit topped estimates. Chipmakers Intel Corp and Cisco Systems Inc also rallied. The S&P 500 pared early gains as heathcare shares and consumer staples weighed on benchmarks. Futures spiked higher overnight after a CNBC report that …

Bloomberg Bitcoin’s furious run is starting to look more and more like it did at the height of crypto-mania two years ago. The virtual currency surged as much as 14 percent on Wednesday, topping $12,900 for the first time since January 2018, and bringing its gain to about 30 percent. The digital asset has climbed more than 200 percent since …

Bloomberg Three big Chinese banks extended their drop on Wednesday, after a US media report suggested they could face fallout from an investigation into North Korean sanctions violations. China Merchants Bank Co., Bank of Communications Co. and Shanghai Pudong Development Bank Co. fell in Shanghai and Hong Kong trading after the Washington Post said that a US judge found three …

Bloomberg The Czech central bank took a step back from Europe’s most aggressive campaign of interest-rate increases as global risks to the export-oriented economy overshadow domestic price pressures. After raising borrowing costs last month for the eighth time in two years, the central bank left the benchmark rate at 2 percent on Wednesday, in line with expectations. Policy makers have …

Bloomberg HDFC Bank Ltd., India’s biggest lender by market value, has picked Bank of America Corp. and Morgan Stanley to manage an initial public offering of its non-bank finance unit, people with knowledge of the matter said. The bank plans to sell the shares in HDB Financial Services Ltd. before March 31 in a deal that may raise about 100 …

Bloomberg Federal Reserve Chairman Jerome Powell said the downside risks to the US economy have increased recently, reinforcing the case among policy makers for somewhat lower interest rates. “Crosscurrents have reem-erged, with apparent progress on trade turning to greater uncertainty and with incoming data raising renewed concerns about the strength of the global economy,” Powell told the Council on Foreign …

Bloomberg Mario Draghi is once again testing the boundaries of the law in his efforts to lift the euro zone out of its economic malaise. When the European Central Bank president promised last week to add monetary stimulus if the outlook doesn’t improve, he said one option is to resume large-scale purchases of government bonds. He also said self-imposed limits …

Bloomberg The Bank of Thailand left its benchmark interest rate unchanged for a fourth straight meeting, while at the same time downgrading its economic growth outlook and raising concerns about the strong currency. The Monetary Policy Committee voted unanimously to hold its key rate at 1.75 percent, the central bank said in a statement, in line with almost all of …

Bloomberg Bombardier Inc is selling its regional-jet business to Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd, ending the Canadian company’s foray into commercial aircraft after more than three decades. Mitsubishi agreed to pay $550 million for the maintenance, support, marketing and sales operations of the aging CRJ programme, the companies said. The Tokyo-based manufacturer, which is developing the first Japanese-built airliner since the …

Bloomberg Walmart Inc is re-listing its Japanese supermarket chain Seiyu after struggling to find a buyer for the unit, following a decade-long battle to compete with bigger local rivals. The US retailer will keep its majority stake in Seiyu after the listing, Walmart’s international division head Judith McKenna said in a statement. The company also announced a mid-term business plan …