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Bloomberg China’s increased reliance on non-naval ships to assert its claims in the South China Sea is complicating U.S. efforts to avoid a clash in the disputed waters, according to 7th Fleet commander Vice Admiral Joseph Aucoin. While the U.S. and Chinese navies are working more closely under an agreed code for unplanned encounters at sea, the deployment of coast ...

LONDON / AFP Europe’s largest bank HSBC said it would remain headquartered in Britain, rejecting a move to Hong Kong despite concerns about increased regulation in the UK and a possible split from the EU. The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation said London’s many advantages meant it was “ideally positioned” to provide a home base. It made no reference to ...

Bloomberg The political crisis roiling Ukraine’s post- revolution leaders is coming to a head after the International Monetary Fund threatened to cut off aid and another top reformer quit. If efforts to revamp the cabinet fail, the risk is early elections. PM ArseniyYatsenyuk is set to report to parliament this week on government performance, with proposed personnel changes to follow. ...

Bloomberg A leafy city of 275,000 in Frankfurt’s commuter belt is opening a new front in the German car industry’s battle against pollution. An administrative court in Wiesbaden, known for a historic hot spring and a giant U.S. military base, ordered the regional government to clean up diesel exhaust fumes by September or face a fine. The ruling last month ...

Bloomberg Romania’s first bout of deflation in more than 25 years worsened in January after a new round of tax cuts came into force, but the decline in prices was less than expected. Prices fell 2.1 percent from a year earlier after a 0.9 percent decline in December, the National Statistics Institute said on Monday in an e-mailed statement. The ...

ATHENS / AP Angry Greek farmers clashed with riot police in Athens then paraded their tractors and pick-ups outside parliament on Friday, in their first big protest in the capital against pension reform plans after weeks of road blockades. Officers guarded the entrance to the agricultural ministry and fired tear gas to disperse protesters who hurled tomatoes, eggplants and stones ...

Tokyo Tokyo stocks soared on Monday as a weaker yen and bargain-hunting drove a rebound from last week’s hammering on global equity markets. The benchmark Nikkei 225 index at the Tokyo Stock Exchange jumped 7.16 percent, or 1,069.97 points, to 16,022.58, clawing back from a loss of more than 11 percent last week. The broader Topix index of all first-section ...

ABU DHABI / EMIRATES BUSINESS The Emirates Securities Market Index has increased by 0.48% to close at 4123.51 points. Accordingly the Market Capitalization has gained AED3.18 Billion attaining AED668.89 Billion. A total of 0.53 Billion Shares were traded with a total value of AED495.74 Million during the trading session of 15-02-2016 through 6280 transactions. The number of companies which has been traded ...

Abu Dhabi / Emirates Business Aldar Properties PJSC (“the Company”), Abu Dhabi’s leading listed property development, investment and management company, on Monday announced net profit of AED 2.6 billion for the financial year ended 31 December 2015, up 13% from AED 2.3 billion in 2014. Net profit for the fourth quarter rose 4% to AED 750 million, from AED 718 ...

Bloomberg In the latest sign that Hong Kong’s property correction is deepening, a parcel of land sold by the government in the New Territories went for nearly 70 percent less per square foot than a similar transaction in September. The 405,756 square foot site in Tai Po sold for HK$2.13 billion ($274 million) or HK$1,904 per square foot, in a ...