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Hong Kong's government moved to stamp out mounting public anger in the wake of the city's deadliest fire in nearly eight decades, which left at least 128 people dead and raised questions about missed warnings....

At the Bloomberg Africa Business Summit, influential leaders, investors, and innovators gathered to discuss the forces reshaping the continent's economic future. From policy shifts and technology breakthroughs to sustainability, finance and trade partnerships, Jennifer Zabasajja brings you key insights and exclusive conversations with the people driving Africa's next era of growth, including African Rainbow Minerals' Patrice Motsepe, Rand Merchant Bank's Emrie Brown, Egypt's Hassan El Khatib, Standard Chartered's Benjamin Hung and South Africa's Ronald Lamola. (Source: Bloomberg)...

The Directorate General of Civil Aviation, India's safety regulator, Sunday said airlines in the country have completed urgent software upgrades of the Airbus 320 family of aircraft....

South Korean authorities are investigating a data leak at online retailer Coupang Inc. that exposed about 33.7 million accounts in what could be the widest hack for the country of 51.7 million people....

China's factory activity improved but remained in contraction in November, extending its streak of declines to a record as the country's economic slowdown deepens....

Sweden's Anna Breman is taking the helm of New Zealand's central bank at an ideal time, according to the man she's replacing....

Japan's Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama said it is “clear” that volatile yen swings aren't “moving based on fundamentals,” in the latest expression of the government's frustration over the currency....

After one of India's worst years of market underperformance in decades, some of Wall Street's biggest names are calling for a rebound....

Several Barrick Mining Corp. employees, who had been detained in Mali for more than a year, were released this week as part of a deal with the government, the company's legal representative in the country said....

A euro-zone inflation reading that's likely to stay close to 2% should be enough to satisfy officials that they can avoid tweaking interest rates in December....

Italy's Finance Ministry said it acted in compliance with rules and procedures in Banca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA's purchase of rival Mediobanca, as the deal faces a probe by prosecutors....

Sales on Black Friday rose from a year earlier, according to a key data provider — a sign that US consumers are continuing to spend despite persistent economic concerns....

President Emmanuel Macron will meet his counterpart Volodymyr Zelenskiy in Paris on Monday for discussions about the conditions for a “fair and lasting peace” in Ukraine, the French presidency said....

With bonus season just a few months away, corporate bond traders are one of the few groups on Wall Street expected to see their overall compensation slip for this year....

When Rachel Reeves told Parliament her budget would help struggling hospitality businesses with “the lowest tax rates since 1991,” UK pub owners and hoteliers breathed a sigh of relief. Now that the fine print of changes to business rates — a property tax — has emerged, they're crying foul....

The Caspian Pipeline Consortium, which handles most of Kazakhstan's crude exports through Russia to the Black Sea, halted loading after one of its three moorings was damaged amid Ukraine's overnight attacks on the region....

Beijing is pulling the ladder up behind it when it comes to the market for low-tech goods....

Chancellor of the Exchequer Rachel Reeves did enough in the UK budget to help her and Prime Minister Keir Starmer survive for now, building back a vital fiscal buffer and expanding welfare....

A Japanese singer was forced to stop her performance in Shanghai on Friday as the fallout from Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi's remarks on Taiwan continues to sour ties between Asia's two largest economies....

The searing rally across South African assets this year risks running out of steam unless economic growth picks up enough to make a dent in the nation's sky-high unemployment rate....