China is emerging a winner from the collapse in commodities prices to the lowest in 12 years as the world’s second-largest economy buys a record amount of raw materials.
Hong Kong’s pro-democracy demonstrators came under assault at two protest sites in the city as hundreds of men tussled with students, shouted abuse and removed barricades.
American and European business groups have issued reports in recent days expressing concern that foreign firms have faced the brunt of antitrust scrutiny. The American Chamber of Commerce in China called China’s antitrust enforcement “selective and subjective.”
China Construction Bank Corp., the nation’s second-biggest bank by assets, reported the slowest profit growth in five years in the second quarter after the economy weakened.
Industrial & Commercial Bank of China Ltd. is seeking to raise as much as 80 billion yuan ($12.9 billion) selling preferred stock in China and offshore.
