China: Home prices fall for third straight month
Slackening property market, which accounts for about 15% of China's economy, could inhibit economic growth.
Japan readies $30bn stimulus package for country's regions
New stimulus package aims to pull the economy out of a recession triggered by the hit from a sales tax hike in April.
India: Apex court defers verdict on Sahara group's plea to mortgage London and New York hotels
The Supreme Court will hear the Sahara case next on 9 January, 2015.
ADB lowers growth forecasts for developing Asia
Developing Asia now expected to expand by 6.1% this year and 6.2% in 2015.
PDVSA's Citgo valued at over $10bn in revised December bids
It is unclear if PDVSA will sell Citgo as Venezuela's finance minister has said that Citgo's assets will not be sold.
India to assess gold policy impact as trade gap widens on surging imports
Gold imports jumped in November to $5.61bn, helping push India's trade deficit to an 18-month high.
Ex-Madoff aide JoAnn Crupi sentenced to six years in prison
JoAnn Crupi is the last of five former Madoff aides to be sentenced after a US federal jury found them guilty in March.
Developing world losing record $1tn a year in 'dirty money': GFI
Fraudulent mis-invoicing of business transactions is the most widespread method of shifting money illegally.
Boeing stocks jump after it boosts dividend and expands share buyback
The Nasdaq-traded planemaker's stocks added 2.39% in after-hours trading overnight.
Singapore: Private home sales drop 68% on housing curbs
Private home prices on the island nation dropped 0.7% in the three months to September.
China's Dalian Wanda may price Hong Kong IPO in top half
Dalian Wanda has offered 600 million new shares in the Hong Kong floatation, in a range of HK$41.80–49.60 apiece.
US oil states hit by early slowdown signs post crude slump
About a dozen US energy firms have cut spending plans for 2015 following over 40% drop in oil prices since June.
UK-based BC Partners to acquire PetSmart for $8.7bn
Nasdaq-traded PetSmart will be taken private post the deal.
Carlyle and Warburg Pincus are close to buying Canada's DBRS
Toronto-based DBRS is the world's fourth-largest credit rating agency.
Crude oil prices tank on bleak global demand forecasts
The IEA, oil cartel Opec and the US EIA have all lowered their 2015 demand forecasts.
Gold set to rise with metal expected to build on the week's gains
Prices gained 2.7% in the week ending 13 December on renewed buying interest.
Commodities house Gunvor Group to exit gold trading
Gunvor, the world's fifth largest oil trader, began physically trading the precious metal earlier this year.
IEA cuts 2015 crude oil demand growth forecast again
Oil prices have lost over 40% since June this year on oversupply concerns.
Shares in China's Hunan Nonferrous soar 61% on buyout offer
Hunan Nonferrous Metals is mainland China's largest producer of non-ferrous metals excluding aluminium.
Oil prices drop to five-and-a-half year low on oversupply fears
Oil prices have dropped 40% since June.
The Battle of Canary Wharf: Songbird hostile bid backer Third Avenue raises stake
Third Avenue and fellow investors EMC Capital and Madison International Realty have all backed £2.6bn hostile bid.
China orders banks to raise lending to boost flagging growth
In China, the government tells commercial banks how much to lend and when to lend in a year.
Mark Mobius expects China's equity bull run to last a while
Morgan Stanley's Jonathan Garner forecasts potential 'ultra-bull' rally for Chinese shares.
ICE CEO Jeffrey Sprecher says no immediate plans to sell NYSE
ICE earlier this year sold NYSE's Euronext division fuelling speculation of NYSE sale.
IEA says oil price slump is a golden chance to transition to clean energy
Crude prices have dropped some 40% since June on oversupply concerns.
Iceland could begin removing capital controls early next year
Restrictions were imposed to support the Icelandic currency during a financial crisis six years ago.
EMS Capital backs Qatari bid for Canary Wharf owner Songbird Estates
EMS's backing brings total shareholder support to about 32% of Songbird's free float.
US fracking jackpot to lift GDP by 1% by 2040
US produces about 3.5 million barrels of tight oil a day and some 9.5 trillion cubic feet of shale gas per year.
India could relax gold import rules for its 'star trading houses'
New Delhi could this week give its star trading houses "a free hand" as far as gold imports are concerned.
JCDecaux may bid for rival Clear Channel Outdoor's European assets
Deal will help Paris-based JCDecaux ride out an economic downturn on the continent.
