President Xi Jinping has promised to open China’s market wider as he opened a trade fair meant to promote the country’s image as an importer.

• Tax returns could be unearthed in Washington hotel suit
• DC attorney general salutes ‘major win in historic case’

A federal judge has denied the justice department’s efforts to halt legal proceedings in a case in which Donald Trump is accused of violating the US constitution, opening the door for the president’s critics to gain access to financial records related to his Washington DC hotel.

Close ally China says it is willing to offer assistance to Pakistan to help it weather its current fiscal crisis but that terms of such aid are still being discussed.

More than 70 business leaders have signed a letter to the Sunday Times calling for a public vote on the UK’s Brexit deal.

Warren Buffett’s company more than quadrupled its third-quarter profits because of a huge paper gain in the value of its investments, although its insurance and railroad businesses also improved.

Imperial Oil Ltd. says it earned $749 million in the third quarter to more than double its profit from last year.

U.S. securities investigators have subpoenaed information from Tesla about production forecasts for the Model 3 electric car that were made last year, the company acknowledged in a regulatory filing Friday.

The Trump administration announces the reimposition of all U.S. sanctions on Iran that had been lifted under the 2015 nuclear deal.

Europe-wide stress tests show big banks coming through a theoretical financial crisis in better shape than in the last such test two years go.

BCE Inc.’s profit and revenue for the third quarter were better than expected Thursday as the parent of Bell Canada reaped benefits from years of heavy spending to build its telecommunications and media businesses.