Smarting from poor returns in the markets, ultrawealthy individuals plan to increase their investments in small businesses

China’s economy may be headed for a “rough landing,” Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said.

A U.S. House committee voted to stop letting gasoline-tax revenue be used for mass-transit projects, over opposition from groups including the U.S. Chamber of Commerce and the International Brotherhood of Teamsters.

Dubai stocks rose for the fourth time in five days on bets earnings will beat expectations and after the U.S. jobless rate slid to the lowest level in three years, boosting the outlook for the global economy.

Failure by the United Nations Security Council to deliver global condemnation of Syria gives President Bashar al-Assad room to continue his 11-month crackdown on protesters.

Investments in commodities are expanding at the quickest pace in six years on signs of rising economic growth, even as JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Goldman Sachs Group Inc. warn that some prices have rallied too fast.

Global emerging-market funds reported a sixth week of inflows as investor confidence in the global economy strengthened, Citigroup Inc. said.

Central bankers in Africa’s biggest economies are admonishing their governments as spending plans subvert the power of monetary policy and threaten to quicken inflation at a time when Europe slips into a recession.

Russia refrained from cutting interest rates after a surprise reduction in December, signaling for the first time since August that borrowing costs may remain unchanged in the “coming months.”

Andino Investment Holding SA rose in its first day of trading in Lima after completing Peru’s first initial public offering in more than a year.

Embotelladora Andina SA, Chile’s largest Coca-Cola bottler, rose the most in four months after announcing plans to take over rival Embotelladora Coca-Cola Polar SA in a $934 million all-stock deal.

Iran’s leader said it won’t back down in the confrontation over its nuclear program, as the U.S. and Israel disagreed publicly over timing for a potential military attack.

Japan Inc. is suffering and the supply chain is bearing the cost.

The U.S. labor market recovery is broadening as industries from construction to retail to manufacturing added workers in January and the jobless rate fell to the lowest level in three years.

Egyptian police used tear gas to disperse protesters in Cairo and two people were reported killed in Suez as unrest persisted following violence at a soccer match this week that left more than 70 dead.

The euro fell against the yen, dropping from a one-month high, as an unresolved Greek debt-swap agreement with private bondholders added to concern the region’s fiscal crisis is far from over.

U.S. stocks rose, giving the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index a fifth straight weekly advance, after reports showed employment in the world’s largest economy topped forecasts and global manufacturing is strengthening.

Greece’s efforts to win a second bailout from international creditors teetered in the balance as negotiations in Athens failed to clinch an agreement.

The trade deficit in the U.S. probably widened in December to a six-month high as imports climbed faster than exports, economists said a report this week will show.