Citigroup Inc. (C) said it’s “encouraging” that the city’s household debt tied to the real estate market is only a fraction of property values, downplaying concerns of a bubble.

Ocwen Financial Corp. (OCN) raised less than underwriters expected by selling bonds tied to fees from managing government-backed loans as the mortgage servicer’s shares fell to the lowest in 10 months.

A Chinese manufacturing slowdown fueled speculation that President Xi Jinping’s officials will switch focus in coming months from taming credit growth and financial risks to supporting economic expansion.

News Corp. Chairman Rupert Murdoch agreed to buy the top four floors of a condominium tower near Manhattan’s Madison Square Park for $57.3 million.

Brookdale Senior Living Inc. (BKD) agreed to buy Emeritus (ESC) Corp. for about $1.4 billion in stock, building a network of housing for the elderly across 46 U.S. states.

Marriott International Inc. (MAR), the owner of such brands as the Ritz-Carlton and Renaissance, reported fourth-quarter earnings that matched analyst estimates as leisure and business-group demand rose in North America.

Rents collected on the collateral for the first U.S. rental-home securities declined by 7.6 percent from October to January, according to Morningstar Inc.

Federal Reserve policy makers backed away from their year-old commitment to consider raising interest rates when unemployment falls below 6.5 percent.

Singapore may start easing some of its property measures if home prices drop as much as 10 percent this year, according to the chief executive officer of the city-state’s biggest developer.

Oskar Schindler’s factory is headed for the market, and Blahoslav Kaspar knows it will be a tough sell. The mayor of Brnenec, a village of 1,300 in the eastern Czech Republic, insists the crumbling complex would be the perfect spot for any kind of light industry. He also suggests it could be a Holocaust museum. The factory once belonged to Schindler, a Czech-German industrialist, spy and a member of the Nazi party who sheltered about 1,200 Jews there in the final months of the Second World War. Their story was featured in Steven Spielberg’s Academy award-winning 1993 film Schindler’s List.

Australia’s bid to sell state-owned infrastructure to help fund new projects will form a centerpiece of its Group of 20 agenda as the nation bets its plan to spur jobs is as relevant in Moscow, Mumbai and Michigan as it is in Melbourne.

Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide Inc. (HOT), Expedia Inc. (EXPE) and other hotel and Internet travel agencies won dismissal of a consumer antitrust lawsuit accusing them of conspiring to fix room prices.

CapitaLand Ltd. (CAPL), Southeast Asia’s biggest developer, said fourth-quarter profit fell 46 percent after it recorded a loss on the sale of a stake in Australand Property Group (ALZ) and lower revenue from its Singapore home sales.

Brigham and Women’s Hospital is considering a proposal from real estate billionaire Hui Ka Yan to become the first Harvard-University affiliated hospital to expand to China.

After growing weary of five-hour commutes to work in Mumbai, Raghavendra Deshpande took a 20 percent pay cut for a job nearer home. The city’s new metro rail isn’t going to change his mind.