Business this week

Stockmarkets had another volatile week amid further worries about the slowing Chinese economy. The swings in China’s share indices were less marked than of late, following speculation that the government had recommenced its stock purchases through state-owned firms to try to calm the markets. The authorities are intervening in other ways, parading on television a financial journalist who confessed to the “crime” of reporting on the market turmoil by adding his “personal judgment and subjective views” to the news. An inquiry also began into alleged market manipulation.