NEW YORK, N.Y. - World Trade Center developer Larry Silverstein's plan for a hotel-condo tower is moving forward after a London-based investment firm has agreed to provide a $660 million construction loan. Martin Burger of Silverstein Properties Inc. tells The Wall Street Journal (http://on.wsj.com/16eYuzw ) that if the financing deal with Children's Investment Fund Management LLP is completed it will clear the way for groundbreaking on the superluxury tower.

Japan's central bank on Tuesday became the latest organisation to express concerns over the access journalists at Bloomberg News have had to potentially sensitive data. The Bank of Japan's comment comes as a scandal grows for the financial news wire, whose terminals are used every day by officials at many of the world's most important institutions and banks. "We are now in contact with Bloomberg's office in Tokyo to determine the facts," said a BoJ spokesman, adding that he hopes Bloomberg will make a formal announcement about the facts as "its responsibility to clients."

LOS ANGELES, Calif. - Financial data and news company Bloomberg LP said Friday that it had cut off its journalists' access to client log-in data on the company's ubiquitous trading information terminals after Goldman Sachs complained about the matter last month. A person familiar with the matter said Goldman Sachs became concerned about outside access after a Bloomberg reporter, investigating what she thought was the departure of a Goldman employee, told the securities firm that the employee had not logged into a Bloomberg terminal for a number of weeks.

NEW YORK, N.Y. - A silver spire, built in part in Canada, has been fully installed on the roof of One World Trade Center, bringing the iconic structure to its full, symbolic height of 1,776 feet. The installation of the spire was completed Friday morning after pieces of it had been transported to the roof of the building last week. Construction workers below applauded the milestone. The 1,776 feet — or 541 metres — is symbolic of the year 1776, when the U.S. declared its independence.