MTR Corp faces a HK$3 billion bill for delays in building lines in the city and a traveller backlash after a clutch of operational problems this year, but neither appear to be hurting the railway company's overseas businesses.

The European Commission plans no retaliation over China's probe of carmakers that has slapped Europe's biggest marques with fines and demands for price cuts that industry watchers say smack more of protectionism than promoting competition.