• BlackRock delayed until February a two-day conference for its clients at the Four Seasons Hotel in Hong Kong that was to take place early next month.

• Some companies are said to be “activating plans for employees to work remotely,” and “advising staffers on what to do if they find themselves in danger.”

But “it is largely business as usual” for most companies that the WSJ spoke to, and they “aren’t making plans to move personnel, significant assets or certain job functions out of the city because of the protests.”

More: Mr. Trump called the mass protests in Hong Kong “very tough,” but did not criticize the government in Beijing.

How a Trump ally promoted foreign clients in Washington

A New York Times investigation into Elliott Broidy, a wealthy venture capitalist and defense contractor, has revealed new details about his efforts to promote the causes of foreign clients as he sought to profit from them, Kenneth Vogel writes. Here are some key takeaways from the investigation, compiled by Eileen Sullivan of the NYT.

Mr. Broidy played the Washington influence game. As a major fund-raiser for Donald Trump’s presidential campaign, he became something of a Republican power broker. He offered, for instance, inauguration tickets to officials from Angola, the Republic of Congo and Romania, “three countries he courted for contracts that could have been worth as much as $266 million,” Ms. Sullivan writes.

One associate was paid by the United Arab Emirates. Around the time of the inauguration, Mr. Broidy met an adviser to the United Arab Emirates, George Nader, who was paid “millions of dollars” by the country. During that time, Mr. Broidy started a campaign against Qatar, often considered a strategic ally of the U.S., and promoted Saudi Arabia and the United Arab Emirates — “two countries from which he was seeking hundreds of millions of dollars in contracts.” Federal prosecutors are investigating these financial connections.