Business deals
Omron to invest in Techman Robot, a unit of Taiwan's Quanta
Japanese electronics maker sees revenue from automated sector tripling by 2024
Business deals
Business deals
Telstra to buy Digicel Pacific for $1.6bn to block China influence
Australian government will front $1.33bn to back the deal
Automobiles
Samsung SDI and Stellantis to set up EV battery venture in U.S.
Tie-up comes days after world's No. 4 automaker signed deal with LG unit
Media & Entertainment
'India's Rupert Murdoch' fights to keep control of his media empire
Subhash Chandra enlists Sony in battle over future of Zee Entertainment
Business Spotlight
Australia's foreign ownership rules face first test in $7bn battle for AusNet
Electricity network has attracted Canadian interest -- and there's a China twist
Business deals
Troubled SsangYong Motor poised to sell itself to South Korean EV startup
Debt-laden automaker seeks to escape slump under Edison Motors
Business deals
Nippon Paint to acquire French paint maker Cromology
Deal to be made through Australian subsidiary as group eyes European expansion
Media & Entertainment
Sony to sell mobile gaming subsidiary for $1bn
Entertainment group to focus on games using its own content
Transportation
Tata's takeover of Air India faces turbulence as foes lash out
Burden of investment falls on family's shoulders after privatization
Business deals
Japan's Aeon to buy 100-yen chain for expertise on affordable products
Can Do operates 1,140 stores nationwide with rock-bottom prices, but costs are rising
Materials
Chinese investors jostle over Argentine lithium mines
Gold producer Zijin and battery maker CATL join race for key EV material
Business deals
Indian broadcaster Zee draws shareholder fire over Sony merger
U.S. fund manager Invesco cites unfair advantage to founding family
Business deals
SBI's bid for Shinsei Bank heads toward openly hostile takeover fight
Lender expected to oppose $1bn offer, citing possible harm to shareholders
Consumer
Itochu joins $150m funding round for fashion arm of China's Fosun
Shoemaker Stella International also to take stake in Lanvin Group
Business deals
CVC Capital to buy Japanese tutoring service Try Group for $976m
UK buyout fund ups investment in artificial intelligence as online market grows
Aerospace & Defense
Australia's AUKUS submarine deal strikes blow to arms contractors
Small firms in scuttled contracts for French-made vessels face stormy future
Business deals
Reliance Industries agrees to buy up to 40% of Sterling and Wilson Solar
Second announcement of the day on solar energy investment
Business deals
India's Reliance buys REC Solar for $771m from Chinese owner
Conglomerate plans to invest $10.1bn in clean energy over three years
Semiconductors
Sony to join TSMC on new $7bn chip plant in Japan
Toyota group parts maker Denso considers signing up
Transportation
Air India flies back to Tata Group after 7 decades
Conglomerate wins bid to buy troubled government airline it founded in 1930s
