Business deals
China's JD Logistics agrees to buy courier company Deppon
Subsidiary of JD.com will acquire 99.99% equity stake
Business deals
Business deals
Hong Kong's Swire unloads marine services unit for $190m
With sale of money-losing business, group focuses on growth areas like real estate
Retail
Suning to sell consumer finance unit for $58m in restructuring
Chinese group refocuses on core retail portfolio after expansion hits earnings
Transportation
Airbus and Boeing train sights on Asia with hopes of market rebound
Contract flexibility and new plane debut underscore industry ready for long-term boom
Business deals
Cerberus to take over Subic Bay shipyard near South China Sea
US fund nears deal on strategic Philippine facility that stirred China interest
Energy
Australia's AGL Energy shuns 2nd bid from Brookfield-led consortium
Revised deal was valued at $4bn but the company deems it as 'materially the same'
Finance
From ASEAN to Taiwan, Singapore banks tap Asia growth post-COVID
Southeast Asia's largest lenders snapping up Citi's assets as profits surge
Opinion
SoftBank abandons 'information revolution' with sale of Arm
Masayoshi Son's claim to be leading the information revolution is bunk
Business deals
Australia's AGL Energy rejects $3.5bn offer by Brookfield
Decision to split favored over plan backed by billionaire Cannon-Brookes
Retail
Thailand's Central Group bets on Europe with Selfridges bid
Tourists want luxury shopping destinations, says CEO of retail giant
Interview
Moderna taps Singapore, Hong Kong for COVID era expansion
Taiwan, Malaysia also picked; CEO Bancel eyes vaccine plants in Asia
Food & Beverage
Japan's Kirin to sell shares in Chinese water business for $994m
Drinks company set up its China joint venture in 2011
Business deals
Apple supplier Murata of Japan to buy U.S. 5G developer Resonant
$300m deal eyes mass production of high-precision mobile components
Semiconductors
Intel to buy Israel's Tower Semiconductor for $5.4bn
Deal gives U.S. giant a stronger foothold in specialty chips
Finance
Singapore's DBS logs record profit despite online banking stumble
Southeast Asia's largest lender deals with regulator's wrath over service outage
Business deals
Australia's Crown Resorts backs $6.3 bln Blackstone buyout offer
Shareholders will get A$13.10 a share, a 5.7% premium to the stock's last close
Business Spotlight
Collapse of Nvidia deal costs SoftBank an Arm and a leg
IPO could value chip designer at half what Masayoshi Son expected from sale, analysts say
SoftBank
SoftBank's failed Arm-Nvidia deal trips up its dash for cash
Masayoshi Son's investment group looks for IPO exit as risks mount
Business deals
SoftBank's Son aims for 'biggest ever' chip IPO with Arm
Technology investor posts 98% profit decline as valuations in sector fall
SoftBank
SoftBank's $66bn sale of chip group Arm to Nvidia collapses
Qualcomm and Microsoft objected; scrutiny came from U.S, U.K and EU regulators