Business Trends
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Tea, ceramics and digital device makers team up with Tokio Marine
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Insurance
Companies
Wanda Group sheds assets as fast as it bought them
Fire sale including department stores and theme parks reaches $19bn
Companies
One in three Chinese listed companies saw profit fall in 2018
10% of businesses sank into the red as trade war gave consumers chills
Nikkei Markets
China Life drops after profit warning even as some see turnaround
New product offerings and top management seen helping insurer stage recovery
Companies
Rakuten's package delivery drones to take flight soon
Rural areas in Japan would be serviced, but cost is a concern
Business Trends
Startup funding by Japan's major companies shatters record
Corporate venture capital investment surges 91% in 2018 as more players emerge
Economy
Myanmar ready to open door to foreign insurers
Long-awaited plan set in motion as government seeks industry know-how
Commodities
Southeast Asian coal demand to grow at fastest rate in world
Energy-hungry Asia offsets slowing use in US and Europe, IEA says
Companies
Brokerages scramble on tepid investor response over SoftBank IPO
Share subscriptions are alarmingly short of those for Mercari and Japan Post
Companies
Activists take up the fight to reform South Korea's chaebol
Conglomerates under pressure to improve corporate governance
