Companies
Japan's Mitsui O.S.K. to invest $2.9bn in real estate business
Shipping company aiming to shrink volatile sea transportation segment
Markets
Opinion
India must embrace foreign financing to meet investment needs
Clearing path for overseas bond buyers will support infrastructure and business
Economy
Thailand hikes key interest rate to 1.25%, lowers growth outlook
Central bank walks tightrope between interest rate gap, economic recovery
Economy
China factory, service activity hit 7-month lows on COVID curbs
Virus controls further slow economy hampered by weak property market
Currencies
Short sellers target Hong Kong dollar: Five things to know
Hedge fund billionaire Ackman among investors betting on U.S. dollar peg crash
Markets
Ajinomoto stock hits record thanks to semiconductor material unit
Japanese foodmaker draws investors with diversified business portfolio
Markets
Thailand approves tax on financial trades to fill state coffers
Traders say levy on securities transactions will cut market liquidity
Pharmaceuticals
Eisai shares plunge in Tokyo after reported death in Alzheimer trial
Woman taking lecanemab experimental drug died from brain hemorrhage: Science.org
Markets
China COVID protests deepen foreign investor caution
Unknowns over pace of reopening add to market volatility
Market Spotlight
Copper's green future keeps miners bullish despite China weakness
Experts expect more resource deals amid scramble for 'future-facing' red metal
Bonds
Rakuten braves 10%-plus borrowing cost in new $500m bond sale
Junk note issuance tests group's resolve on loss-making mobile business
Economy
China frees up $70bn for banks to underpin slowing economy
PBOC cuts reserve requirement for banks to improve liquidity
China debt crunch
China's Fosun scrambles to slim down as debt burden looms
Embattled group slashes $3bn-plus worth of noncore operations
Property
Chinese property stocks rally as banks pledge $38bn in support
Credit lines to developers is latest policy aimed at reviving sector
Currencies
Top Japan banks and BOJ to begin trials of digital yen next year
Central bank to launch two-year pilot program to test transactions
Technology
Huge Foxconn iPhone plant in China rocked by new worker unrest
Bonus delay, food shortages rile Zhengzhou staff already angered by COVID rules
Inflation
New Zealand delivers record rate increase, flags more to come
Official cash rate goes up to 4.25%, its highest point since January 2009
Commodities
Oil rebounds after Saudi Arabia denies report on OPEC+ output boost
Crude futures plunged earlier on possibility of supply increase
Commodities
China thought to be stockpiling gold to cut greenback dependence
Buying of metal is at its fastest pace since the 1960s
Interview
French central bank governor warns of West-China 'fragmentation'
Francois Villeroy de Galhau says China's economic revival is in world's interest
