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  • Tuesday, 24 September, 2024
    Chinese business & finance
    Huawei laptop reveals China’s progress towards tech self-sufficiency

    A look inside the bestselling Qingyun L540 shows how the campaign to use locally made components is progressing

    Combination image of a Huawei laptop, elements from its motherboard, and the stars from the Chinese flag.
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    Woolworths Ltd
    Australian retailers sued over ‘illusory’ discounts on Tim Tams and cat food

    Consumer watchdog accuses Coles and Woolworths of ‘misleading’ consumers on prices of staple goods

    A view of several packages of Tim Tam cookies, on display at a local grocery
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    Rana Foroohar
    There are no easy answers for US Steel

    Nippon’s proposed acquisition faces some legitimate pushback

    Illustration of two small figures pushing two gian puzzle pieces together but they won’t interlock as they aren’t the right shapes
  • Monday, 23 September, 2024
    Rightmove PLC
    Murdoch’s REA raises Rightmove bid to £6.1bn

    Australian property listings group criticises lack of engagement by UK target’s board

    Rooftops of brick residential houses with chimneys in Guildford, UK, with green fields and trees in the background
  • Sunday, 22 September, 2024
    BYD Co Ltd
    China’s BYD raises car export hopes in Pakistan after being spurned by India

    Planned assembly plant in the country would mark carmaker’s first venture into south Asia as it expands globally

    Several grey BYD electric vehicles are lined up inside an illuminated, tunnel-like structure within BYD's factory in Rayong, Thailand.
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Trafigura
    Trafigura set to name Richard Holtum as chief executive

    Trading house to announce as early as next week that head of gas, power and renewables will succeed Jeremy Weir

    Richard Holtum speaks on stage at the Gastech Conference in Houston, Texas
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    The Big Read
    Can cricket replicate the success of the Indian Premier League?

    The franchise has inspired a flurry of fast-paced competitions designed to draw in untapped audiences, but the field is getting crowded

  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    Aerospace & Defence
    US and Taiwan seek to strengthen drone supply chain to keep out China

    Co-operation would be part of wider western ‘de-risking’ because of security fears over Chinese products

    A soldier stands next to the AeroVironment Switchblade drone
  • Friday, 20 September, 2024
    LexFoxconn Technology Group
    Why Foxconn’s next bid for growth is a room on wheels Premium content

    The stakes for the parent group riding on Sharp’s new electric minivan may not make for a comfortable ride

    The Sharp LDK+ minivan on display in Tokyo
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    John Thornhill
    Time is running out for TikTok in the US

    The social media platform is threatened with a ban but remains wildly popular among users, including Kamala Harris and Donald Trump

    Participants hold signs in support of TikTok outside the Capitol Building in Washington
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    #techAsia
    Tech’s climate cost and TikTok’s day in court Premium content

    The inside story on the Asia tech trends that matter, from Nikkei Asia and the Financial Times

    A wind turbine operates near a coal-fired power plant and a highway in New Taipei City, Taiwan
  • Thursday, 19 September, 2024
    Hero MotoCorp Ltd
    India’s Hero to launch electric scooters in UK and Europe

    Chief Niranjan Gupta says launch into developed markets planned for mid-2025

    Niranjan Gupta poses for a photo in front of artwork
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    News in-depthMiddle East war
    From Taipei to Budapest: the mysterious trail of exploding pagers

    Supply chain of devices involved in audacious attacks in Lebanon spans three continents

    Hsu Ching-Kuang, president of Gold Apollo, speaks to the media outside the company’s office in Taipei on Wednesday
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    British Steel Ltd
    British Steel reveals losses deepened eightfold

    Concerns mount about future of Chinese-owned company that employs thousands in UK

    British Steel’s site in Scunthorpe
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    Global Economy
    South Korea emerges as a top US investor as China tensions escalate

    US project commitments from South Korean companies totalled $21.5bn last year, more than any other country

    The Hyundai electric-vehicle and battery manufacturing plant under construction in Ellabell, Georgia
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    News in-depthShein
    How China’s ‘Shein village’ grabbed the fast fashion supply chain

    Thousands of factories depend on the retailer but rivals are putting pressure on a model based on speed and thin margins

    A large room full of piles of bundled clothing products
  • Wednesday, 18 September, 2024
    Nippon Steel
    US delays decision on Nippon Steel’s $15bn takeover of US Steel

    Japanese group wins extension to probe of deal that is opposed by Biden, Harris and Trump

    Smoke and steam rises from a US Steel facility in Clairton, Pennsylvania
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    LexMidea
    The great aircon paradox will keep this Hong Kong IPO simmering Premium content

    Midea would have found the public markets less welcoming had it listed 5 years ago

    Fang Hongbo, chair and CEO of Midea, at the group’s listing ceremony in Hong Kong on Tuesday
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    PwC
    PwC China stops work on $140mn campus as Evergrande crisis mounts

    Lavish training institute on tropical island under review as firm reels from fallout from its audits of failed property developer

    A partially constructed building with exposed concrete and support beams, surrounded by construction materials
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    US-China trade dispute
    US and Japan near deal to curb chip technology exports to China

    Potential agreement comes despite fears Beijing will choke critical minerals supplies in response

    A close-up of a hand with blue gloves holding a chip fabricated in China by Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp.
  • Tuesday, 17 September, 2024
    News in-depthSouth Korean business & finance
    From steel to kimchi, South Korean exporters face flood of Chinese rivals

    Overproduction, tariffs and weak demand increase competition with a glut of low-cost goods

    Workers wash cabbage in a kimchi factory in Yeoncheon, South Korea
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    Inside BusinessJune Yoon
    Why EV investors are tracking Taylor Swift and swing state polls

    Investors are betting the US election outcome will have a big impact on sector stocks in Asia

    Taylor Swift
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    TikTok Inc
    TikTok warns of ‘staggering’ consequences from US divest-or-ban law

    App’s lawyer urges a federal appeals court to throw out rule requiring its Chinese owner to divest it or be shut down

    A TikTok advocate wears a button showing support for the app outside of the courthouse in Washington where the appeal is being hear
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    Taiwan
    Taiwan regulator blocks hostile bank takeover to clear way for rival deal

    Planned $17bn friendly tie-up between Shin Kong and Taishin would be country’s biggest financial sector merger

    Welch Lin, president of Taishin Financial Holding,  standing by a window
  • Monday, 16 September, 2024
    Indian business & finance
    India’s top shadow bank lists housing finance arm in blockbuster $782mn IPO

    Shares of Bajaj Housing Finance shot up by as much as 130% on trading debut

    Sanjiv Bajaj speaks into a microphone while seated on stage
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