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  • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
    Electric vehicles
    China’s electric-vehicle leader BYD posts record sales in 2024

    Bigger companies beat targets as intense competition rocks world’s biggest car market

    Visitors inspect a BYD Sealion 7 electric vehicle at the Paris Motor Show
  • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
    Alibaba
    Alibaba sells stake in Chinese hypermarket operator at steep discount

    Sun Art deal is ecommerce group’s second major divestment of bricks-and-mortar assets in less than a month

    Customers shop inside an RT-Mart hypermarket in Shanghai, China
  • Thursday, 2 January, 2025
    South Korean business & finance
    South Korean investors pile into US equities as domestic stock market languishes

    Retail investors expect Trump rally to continue and Tesla is a favourite with Musk praising country’s ‘smart people’

    Dealers work in front of multiple monitors displaying financial data.
  • Wednesday, 1 January, 2025
    Chinese business & finance
    US investors in China venture funds race to comply with new tech rules

    Financial institutions rush to secure assurances their money is not being used to develop Chinese technology

    A person in protective clothing works on a semiconductor wafer in a production line. In the background, there is a gradient backdrop with the Chinese flag stars and a stack of US dollar bills.
  • Wednesday, 1 January, 2025
    Copper
    Telecoms groups forecast to reap $10bn windfall from recycled copper

    Industry is decommissioning legacy lines as demand for metal expected to grow

    A worker inspects large coiled bundles of 8mm copper wire in a warehouse
  • Wednesday, 1 January, 2025
    Commercial Aircraft Corp of China Ltd
    China steps up drive to break Boeing and Airbus grip on plane market

    State-owned Comac opens offices abroad and pushes for overseas certification as it increases output of C919 jets

    Air China's C919 aircraft is parked on the tarmac at an airport in Hangzhou, China
  • Tuesday, 31 December, 2024
    Japanese business & finance
    Activists push Japan Inc to its ‘great tipping point’, says Suntory head

    Critical mass of shareholder activists forcing companies to adjust

    Takeshi Niinami is shown standing with arms crossed, smiling, and wearing a tie and pinstriped suit
  • Monday, 30 December, 2024
    Adani Group
    Adani Group to divest $2bn stake in Wilmar joint venture

    First major capital raise since US indicted billionaire Gautam Adani and associates in an alleged bribery scheme

    Workers outside the Adani Wilmar factory
  • Monday, 30 December, 2024
    Pakistan's economy
    Pakistan scraps plan for tax on banks’ bumper profits

    Measure abandoned days before deadline after lenders launched legal challenges and imposed fees

    A man walks past a colourful, decorated bus and motorcycles in front of the State Bank of Pakistan building in Karachi.
  • Sunday, 29 December, 2024
    News in-depthChinese business & finance
    Beijing seeks to curb ‘shakedown’ detentions of Chinese executives

    Senior figures at more than 80 listed companies were held by local authorities in 2024, FT analysis finds

    A silhouetted pedestrian on a bridge in front of Shanghai’s Pudong business district
  • Sunday, 29 December, 2024
    Macquarie Group
    Asia infrastructure to drive more deals after $15bn data centre sale, Macquarie says

    Australian asset manager sold AirTrunk business to Blackstone

    The Macquarie Group logo is prominently displayed on a desk in the reception area of the company’s Sydney office headquarters.
  • Friday, 27 December, 2024
    TikTok Inc
    Trump asks Supreme Court to delay TikTok ban to enable ‘political solution’

    Legislation would force Chinese-owned ByteDance to divest video app by January 19 or be restricted in the US

    TikTok sign on a building
  • Friday, 27 December, 2024
    Japanese business & finance
    Japan’s Nikkei index heads for best year-end close since 1989

    Equity markets have finally surpassed bubble-era levels during rally led by domestic investors

    A person wearing a mask walks past an electronic stock board displaying the Nikkei index
  • Friday, 27 December, 2024
    BYD Co Ltd
    BYD fires subcontractor building Brazil EV factory after forced labour claims

    Brazilian officials say conditions were ‘extremely degrading’ at construction site for Chinese carmaker

  • Friday, 27 December, 2024
    LexMacau
    Macau’s big money days are behind it Premium content

    Gambling crimes bill would be highly effective in enforcing Beijing’s crackdown on illicit capital outflows from China

    A close-up of a roulette table with gaming chips
  • Friday, 27 December, 2024
    Singapore Exchange Ltd
    Singapore’s stock exchange hits 20-year low in listed companies

    Regulator aims to encourage more listings to stem trend of companies opting for US IPOs

    A person walks past a large sign of the Singapore Stock Exchange  prominently displayed outside its premises.
  • Thursday, 26 December, 2024
    Asia-Pacific equities
    India roars ahead of China to top Asian IPO rankings

    Fast-growing Indian market behind only the US in money raised by company listings

    People walk past electronic boards displaying stock figures in the atrium of the National Stock Exchange of India, in Mumbai
  • Thursday, 26 December, 2024
    Electric vehicles
    China’s EV sales set to overtake traditional cars years ahead of west

    Volumes forecast to rise 20% next year, smashing international projections and Beijing’s official targets

    A row of Dolphin compact hatchback electric vehicles lined up inside a brightly lit manufacturing facility in Thailand
  • Wednesday, 25 December, 2024
    LexGames industry
    Games console makers will get a power up in a slower market Premium content

    Ageing hardware is still going strong for the likes of Sony and Nintendo

    Person plays the ‘Astro Bot’ video game on a Sony PlayStation 5 console in Chiba, Japan
  • Tuesday, 24 December, 2024
    News in-depthPrivate equity
    Private equity investors trapped in China as top firms fail to find exit deals

    Sales and listings of Chinese companies by world’s biggest buyout groups have ground to a halt, data shows

    A woman walks past a brightly lit McDonald's sign in Hong Kong,
  • Tuesday, 24 December, 2024
    Nippon Steel
    Nippon’s bid for US Steel in Biden’s hands after deadlock on panel vetting deal

    President has already voiced opposition to Japanese company’s takeover plan

    Aerial view of the US Steel Mon Valley Works Clairton Plant in Pennsylvania, with large industrial buildings and smokestacks emitting steam
  • Monday, 23 December, 2024
    LexTransport
    Singapore Post must move swiftly to rebuild credibility Premium content

    Whistleblowing report leaves postal group facing a reputational hit

    The central business district in Singapore
  • Monday, 23 December, 2024
    Nissan Motor Co Ltd
    Honda and Nissan unveil plan for $58bn merger by 2026

    Mitsubishi Motors may join holding company to form world’s third-largest carmaker

    Makoto Uchida, Toshihiro Mibe, and Takao Kato stand at podiums during a joint press conference. Company logos are displayed above each executive.
  • Sunday, 22 December, 2024
    Bollywood
    Indian cinema turns to high-octane movies to overcome box office ‘famine’

    Action films from country’s south have won audience favour while Bollywood has endured string of flops

    Indian actors Rajkummar Rao, Shraddha Kapoor and Varun Dhawan pose in a film promotional shot
  • Friday, 20 December, 2024
    Toys R Us Asia celebrates ‘kidult’ Christmas as birth rates in region fall

    Retailer taps nostalgia to sell toys to ageing market and counter falling demand for kids’ products

    A customer looks at Christmas-themed items inside a Toys “R” Us store in Hong Kong
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