A cargo ship loaded with containers departs from Qingdao Port in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China, on December 4, 2025. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s exports massively beat market expectations in November as manufacturers rushed to ship out inventory on the back of a trade deal with Washington, following a meeting between the … Read more
Panoramic view of Busan city, South Korea taken on sunrise. Alex Veprik | Moment | Getty Images SoftBank led gains in Japanese tech-related stocks Wednesday, tracking Wall Street peers, and boosting the Nikkei 225. Tech-focused investment major SoftBank rose more than 8%, snapping a three-session streak of losses. Japan’s Tokyo Electron, which provides essential chipmaking … Read more
Sydney Opera House, designed by Danish architect Mr Jorn Oberg Utzon, at first light as the sun rises over Sydney harbor and city center skyscrapers. Ucg | Universal Images Group | Getty Images Australia’s third-quarter economic growth missed analysts’ expectations, but still clocked its fastest expansion in about two years, driven by strong investment and … Read more
Chinese-made automobiles and construction machinery are assembled and shipped for export at Yantai Port in Yantai City, Shandong Province, China, on October 21, 2025. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s factory activity unexpectedly contracted in November, according to a private survey released Monday, as soft domestic demand continued to cast a pall over the … Read more
The Macquarie Group Ltd. logo at the company’s headquarters in Sydney, Australia, on Wednesday, June 18, 2025. Brent Lewin | Bloomberg | Getty Images Australia’s Qube Holdings announced on Monday that Macquarie Asset Management had submitted a non-binding proposal to acquire the logistics company at an enterprise value of 11.6 billion Australian dollars ($7.49 billion). … Read more
Shipping container loads dock at Tokyo Bay. Sopa Images | Lightrocket | Getty Images Japan’s exports in October massively beat expectations, government data on Friday showed, as shipments to Europe and Asia saw robust growth. Exports grew 3.6% year on year compared with expectations of a 1.1% growth by economists polled by Reuters. However, growth … Read more
CHENGDU, CHINA – OCTOBER 18: People walk past the Louis Vuitton store at Taikoo Li, a high-end shopping area that combines traditional Sichuan-style architecture with modern luxury retail, on October 18, 2025, in Chengdu, China. Cheng Xin | Getty Images News | Getty Images China’s slowdown worsened in October, dragged by soft consumer demand and … Read more
A man pushes a trolley inside a supermarket in Mumbai, India, on September 7, 2025. (Photo by Indranil Aditya/NurPhoto via Getty Images) Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images India’s consumer inflation cooled to 0.25% in October, strengthening hopes of more policy easing by the Reserve Bank of India. The headline inflation number was below estimates … Read more
Luckin Coffee is preparing to relist its shares in the U.S., its co-founder and CEO, Jinyi Guo, said at an entrepreneurs’ gathering earlier this month, five years after a $300 million accounting scandal derailed the coffee chain’s business. Speaking at a government-hosted event in the southeastern city of Xiamen, where Luckin Coffee is headquartered, Guo … Read more