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)….
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 rose 3.6% year on year compared with Reuters-polled economists’ estimates of a 1.1% growth. But it was lower than…
Customers check out vegetables and other groceries at a supermarket in Tokyo on June 20, 2025. Kazuhiro Nogi | Afp | Getty Images Japan’s core inflation in October rose at its sharpest rate since July, in line with market estimates on Friday, supporting the case for interest rate hikes by the Bank of Japan. Core…
A woman uses her mobile phone as she walks past the logo of Japan’s telecommunications giant SoftBank in Tokyo on December 25, 2013. Toru Yamanaka | Afp | Getty Images Tech conglomerate SoftBank plunged more than 10% Friday amid losses across the region, after U.S. tech stocks lost ground and investors’ hopes dimmed of a…
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…
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…
Panoramic view of Busan city, South Korea taken on sunrise. Alex Veprik | Moment | Getty Images Asia-Pacific markets traded higher Monday, after artificial intelligence valuation concerns fueled declines in markets across the region last week. Investors in Asia are also parsing October inflation data from China over the weekend, which came in above expectations….
A store in a shopping mall in Beijing on Aug. 7, 2024. Pedro Pardo | Afp | Getty Images Deflation pressures in China alleviated in October, as consumer prices returned to growth after falling for two straight months, though producer prices extended their slump to three years amid weak domestic demand and a decline in…
A cargo ship loaded with foreign trade containers heads towards Qingdao Port in Qingdao City, Shandong Province, China, on November 5, 2025. Costfoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s exports in October declined for the first time in nearly two years due to a high base effect and as businesses’ front-loading momentum tapered off ahead…
Robots manufacture auto parts at a factory in Ningde, China, on Oct. 17, 2024. Nurphoto | Nurphoto | Getty Images China’s factory activity growth in October missed market expectations, as trade tensions with the U.S. intensified during the month, according to a private survey released Monday. The RatingDog China General Manufacturing PMI, compiled by S&P…
