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Investor sentiment remains muted due to widespread fears of a global economic slowdown though Tokyo and China still found gains
KDDI shares declined about 4% on Monday after the biggest outage in the history of Japan's No-2 wireless carrier hit almost 40 million users
Rating agency Moody's is reviewing the Shanghai-based group as it sees a 'contagion risk' spreading to scores of companies across China, the US and Europe
Fears over a worldwide economic slowdown dragged indexes across the region down with losses in Tokyo, Shanghai and Taipei
The London-based bank is preparing to relaunch its business in India at a time when it is increasing its focus on Asia - its biggest region in terms of profit generation
The new firm will take over rights and obligations of Sakhalin Energy Investment Co, in which the two Japanese companies and Shell hold just under a 50% stake
The company had been planning to raise $6 billion last year, but put the deal on hold in December because of the impact of the pandemic and volatile financial markets
Mainland China stocks bucked the trend as easing Covid curbs boosted confidence but the region’s bourses are still set for half-yearly losses
New York-based Grizzly Research alleged that China EV manufacturer Nio used creative accounting to inflate its net income margins. Nio said on Thursday the claims had no merit and 'contained errors'.
The regulator has rejected more than a dozen proposals for spot bitcoin ETFs over the past year, with much of its focus on the lack of any "surveillance-sharing agreements"
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