International

Japan’s Takaichi set for landslide election win, exit poll shows

Her party is set to win 274 to 328 of the 465 seats in the lower house

Canada's Industry Minister Melanie Joly said there are “active conversations” on how domestic firms might complement new Chinese investment into Canada’s auto sector.

Canada eyes joint venture to build Chinese EVs for global export

Courting Chinese automakers marks a pivot from US reliance toward building a stronger domestic car industry

Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim shakes hands with Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi, on the second day of Modi's official visit, in Putrajaya, Malaysia on Feb 8.

India, Malaysia renew pledges to boost trade, collaboration

Anwar and Modi witness the exchange of 11 cooperation agreements

Malaysia has emerged as South-east Asia’s main data centre hub, attracting companies from Oracle and Amazon.com to Alibaba Group Holding and ByteDance.

Malaysia draws first data centre protest over pollution, water

The Gelang Patah project is unusually close to a residential area

Indian companies are some of biggest suppliers of apparel, footwear and jewellery products to the US.

Ralph Lauren, Walmart suppliers among winners in India-US trade deal

The deal removes the key overhang on the Indian economy, markets and currency

In Malaysia's gold-backed lending infrastructure, families can pawn gold jewellery for short-term cash.

High gold prices cause cash crunch at Malaysia pawnshops

Industry experts have observed the volatility triggering a phenomenon known as ‘overlapping’

The issue of stock manipulation reached a breaking point at the end of January, when MSCI threatened to downgrade Indonesian stocks due to severe opacity over shareholdings.

Jakarta’s stock plunge shines light on ‘pump and dump’ schemes that victimise retail investors

Retail investors have lost billions of dollars in the last decade due to what critics call regulatory negligence

Voters line up at a polling station to vote for the Lower House election in Tokyo, Japan on Feb 8.

Japan’s PM Takaichi aims for blizzard of votes in rare winter election

Record snow may hurt turnout, favouring organised voting blocs

Shanghai Biren Technology lists on Hong Kong’s stock exchange on Jan. 2.

China’s cash-hungry tech firms rush to tap Hong Kong markets in next phase of Beijing’s AI ambitions

The surge in interest in AI software stocks has been reinforced by a parallel rally in AI hardware