Walt Disney Co. is set to open the world’s first Frozen-themed land at Hong Kong Disneyland Resort as the entertainment giant prepares to unleash $60 billion in spending across parks and resorts worldwide.
For the most part of this year, betting against the rupee has been a fool’s errand. Traders are contemplating one key question: why is the Reserve Bank of India steadfastly defending the currency?
With wars, trade bans and climate change, protecting consumers and farmers is playing a major role in politics. We look at some key countries.
The Swedish government’s key coalition partner is ratcheting up pressure on Vattenfall AB to expand nuclear power production and says a separate company could be formed for that purpose if the state-run utility doesn’t move fast enough.
Infosys Ltd. trimmed its full-year sales forecast and warned it’s suspending some hiring, suggesting the global technology spending slump has room to run.
Dalian Wanda Commercial Management Group Co.’s planned issuance of an asset-backed security has been terminated, occurring as a unit of the Chinese property firm faces a key deadline for going public.
Japan’s government asked a court to order the dissolution of a fringe religious group whose activities were cited as motivation in the fatal shooting of former Prime Minister Shinzo Abe last year.
The gold sector’s largest-ever takeover has been cemented after shareholders of Australia’s Newcrest Mining Ltd. gave the final seal of approval for US giant Newmont Corp. to close the transaction valued at near $15 billion.
Israeli’s armed forces have told the United Nations to evacuate its personnel from northern Gaza, indicating a ground operation could be coming soon in retaliation for an attack by the militant group that killed at least 1,200 people.
Millions of sports fans are anticipated to pack restaurants, bars, street markets and malls in India and Pakistan — and elsewhere in the world — as the two South Asian arch-rivals play each other at the men’s Cricket World Cup on Saturday.
