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Europe has negotiated through the winter of a crisis that threatened to choke energy supplies and overwhelm its economy, but officials are warning that the squeeze may not yet be over.

Alibaba Group Holding Ltd.’s decision to break its $220 billion empire into six units and potentially list them is spurring hopes of a much needed boost to Hong Kong’s IPO market.

Hong Kong’s biggest cosmetics chain plans to open just a handful of new stores this year after shutting dozens during the pandemic as doubts remain that the city will return to its pre-Covid heights as a shopping mecca.

South Korean authorities will consider lifting a short-selling ban as early as this year if conditions are met, the nation’s financial watchdog chief said, acknowledging that the restriction is impeding foreign investors from buying local stocks.

The Bank of Japan’s new Deputy Governor Shinichi Uchida indicated the possibility that when the time comes for the bank to adjusts its yield curve control program it may do it as a surprise, amid lingering market speculation over change as a new leadership takes over the BOJ’s helm.

The slump in South Korea’s property market may lead to defaults on project-financing loans, but policymakers have put in place measures to cope following an unexpected credit crunch last year, according to the nation’s financial watchdog chief.

Lawmakers in Macron’s coalition are still backing the reform, but several of them are urging the president to find a way to take the heat out of demonstrations

Vietnam’s growth decelerated more than expected this quarter as exports and construction shrank, reflecting the risks that global and domestic challenges pose to one of the region’s fastest-growing economies.

BYD Co. doesn’t have any current plans to enter the US passenger car market, founder Wang Chuanfu said, throwing cold water on the prospect of the Chinese electric-vehicle maker challenging Tesla Inc. in its home market — for now.

China’s capacity to manufacture electrolyzers – the equipment used to make green hydrogen – could grow about 20 times by 2028 as costs of the clean energy source plunge, according to CICC.