Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi repeated his government’s promise of boosting defense exports by more than 200% over the next three years as the South Asian nation looks to step up domestic manufacturing of military hardware.
One of the Chinese entities blacklisted by the US for alleged links to a global espionage balloon program is part of a state-owned conglomerate that develops products including anti-drone systems and blimps.
An out-of-print book by the man pegged to be the next Bank of Japan governor has become a hot commodity on internet auction sites, where it’s changing hands for more than 20 times its original price.
Taiwan’s central bank could still raise interest rates in March, a board member said, prompting a rise in the island’s bond yields on Monday.
Adani Electricity Mumbai Ltd., part of Gautam Adani’s embattled empire, has made an interest payment due Monday on a dollar bond, an Adani Group spokesperson said.
Swedish households’ perceptions of where home prices may be headed have turned less pessimistic in recent months, as electricity prices have moderated and there’s hope that interest-rate increases may be nearing an end.
Inflation in Switzerland accelerated more than economists forecast, a result that may add to Swiss National Bank concerns about cost pressures getting out of control.
Chinese-owned e-commerce upstart Temu made its Super Bowl debut on Sunday, an unofficial coming-out party for an online shopping app that’s climbed American download charts since its debut late last year.
Chancellor Olaf Scholz’s Social Democrats crashed to their worst-ever result in Berlin, failing to win an election in the German capital for the first time since 1999 as the conservative Christian Democrats surged to victory.
A personalized license plate sold for HK$25.5 million ($3.2 million) at an auction in Hong Kong on Sunday, the second-highest bid on record for a city where eye-catching and sometimes bewildering car plates are a common sight.
