Bloomberg Business

Japan’s insurers will continue to provide war-risk coverage for vessels in Russian waters in January, Kyodo News reported Thursday.

Chinese stocks declined as traders fret the nation’s outbreak may derail a much-awaited economic recovery at home and abroad.

Novartis AG agreed to pay $245 million to settle a lawsuit alleging that it attempted to delay the launch of generic copies of its Exforge blood-pressure medicine.

The jump in Covid infections across China is hurting the country’s massive meatpacking industry, adding to signs of growing disruption from Beijing’s sudden dismantling of virus restrictions.

Asia’s richest man Gautam Adani said credit metrics at his businesses are improving and a deeper understanding of his rapidly expanding conglomerate would allay any concerns around its borrowings.

The US and Italy joined an increasing number of nations requiring Covid tests for travelers from China, with concerns mounting over the risk of any new variants emerging from the surge in infections in the country of 1.4 billion.

The Bank of Japan announced two additional rounds of unscheduled bond-purchase operations, fighting back against traders betting it will further relax its yield-curve control policy.