The maker of Japan’s most popular voice-and-camera translator is fighting to differentiate itself as it pursues a listing on Nasdaq in two years at a billion-dollar valuation.
China’s economy picked up steam in August as a summer travel boom and a heftier stimulus push boosted consumer spending and factory output, adding to nascent signs of stabilization.
Japan’s plan to double household income from investing is shaping up as a catalyst for even longer-term weakness in the yen — already this year’s worst-performing major currency.
Foreign Minister Annalena Baerbock is in the US this week to take the political pulse of Germany’s most important ally. But her first stop wasn’t Washington. It was Austin, Texas, for a meeting with a governor who’s one of the country’s most conservative.
Mumbai Airport experienced more than 100 flight delays and several cancellations after a private jet veered off the runway when landing Thursday evening.
Australia is facing a period of hot weather over the coming week that may break seasonal records and threaten some grain crops.
Russia’s emergency interest-rate hike a month ago hasn’t taken another increase off the table at the central bank’s regularly scheduled meeting this week.
A top-performing Japan stock picker has cautioned against too much reliance on the weak yen propping up exporters profits.
Chinese developer Country Garden Holdings Co. left investors grasping for more information after it again delayed a deadline for voting on its request to extend a bond, underscoring a broader lack of transparency amid the nation’s property debt crisis.
Singapore’s home sales fell last month to the lowest since January as demand slowed amid a lack of big launches.
