Jefferies Financial Group Inc. is hiring about 10 investment bankers in India as the US advisory firm looks to beef up its operations in the world’s most populous nation, according to people familiar with the matter.
Indian space-sector companies rallied ahead of the lunar touchdown of its Chandrayaan-3 spacecraft on Wednesday, which will potentially give a further boost to the nation’s space program.
A rapid tourism recovery in Japan, bolstered by the return of Chinese visitors, and the highest level of inflation in four decades are fueling a boom in hotel investment in the island nation.
Snap Inc. is appointing a former Google executive to lead its India operations as it strives to become a major social media force in a key growth market.
A top-performing emerging-market stock fund that sold off its China internet holdings last year is slowly rebuilding the exposure, citing improved tech earnings and Beijing’s friendlier policy toward private enterprise as reasons.
Singapore’s core inflation eased last month as forecast, allowing central bankers room to keep monetary policy steady to support the economy.
Hong Kong property developers saw the lowest sales since 2019 for new residential units completed as expensive borrowing costs weigh on the market.
Poland and Hungary have been among the fiercest opponents of immigration, but their economies are desperate for foreign labor.
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu has appointed Atiku Bagudu, who the US has accused of helping a former dictator loot the country of billions of dollars in the 1990s, as his budget minister.
Sales at Britain’s small businesses collapsed by more than a fifth over the past year as customers cut back in the face of soaring inflation and rising interest rates, according to new research by accounting software provider Sage.
