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China’s November retail sales miss expectations, real estate slump deepens

China’s November retail sales miss expectations, real estate slump deepens

Lawrence Booth

Shoppers pass a Huawei Technologies Co. store on Nanjing East Road in Shanghai, China, on Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2024.   Qilai ...

Billionaire Gautam Adani charged with fraud, bribery in New York

Billionaire Gautam Adani charged with fraud, bribery in New York

Albert Wagner

Gautam Adani, chair of Indian conglomerate Adani Group, addresses a gathering during the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit 2024 in Gandhinagar, ...

Adani investor GQG Partners’ shares plunge after Gautam Adani’s indictment

Adani investor GQG Partners’ shares plunge after Gautam Adani’s indictment

Lawrence Booth

Rajiv Jain, founder and chief investment officer of GQG Partners, during an interview in New York, US, on Tuesday, April ...

China central bank releases slate of support measures amid a deepening economic slump

China central bank releases slate of support measures amid a deepening economic slump

Lawrence Booth

Pan Gongsheng, governor of the People’s Bank of China, delivers a speech during the 2024 Lujiazui Forum on June 19, ...

Modi’s BJP-led alliance set for narrower-than-expected win

Modi’s BJP-led alliance set for narrower-than-expected win

Adesola Mojo

India’s Prime Minister Narendra Modi flashes victory sign at the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) headquarters to celebrate the party’s win ...

SoftBank earnings Q4 and full year FY 2023

SoftBank earnings Q4 and full year FY 2023

John Ray

SoftBank’s Vision Fund, the brainchild of the company’s founder Masayoshi Son, has faced a number of headwinds including a slump ...

Bank of Japan keeps monetary policy unchanged

Bank of Japan keeps monetary policy unchanged

Lawrence Booth

A pedestrian walks past the Bank of Japan (BoJ) building in central Tokyo on July 28, 2023. Richard A. Brooks ...