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Indonesia offers to buy U.S. aircraft, wheat in tariff negotiations
Indonesia will offer to step up purchases of aircraft by state carrier Garuda Indonesia and wheat by instant noodle giant Indofood , in tariff talks with the United States, its chi...
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Japan July 20 election results could impact fiscal health, ratings, Moody's says
Japan's upcoming upper house election could have important implications for fiscal health and credit ratings if it brings large tax cuts, Moody's Ratings said.
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Australia's Goodman Group creates $2.7 billion group to invest in Hong Kong data centres
Australia's Goodman Group will establish a $2.7 billion investment consortium with international pension funds and investors to develop data centre businesses across Hong Kong, the...
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Japan's household spending rises at quickest pace in 3 years as tariff risks loom
Japanese household spending surged at the fastest pace in nearly three years in May, offering some hopes that tepid consumption might be turning a corner even as risks from U.S. ta...
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Japan's opposition Sanseito urges BOJ to focus on revitalising economy
The Bank of Japan should focus on working with the government to boost domestic demand and revitalise the economy, Souhei Kamiya, head of the opposition party Sanseito, said on Thu...
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Australia govt confirms $2.2 bln funding for 2032 Brisbane Games venues
The Australian government has confirmed it will contribute A$3.435 billion ($2.25 billion) towards the A$7.1 billion cost of building the venues for the 2032 Brisbane Olympics, cle...
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GemLife jumps 7% in trading debut after Australia's biggest IPO this year
Australian retirement resorts operator GemLife Communities Group rose 7% on Thursday as the company started trading on the Australian Securities Exchange after raising A$750 millio...
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China's services activity growth hits 9-month low in June, shows Caixin PMI
China's services activity expanded at the slowest pace in nine months in June, as demand weakened and new export orders declined amid a fragile trade truce with the United States, ...
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Japan's service activity growth picks up in June, PMI shows
Japan's service sector activity expanded at a slightly faster pace in June, with business confidence improving to a four-month high, a private sector survey showed on Thursday.
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MMC Port moves closer to launching Malaysia's biggest IPO in 13 years
Port operator MMC Port Holdings moved closer to what could be Malaysia's biggest IPO in 13 years by lodging a draft prospectus with the securities regulator, the regulator's websit...
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China's top leaders vow crackdown on price wars as deflation risks mount
China's top leaders pledged on Tuesday to step up regulation of aggressive price-cutting by Chinese companies, state news agency Xinhua reported, as the world's second-biggest econ...
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New BOJ board member warns against rushing into rate hikes
The Bank of Japan should not rush into raising interest rates given various economic risks, its new board member Kazuyuki Masu said on Tuesday, reinforcing market views that U.S. t...
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Japan factory activity grows for first time in 13 months, PMI shows
Japan's manufacturing sector expanded in June for the first time in 13 months led by an upswing in output, but overall demand remained weak as new orders shrank yet again amid unce...
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Japan's food inflation to intensify in July, survey shows
Japanese households will get no respite from rising living costs with a five-fold increase expected in the number of food items set to experience price rises in July, a private thi...
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China's June manufacturing activity shrinks for third month
China's manufacturing activity shrank for a third month in June, a survey showed on Monday, suggesting factory managers are struggling to find domestic buyers as their overseas sal...
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China's non-manufacturing activity increased in June, PMI shows
China's non-manufacturing activity increased in June, an official survey showed on Monday.
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Japan factory output rises, but slower than expected as US tariffs threat looms
Japanese factory output rose at a slower-than-expected pace in May, government data showed on Monday, as sweeping U.S. tariffs were threatening to derail the country's already frag...
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China resumes qualified seafood imports from some Japan regions
China on Sunday announced it is immediately resuming seafood products imported from some Japanese regions, ending a nearly two-year overall ban imposed due to worries over Japan's ...
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