Asia stocks fall as Fed caution grows; China inflation underwhelms

The print showed deflation remained largely in play in the world’s second-largest economy, and sparked heightened concerns ...

Meshflow Acquisition Corp. prices $300 million IPO at $10 per unit

Meshflow Acquisition Corp. announced the pricing of its initial public offering of 30 million units at $10.00 per unit, raising $300 million. The units will begin trading on the Nasdaq Global Market ...

Leapfrog Acquisition Corporation closes $143.8 million IPO on NASDAQ

Leapfrog Acquisition Corporation (LFACU) completed its initial public offering of 14,375,000 units at $10.00 per unit, raising $143,750,000 in gross proceeds. The offering included the full exercise ...

JPMorgan expects higher than expected 2026 expenses

Dec 9 (Reuters) - JPMorgan Chase expects expenses to climb to about $105 billion in 2026, driven largely by growth and volume related costs, consumer and community banking chief Marianne Lake said on ...

Samsung SDI unit signs US battery deal worth over $1.36 billion for energy storage systems

SEOUL, Dec 10 (Reuters) - South Korea’s Samsung SDI said on Wednesday that its unit Samsung SDI America has signed a deal to supply lithium iron phosphate (LFP) batteries to a U.S. customer for energy ...

Oil steady as supply concerns cap gains, market eyes Ukraine peace talks

SINGAPORE, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Oil prices held steady on Wednesday after falling about 1% in the previous session, as concerns ...

Jair Bolsonaro’s lawyers request his removal from jail to hospital for ’surgical procedures’

RIO DE JANEIRO, Dec 9 (Reuters) - Defense lawyers for Brazilian former President Jair Bolsonaro requested on Tuesday his removal from jail to a hospital for "surgical procedures", according to a ...

Venture Global hits back at Shell’s fraud claims in LNG arbitration battle

LONDON, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Venture Global submitted its response late on Tuesday to a legal challenge from Shell over the oil major’s defeat in an arbitration case concerning liquefied natural gas ...

China promoted domestic AI chips before Nvidia move - FT

Investing.com-- China has added domestic artificial intelligence chips to an official government procurement list for the ...

ADB approves $400 million loan to make it easier to do business in the Philippines

MANILA, Dec 10 (Reuters) - The Asian Development Bank has approved a $400 million policy-based loan to support the Philippines’ efforts to make it easier for investors to do business in the country.

Asia shares ease as Fed cut priced, guidance uncertain

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan eased 0.1%, as Chinese blue chips fell 0.8% in the wake of mixed ...

US criticises Chinese radar incident, says commitment to Japan unwavering

WASHINGTON, Dec 9 (Reuters) - The United States on Tuesday for the first time criticised the actions of Chinese fighter jets that aimed their radars at Japanese military aircraft last week, incidents ...