Bloomberg Trade-reliant Singapore just took another big hit in the latest data, and the implications for the economy are looking serious. Singapore’s non-oil domestic exports plunged in May by the most since February 2013, driven by an ongoing slump in the electronics sector that’s now the worst in more than a decade, Enterprise Singapore figures showed on Monday. Both trade-war ...

Bloomberg Some users of Yahoo Japan Corp. are rising up against Japan’s biggest web portal after the rollout of a new rating system that’s being compared with a social-scoring initiative in China. The 48 million people with a Yahoo! Japan ID will have to opt-out within a privacy settings webpage if they don’t want to be rated. The score is ...

Bloomberg Fosun International Ltd. is considering a bid for Bayer AG’s animal-health business, people familiar with the matter said, a move that would allow the Chinese conglomerate to tap into the growing market of treatments for pets and livestock. Fosun has held talks with potential advisers and is considering teaming up with private equity firms or other financial investors for ...