Bloomberg Nissan Motor Co. reported a 16 percent drop in second-quarter profit and predicted that industry demand in the U.S. and China, its two largest markets, will slow. Net income declined to 146.1 billion yen ($1.4 billion) in the three months through September, as a stronger yen eroded overseas earnings and U.S. discounts increased, the automaker said on Monday. …

  AFP Indonesia’s economic growth slowed in the third quarter as government spending and exports fell, official data showed Monday, dimming hopes that Southeast Asia’s top economy will hit its GDP target this year. The economy expanded 5.02 percent year-on-year from July to September, slightly below forecasts and slower than a revised 5.19 percent in the second quarter, according to …

  Bloomberg China has green-lit a sweeping and controversial law that may grant Beijing unprecedented access to foreign companies’ technology and hamstring their operations in the world’s second-largest economy. The Cyber Security Law was passed by the Standing Committee of the National People’s Congress, China’s top legislature, and will take effect in June, government officials said Monday. Among other things, …