Bloomberg Japanese exports expanded for a fifth consecutive month in April, with shipments to China surging as global demand continued to support the nation’s economic recovery. Exports rose 7.5 percent from a year earlier (median estimate +8.0 percent), according to data released by the Ministry of Finance. Imports jumped 15.1 percent (median estimate +14.8 percent). The trade surplus was 481.7 ...

Bloomberg Indonesia’s 10-year bond climbs as S&P Global Ratings’ upgrade on the nation fans speculation that inflows of global funds will increase. Foreign inflows to Indonesian bonds totaled $6.32 billion this year through, 42 percent more than from January to the end of May 2016. Goldman Sachs Group Inc. forecast in March that an upgrade could help attract as much ...

Bloomberg General Electric Co. is the latest US company to be investigated by European Union for possibly turning in misleading information during a merger review, according to two people familiar with the GE case. The European Commission is reviewing whether GE misled EU officials examining a deal to buy LM Wind Power, a maker of wind-turbine blades, for 1.5 billion ...