Bloomberg Major wholesalers at Delhi’s largest fruit and vegetable market, which serves most of the capital’s nearly 17 million people, are planning to sell their products at bargain prices in order to move perishable stock as the impact of India’s cash shortages continues to bite. Sales are down by as much as 50 percent at Azadpur Mandi, traders said, ...

  AFP The Philippines became developing Asia’s fastest-growing major economy in President Rodrigo Duterte’s first three months in office, officials said Thursday, even as his fiery rhetoric hit the peso and stock prices. The economy expanded 7.1 percent on-year in July-September, beating the consensus forecast of 6.8 percent, Economic Planning Undersecretary Rosemarie Edillon said. That was faster than China’s 6.7 ...

  AFP Uber warned Taiwan on Thursday that it was scaring away foreign investors as the ride-hailing app faces a potentially massive hike in fines for operating illegally on the island. The US company has been racking up fines since it entered the Taiwan market in 2013 for running a business without the proper registration to operate as a taxi ...