Bloomberg Prosecutors asked a South Korean court to extend the prison term for Samsung Electronics heir-apparent Lee Jae-yong to 12 years, in an appeal of his five-year sentence for allegedly bribing his way to greater control of the country’s biggest company. Lee, 49, is the highest-profile business figure to be embroiled in an influence-peddling scandal that led to the ouster …

Bloomberg From mobile phones to furniture, Vietnam’s export boom shows no signs of losing steam, defying a gloomy outlook at the beginning of the year when US President Donald Trump persisted with his trade threats. Furniture maker Xuan Hoa Viet Nam Co. is planning for a 20 percent increase in export orders next year by investing $3 million on equipment …

Bloomberg Huawei Technologies Co., China’s biggest maker of smartphones, said the head of sales for its domestic consumer business has been detained in a corruption investigation. Police have taken immediate action on Teng Hongfei on “suspicion of taking bribes,” the Shenzhen-based company said. Teng ran Chinese consumer sales for the company, which over the past year rose to No 1 …