Bloomberg The Japanese stock market got an extra lift around 10:30 am on July 12 in Tokyo. China had started trading, and it had opened higher. But that was a rare lucky day for investors who got used to losses this year, with the Topix index becoming one of the worst performers among developed-market gauges. As the US-China trade conflict ...

Bloomberg Fortis Healthcare Ltd.’s board of directors chose IHH Healthcare Bhd. to take control of India’s second-largest hospital chain, ending a months-long takeover battle as the company wrestles with investigations over financial irregularities. Malaysia-based IHH’s offer would see $583 million invested directly in the company through a preferential allotment of shares at 170 rupees a share, according to a statement ...

Bloomberg China has been gobbling up the world’s soybeans at breakneck speed over the past decade. But as the trade spat with the US escalates, its imports of the oilseed are set to decline for the first time in 15 years. China will bring in 95 million metric tonnes of soybeans in the 2018-2019 season, the US Department of Agriculture ...