Bloomberg Unilever agreed to buy a South Korean cosmetics maker for $2.7 billion to gain a stronger foothold in the world’s fourth-largest skincare market, betting that the pop-culture-fuelled appeal of the country’s beauty products will outweigh concerns over tensions. Unilever will buy Carver Korea, maker of AHC skincare products, from shareholders including Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Bain Capital Private ...

Bloomberg Tata Motors Ltd., the owner of luxury car brands Jaguar Land Rover, is building a war chest that will allow it to expand its business and acquire rivals. Cash and equivalents at the Indian maker of the Tiago and Hexa cars surged 87 percent to 397.6 billion rupees ($6.2 billion) as of June 30 from a year earlier, according ...

Bloomberg After decades of relentless gains, China’s share of global exports is now edging down. Whether that continues hinges a lot on how fast it can shift into higher-technology shipments. China’s portion of the global export pie has shrunk from a high of almost 17 percent reached in December 2015, International Monetary Fund data show. The pullback is driven mainly ...