Bloomberg Japan’s exports rose the most in two years in February, after a lull in January that was due to the Lunar New Year celebrations in Asian trading partners. Exports rose 11.3 percent from a year earlier (median estimate 10.1 percent), according to government data. Imports increased 1.2 percent (estimate 1.3 percent). The trade surplus for February was 813.4 ...

  Bloomberg Tencent Holdings Ltd. posted fourth-quarter profit that missed analysts’ estimates amid a surge in costs and rising competition in the mobile gaming market. Net income rose 47 percent to 10.5 billion yuan ($1.5 billion) in the three months ended December, the Shenzhen-based company said on Wednesday. That compares with the 11 billion-yuan average of analyst estimates compiled by ...

DUBAI / Reuters Major stock markets in the Middle East fell on Wednesday, following international bourses lower as crude oil prices traded down near $50 a barrel, but Kuwait jumped in heavy trading by local retail investors. The Saudi Arabian index lost 1.2 percent in low turnover, with all but one of the 14 petrochemicals makers falling by at least ...