Bloomberg Vietnam expects economic growth to accelerate in 2017 as it boosts domestic businesses to shield the economy from worsening global uncertainty following the election of Donald Trump as US president. “Trump’s victory adds uncertainty to international financial markets and global trade would be affected,” Vu Viet Ngoan, chairman of the National Financial Supervisory Commission, which advises Prime Minister ...

  Bloomberg Fosun Group, the Chinese conglomerate that owns Club Med and Cirque du Soleil, is betting on new technology to boost its foray into the feature film industry, backing a Studio 8 Iraq war movie to be shown at five times the standard frame rate. Filmed at 120 frames-per-second, the $48 million “Billy Lynn’s Long Halftime Walk” is set ...

  Tokyo / AFP Some of the world’s top trading firms have agreed to build a faster data transmission network between Chicago and Tokyo, according to a person familiar with the matter, a move that would accelerate trading between two of the major centers of finance. The roster of firms in the joint venture — dubbed Go West — includes ...