BLOOMBERG Shares of Alibaba Group Holding Ltd’s units that may soon become public are expected to be in high demand as the breakup unleashes value in the wake of regulatory woes, investors said. China’s online commerce leader announced plans to split its $220 billion empire into six business units, a move seen potentially boosting Hong Kong’s IPO market. The shares ...

BLOOMBERG US equity futures struggled for direction as investors braced for inflation data and corporate results that could confirm fears about the health of the financial system. Contracts on the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 flipped to a loss while those on the S&P 500 gave up early gains to trade flat. The yield on policy-sensitive two-year Treasuries slipped below 4%, backtracking ...

BLOOMBERG Warren Buffett is turning his focus back to Japan, with the billionaire investor telling Nikkei that he’s mulling a boost to his stock investments in the country shortly after Berkshire Hathaway Inc kicked off a yen bond sale. Shares of Japan’s major trading houses jumped after Buffett said he has raised his holdings in them to 7.4% from about ...