Bloomberg Taiwan’s financial regulator has removed stock short-selling restrictions that were put in place to curb market declines during a turbulent period in the final quarter of 2022. Taiwan’s Financial Supervisory Commission in October banned shorting stocks at a price lower than the previous close if shares drop more than 3.5% the day before. The ban will be lifted …

  Bloomberg Techtronic Industries Co. slumped by the most since November 2008 after short-seller Jehoshaphat Research questioned the accounting methods of the Hong Kong power-tool maker. Shares of Techtronic fell as much as 19% before trading was halted in Hong Kong. The company has been “inflating its profits dramatically for over a decade with manipulative accounting,” Jehoshaphat alleged in a …

Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE’s Joint Operations Command has announced that the “Chivalrous Knight / 2” operation has entered the recovery and rehabilitation stage to support those affected by the earthquake in Syria and Türkiye. The Joint Operations Command — through maritime aid corridor — will mobilise humanitarian, food, and medical assistance while continuing the operations through the existing …