Bloomberg Thailand’s key equities gauge tumbled to its lowest level in more than six months on concern mounting anti-government protests will further hurt company earnings and delay an economic recovery. The benchmark stock index slid 1.8% to 1,212.12 as of 11:18 am in Bangkok, its lowest level since April 16. The measure has erased almost 5% since October 14, when …

Bloomberg SoftBank Group Corp. shares climbed to a new 20-year high as investors rally behind founder Masayoshi Son‘s more cautious strategy of selling assets, paring debt and buying back shares. The Tokyo-based company’s stock gained more than 3% to 7,244 yen, the highest level since March of 2000 in the midst of the dot-com boom. The stock had already hit …

Bloomberg Nearly 200 countries are nearing a legally-binding agreement to reduce pollution from the world’s cargo ships, a step forward after two years of talks on how the industry should clean up its emissions. A series of virtual meetings will start on Monday hosted by the United Nations shipping agency over a new rating system that will measure the carbon …