Bloomberg Japan moved to cut off materials vital to South Korea’s all-important tech industry, escalating a long-running dispute between the neighbours over events dating back generations. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s government said it would slap export restrictions on highly specialised products needed to make semiconductors and computer displays, and might also remove South Korea from a list of trusted buyers. ...

Bloomberg Bharti Airtel Ltd’s Africa unit plunged in London trading after raising about $750 million in an initial public offering, making it among the worst debuts on European exchanges this year. Airtel Africa Ltd dropped as much as 16 percent to 67 pence per share, matching the first-day decline for OssDsign AB last month. Airtel Africa said it had priced ...

Bloomberg India’s government can offer fiscal stimulus to support economic growth in its budget next week without worrying about it being inflationary. That’s according to Kapil Gupta, an economist with Edelweiss Securities Ltd in Mumbai, who says a weakening economy and a possible US interest rate cut provide scope for India’s authorities to lift spending. Such a move wouldn’t undermine ...