Bloomberg South Korea’s manufacturing activity expanded at the fastest pace in a decade in February, even as the Lunar New Holiday across Asia cut demand and spurred a slowdown in China. A report from IHS Markit showed a purchasing managers’ index for Korean manufacturing jumped to 55.3 last month, rising further above the 50-threshold that separates expansion and contraction to ...

Bloomberg India is set to miss its goal for sugar exports this year because of a late start to shipments and logistical challenges, potentially providing further fuel to the sweetener’s blistering rally. The world’s second-biggest producer, grappling with massive stockpiles, will ship almost 20% less than the government’s target and a forecast from a top industry group, according to the ...

Bloomberg The Biden administration is set to announce sanctions against Russia over the poisoning and jailing of opposition leader Alexey Navalny, according to people familiar with the matter. The penalties — like those just approved by European Union ambassadors — will match sanctions the EU and the UK imposed earlier on other Russians allied to President Vladimir Putin as punishment ...