Bloomberg Toshiba shares dived more than 20 percent on Wednesday in their second straight double-digit plunge, as the company said it may book a one-time loss of several billion dollars over its US nuclear business. The stock price dropped by 20.42 percent to 311.60 yen, the largest fall allowed for a single day, about 30 minutes after the opening …

  Bloomberg Japan’s industrial output rose the most in five months in November as export volumes rebounded sharply, pointing to an expected economic expansion in the fourth quarter. Industrial production increased 1.5 percent in November from a month earlier (forecast +1.7 percent). Output is forecast to rise 2 percent in December and 2.2 percent in January. Retail sales rose 1.7 …

Bloomberg Pakistan’s fourth nuclear power plant went online on Wednesday, a joint collaboration with China that adds 340 megawatts to the national grid as part of the goverment’s efforts to end a growth-sapping energy deficit. Pakistan is one of the few developing countries pursuing atomic energy in the wake of the Fukushima nuclear disaster in Japan in 2011, as it …