Bloomberg Two days ago, Zhong Huijuan wasn’t even the richest person in her family. Now, she’s become the wealthiest self-made woman in Asia with a $10.5 billion fortune, according to the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. The bulk of her wealth comes from her stake in Hansoh Pharmaceutical Group, China’s largest maker of psychotropic drugs, which soared 37% last week in Hong ...

Bloomberg Thailand and Indonesia are at risk of losing a special trade status that gives developing economies preferential access to the US market, according to Maybank Kim Eng Research. Thailand is the second-biggest beneficiary of the decades-old program, known as the Generalised System of Preferences (GSP), while Indonesia is the fourth-largest, Maybank analysts led by Chief Economist Suhaimi Ilias said ...

Bloomberg The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (Opec) said that international trade tensions are hurting demand for oil, slashing its estimates for consumption earlier in the year and predicting further challenges ahead. The organization, due to meet in the coming weeks to set production levels for the second half, said demand increased by less than 1 million barrels a day ...