CAIRO / Reuters Saudi businessmen are investing $4 billion in projects including the Suez Canal, energy and agriculture, and have already deposited 10 percent of that sum in Egyptian banks, the deputy head of the Saudi-Egyptian Business Council told Reuters, two days before Saudi Arabia’s King Salman visits Cairo. Egypt has been struggling to attract foreign investors since an uprising ...

Tokyo / Bloomberg Japan’s government will escape a piece of bad news until after a summer election. The $1.3 trillion Government Pension Investment Fund will on July 29 announce what may be its worst annual loss since the global financial crisis — about three weeks later than usual and after an upper house poll that must be held before July ...

Manila / Bloomberg The Philippines will turn to the country’s gaming industry to recover a part of the $81 million stolen from the Bangladesh central bank channeled through local casinos and gambled by a network of at least 19 people. The Philippine Anti-Money Laundering Council will ask the courts to direct casinos and junket operators to recover and return as ...