Bloomberg Three in four Japanese people worry that China may take military action against Taiwan or a set of disputed islands in the East China Sea, according to a survey by the Kyodo News. They are concerned that Russia’s invasion of Ukraine could induce China to make similar offensives, respondents said in the poll conducted over the weekend. Public ...

Bloomberg For all the success of the US-led campaign to isolate Russia on the world stage, India has stood out as one major democracy that has been reluctant to criticise Vladimir Putin — and billions of dollars in weapons purchases mean that’s unlikely to change anytime soon. Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s government is facing more pressure from fellow members of ...

  Bloomberg The head of Somalia’s oil-rich Puntland, Said Abdullahi Deni, announced that he’s running for Somalia’s 2022 presidency, following a meeting with new members of parliament elected from that region. The leader, who is a critic of incumbent president Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed, made the announcement in Garowe, the state’s regional capital in a televised speech. “I’m running for Somalia’s ...

  Bloomberg Australia is stepping up military and humanitarian aid for Ukraine to assist in its war against Russia. Prime Minister Scott Morrison’s government will offer an additional $15.6 million of military support for Ukraine, including unspecified material from the Australian Defence Force’s stocks. It’s also pledging another A$30 million in humanitarian assistance as well as at least 70,000 tonnes ...

  Bloomberg Swiss banks may hold more than $200 billion of Russian wealth, the country’s banking lobby estimates, as sanctions shine a spotlight on the extent of Russian wealth stored in overseas vaults. Banks probably hold between 150 billion ($160 billion) and 200 billion Swiss francs of Russian client money in offshore accounts, according to the Swiss Bankers Association. Credit ...

  Bloomberg Goldman Sachs Group‘s legal chief Kathryn Ruemmler received roughly $17.5 million in total compensation after being appointed its top lawyer a year ago, the firm disclosed in a proxy. Goldman paid Ruemmler $7.9 million in cash last year, including $1.5 million in base salary and a $6.4 million bonus, the proxy showed. Goldman gave her a stock bonus ...

  Bloomberg UniCredit SpA is facing a delay in the long-planned sale of a stake in the owner of a Russian bank, in a sign of the complications in store for Chief Executive Officer Andrea Orcel as he considers a wholesale retreat from the country. UniCredit in November exercised an option to sell its 10% in ABH Holdings, the owner ...

  Bloomberg France’s central bank said the war in Ukraine is already affecting the economy and creating high uncertainty that makes it tricky to forecast how much inflation will accelerate or the extent to which the recovery from the Covid pandemic will slow. Instead of publishing its regular economic projections, the Bank of France took the unprecedented step of presenting ...

  Bloomberg Mexico’s best performing stock this year, Grupo Financiero Inbursa SAB, is set to go even higher as the bank prepares to spin off its private equity business and could even make a bid for Citigroup Inc’s local assets, according to a Barclays analyst. Gilberto Garcia raised his price target for Inbursa, which belongs to Mexican billionaire Carlos Slim, ...

Bloomberg It took people 15 minutes to get out of the driveway with the 2022 McLaren 765LT Spider. And that was after the ear-splitting chaos of setting off the car alarm opening one of its winged doors because we had left the key inside the garage. The driveway meets the road with a subtle divot that belies its precarious nature. ...