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  Bloomberg Chinese companies raised a record amount in initial public offerings (IPOs) at home this year, defying a global slump. And with the end of Covid Zero in sight, 2023 could be set for another strong showing. Listings in Shanghai, Shenzhen and the recently inaugurated Beijing exchange brought in $92 billion this year, according to data compiled by Bloomberg. ...

Bloomberg Taiwan received its first visit from a top member of Japan’s ruling party in 19 years, a trip that comes as Tokyo prepares a hefty boost in military spending to counter threats from countries like China. Koichi Hagiuda, policy chief of Japan’s Liberal Democratic Party (LDP), met with President Tsai Ing-wen. Tsai told Hagiuda Taiwan will continue to deepen ...

  Dubai / WAM The Ministry of Human Resources and Emiratisation (MoHRE) and the Federal Authority for Identity, Citizenship, Customs & Port Security (ICP) announced completing 4,719,000 joint transactions in the first 10 months of 2022 as the two entities offer 35 common services — 23 for business owners and families employing domestic helpers, and 12 for private sector employers ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM The UAE announced a Federal Decree-Law on Personal Status to all non-Muslim foreigners in the country, to be applied from February 1, 2023. The Federal Personal Status Law comes in line with the UAE’s continuous efforts to develop its legislative ecosystem and supports the country’s endeavours and ambitions for the next fifty years, through strengthening ...

  Abu Dhabi / WAM Abdullah Ali Al Hamoudi, UAE ambassador to the People’s Republic of Bangladesh, met with Shahriar Alam, State Minister of Foreign Affairs of the People’s Republic of Bangladesh. During the meeting, both sides discussed strengthening and widening the horizons and areas of cooperation between the two countries, as well as a number of issues of common ...

  Bloomberg India unveiled a 2.44 trillion rupee ($29.6 billion) plan to build transmission lines to connect renewable generation, as it aims to nearly triple its clean-power capacity by 2030. The project will connect solar plants in the sun-drenched deserts of Rajasthan and Gujarat and wind farms in Tamil Nadu to the national network, the power ministry said in a ...

  Bloomberg Masayoshi Son has quietly tightened his grip on SoftBank Group Corp during a tumultuous market downturn, edging closer to the point where he could bid to take the world’s largest technology investor private. The billionaire now owns more than a third of the company he founded, after aggressive buybacks in the last two months reduced SoftBank’s outstanding stock ...

Bloomberg China’s BYD Co will sell its electric vehicles in Malaysia in a 500 million ringgit ($113 million) tie-up with Sime Darby Motors Sdn Bhd. Sime Darby will be BYD’s exclusive distributor in Malaysia, with the first showroom to open later this month, the companies said in a statement. They plan to have 20 dealerships by next year, and 40 ...

  Bloomberg Walmart Inc-owned digital payments brand PhonePe is seeking to raise as much as $1 billion from General Atlantic and existing investors including Tiger Global Management, Qatar Investment Authority and Microsoft, people familiar with the matter said, even as global funding dries up for startups. The all-equity round is expected to close in the next two weeks and may ...

  Bloomberg The developer at the epicenter of China’s property debt crisis appears to be inching closer to unveiling a restructuring blueprint, after a long delay that has frustrated investors and highlights their struggle in a country still relatively new to defaults. China Evergrande Group planned to meet with an ad-hoc group of its dollar bondholders to formally discuss a ...