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Bloomberg North Korea appears to have held a military parade as part of celebrations to mark the 90th anniversary of its army founding, an event where it may have displayed its latest weapons to deliver nuclear warheads to the US and its allies. The parade was held in central Pyongyang, NK News and Yonhap News Agency reported, citing unnamed sources. ...

Bloomberg Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida told a visiting South Korean delegation that it was necessary to repair ties between the two neighbours and US allies amid threats to the international order. Kishida reiterated his call for greater strategic cooperation while receiving envoys from President-elect Yoon Suk Yeol, according to a statement from Japan’s Foreign Ministry. It wasn’t immediately clear ...

Bloomberg Australia would open a defense school to train its Pacific Island neighbours, increase foreign aid and support climate mitigation projects across the region, under an election policy announced by the opposition Labor Party that aims to boost the country’s soft power. Labor has been critical of a new security pact between China and the Solomon Islands, accusing Prime Minister ...

  Bloomberg UK Chancellor of the Exchequer Rishi Sunak pledged to bring borrowing under control to “avoid saddling future generations with debt” after official figures showed debt servicing costs rocketed. Government borrowing more than halved in the fiscal year through March as Covid-19 support programs were phased out and tax receipts recovered strongly, the Office for National Statistics (ONS) said ...

Bloomberg AP Moller-Maersk A/S said the booming container market will normalize later than the transport giant previously expected, leading to a 25% boost in full-year operating profit. Lower volumes are pushing up the price of shipping containers for longer than previously foreseen, Maersk said, forecasting a 2022 profit of about $30 billion, measured as underlying earnings before interest, tax, depreciation ...

Bloomberg About 40% of US small businesses intend to raise selling prices by 10% or more amid decades-high inflation, according to a survey from the National Federation of Independent Business (NFIB). Overall, more than two-thirds of the respondents plan to increase prices in the next three months, according to the survey, conducted between April 14 and April 17 among 540 ...

Bloomberg Germany’s economy ministry wants to end subsidies for plug-in hybrid cars earlier than planned at the end of this year and cut a cash bonus for electric vehicles by a third from 2023, according to a person familiar with the plans. The move is part of attempts to gear subsidies more towards climate protection and the legislation is currently ...

  Bloomberg Blackstone Inc agreed to buy PS Business Parks Inc for about $7.6 billion, expanding its bets on real estate across the US. Affiliates of Blackstone Real Estate will buy Glendale, California-based PSB for $187.50 a share in cash, according to a statement. The price is roughly a 12% premium to PSB’s closing price. Under the deal, Blackstone agreed ...

Bloomberg Hong Kong is ready to launch yuan-denominated stock trading to cater to investors in Shanghai and Shenzhen, with final clearances from regulators in mainland China expected in the second half of the year, according to people familiar with the matter. The city’s own infrastructure is largely ready to accommodate trading of shares in the Chinese currency via the southbound ...

  Bloomberg US stocks rise in a late-day turnaround as dip-buyers emerged ahead of a busy week for Big Tech earnings. The S&P 500 rallied back in a choppy afternoon session to end near highs of the day, after falling to lows near the 4,200 level. The tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 climbed more than 1%. Twitter Inc extended gains after billionaire ...