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Japans 10-year government bond yield hit a three-week high on Friday on growing speculation that the Bank of Japan would end its negative interest rate policy soon. The 10-year JGB... -December 08, 2023 at 02:36 am EST - MarketScreener

Chinas communist party on Friday held a politburo meeting to analyse and study economic work for 2024, arrange party conduct and anti-corruption work, as well as review regulation on party... -December 08, 2023 at 02:44 am EST - MarketScreener

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan's defence ministry said on Friday that a Chinese weather balloon had crossed the Taiwan Strait median line on Thursday, about a month before Taiwan's presidential election. "Our initial understanding is that it was a sounding balloon," Taiwan Defence Minister Chiu Kuo-cheng told reporters at parliament. Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, frequently accuses Beijing of seeking to exert military or economic pressure to sway its elections ...

TAIPEI (Reuters) -Taiwan said on Friday that 12 Chinese fighter jets and a suspected weather balloon had crossed the Taiwan Strait's sensitive median line, in a ratcheting up of tensions about a month before the island's presidential election. Democratically governed Taiwan, which China claims as its own territory, has complained for the past four years of regular Chinese military patrols and drills near the island. Taiwan holds presidential and parliamentary polls on Jan. 13 and campa...

The CEO of Nvidia , which dominates the market for AI chips, on Friday said he had no concerns over how a U.S. legislative measure intended to expedite semiconductor projects was removed from...

Chinas Politburo, a top decision-making body of the ruling Communist Party, held a meeting on Friday to discuss economic work for 2024, state news agency Xinhua reported. The Politburo... -December 08, 2023 at 03:20 am EST - MarketScreener

China will spur domestic demand and consolidate and enhance the economic recovery in 2024, the Politburo, a top decision-making body of the ruling Communist Party, was quoted by state media as saying on Friday. The government has in recent months unveiled a flurry of measures to shore up a feeble post-pandemic economic recovery that has been held back by a property crisis, local government debt risks, slow global growth and geopolitical tensions. Ratings agency Moody's slapped a downgrade...

By Makiko Yamazaki TOKYO (Reuters) - Most Japanese companies feel burdens related to being listed have increased amid growing pressure from shareholde...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Deputies of the ASEAN+3 group of nations agreed on Thursday to set up a new regional lending facility to respond to emergencies in the region amid rising uncertainty over a global economic slowdown and elevated U.S. interest rates. The establishment of the new scheme, dubbed the Rapid Financing Facility, and its specific content will be formally confirmed at their ministerial gatherings scheduled next spring and summer, Japanese top financial diplomat Masato Kanda said after t...

The 12 blockbuster drugs include nine medicines and vaccines with 2 billion to 5 billion euros ($2.15-$5.38 billion) in peak sales potential, and three "pipeline-in-a-product" assets with a potential of more than 5 billion euros in peak sales, Sanofi said. The France-based drugmaker said it expects its recently launched and future pharmaceutical assets to generate more than 10 billion euros ($10.76 billion) of annual sales by 2030. "We are in a privileged position today with man...