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Stocks of real estate companies retreated following a brokerage downgrade and a fall in the euro accelerated profit-taking in the Japanese market

Rise of country's second-largest insurer on its debut bodes well for other large initial public offerings planned by rivals such as Samsung Life

Guangdong, the province that produces about a third of China's exports, is to raise its minimum wage more than 20 per cent, fuelling inflation fears and dealing a blow to manufacturers emerging from the credit crisis

As the rest of the world worries about economic growth, angry complaints from consumers have turned Asian policymakers' minds to a different problem: rapidly rising inflation

The group is to re-organise its non-retail operations and hand leadership of the global unit to a former top Lehman Brothers banker who had planned to leave the Japanese bank this month

The Bank of Japan has moved to head off government and market pressure to do more about deflation by doubling the amount available to banks through a loan scheme

Asian markets enjoyed a strong session yesterday after the Bank of Japan eased monetary policy and the Federal Reserve left rates near zero

Confidence grows that political turmoil is unlikely to degenerate into violence or bleed into the broader economy

Mixed session for Asia as traders await news from the Bank of Japan and Fed

US investment bank founded by veteran dealmaker Robert Greenhill is to buy Australian rival for up to $182m in shares to help extend its footprint in the Pacific Rim

The US technology group has introduced a trading platform that aims to link together Asia's 'dark pools', the opaque trading networks that compete with traditional stock exchanges

The head of the Japanese bank's operations in Europe, Middle East and Africa is set to become the highest-profile departure since the takeover of Lehman's European and Asian business

The bank is closing in on a $7bn share offering in Hong Kong, in the latest move by mainland lenders to bolster balance sheets strained by loan growth

Survey shows attention shifting to the US and Japan as country risk continues to constrain optimism about recovery