The California-based Electronic Arts has been valued at $55  billion in the deal
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Washington’s decision to broaden its trade blacklist could put many overseas subsidiaries of Chinese firms under scrutiny, potentially disrupting their “going global” strategies and reigniting trade tensions between the two superpowers, analysts said.
The US Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS) announced on Monday that any company at least 50 per cent owned by firms already on the US Entity List or the Military End-User List – which target entities Washington deems a security threat – will now…

China’s state-run iron ore buyer has told major steelmakers and traders to temporarily halt purchases of all new BHP cargoes.

In what a top city business advocate called a “scary” development, finance banking giant JP Morgan and the entire banking sector now employ more workers in Texas than in New York State — once the unrivaled financial services capital of the country and world.

(RTTNews) – The Malaysia stock market has moved higher in two straight sessions, collecting more than a dozen points or 0.7 percent along the way. The Kuala Lumpur Composite Index now sits just above the 1,610-point plateau and it’s tipped to open in the green again on Tuesday.

Seven West Media plans to combine with Australia’s biggest radio company, Southern Cross Media, to create a $415 million TV, radio and publishing group.

China has announced production curbs in its strategic non-ferrous metals sector, the latest step in Beijing’s drive to rein in cutthroat competition and boost industrial efficiency.
In a new action plan the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT) has projected output growth of 1.5 per cent for primary non-ferrous metals this year, down from 4.3 per cent last year.
The initiative expands Beijing’s campaign against “involution”, or neijuan in Chinese – a self-defeating cycle of…

A tax hike was chosen in lieu of government borrowing to ease monetary policy, Anton Siluanov has said
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The vast majority of companies hit by ransomware attacks over the past year have paid up, according to an insurance specialist’s report that warns of mixed outcomes for those who do.