Business Insights

Business insights from featured businesses, industry titans, sector disruptors, c-suite executives, founders, and experts across the APAC region.

Follow us on LinkedIn to join in the conversations.

Latest Business Insights

Tokyo stocks dive on Cyprus bailout

Tokyo stocks fell 2.71 percent at the close Monday after the yen soared on news that Cyprus plans to tax bank depositors as part of a controversial bailout deal.

Lego to build factory in China

Danish toy maker Lego has announced plans to build its own factory in China to serve the rapidly growing Asian market.

Kuroda named BOJ governor

Haruhiko Kuroda is the new governor of the Bank of Japan (BoJ), after Japan’s parliament approved his appointment.

Li Keqiang named China’s new premier

Li Keqiang , who already holds the number two spot in the Communist Party, is now in charge of running the world’s second-largest economy and it is one of the final steps of a landmark power transition.

Golden Agri Liberia project gets $500m loan from China

Singapore-listed Golden Agri Resources Ltd, the world’s second-largest palm oil producer, said Wednesday its Liberia business Golden Veroleum has received a $500 million loan from the China Development Bank.

China names new president

Beijing has confirmed Xi Jinping as president, replacing Hu Jintao who is stepping down after 10 years at the top.

Famous Brands enters India with Debonairs Pizza

JSE-listed Famous Brands has announced its expansion into India, with a pilot Debonairs Pizza restaurant set to open in Mumbai in July 2013.

ENI sells Mozambique stake to CNPC

Italian oil giant ENI has signed an agreement to sell 28.6 percent of its subsidiary Eni East Africa, which owns the Area 4 natural gas field in Mozambique, to China National Petroleum Corp, the country's largest oil producer, for $4.21 billion.

BOJ: Japan lower house endorses Kuroda

Japan’s lower house of parliament has endorsed Haruhiko Kuroda to become the next central bank governor.

Volkswagen to open seven China factories

Volkswagen is planning to open seven more factories in China, chief executive Martin Winterkorn says.