The Japanese automaker says it is confident chip shortages won’t hamper it manufacturing what will be a record number of vehicles this year
 
							A UN investigation has uncovered evidence that hackers like NK’s Lazarus Group are linking up with fraudsters and drug traffickers in Thailand and Myanmar
 
							China’s central bank sprang a surprise but it wasn’t enough to lift its markets while in stark contrast Tokyo’s benchmark soared to another three-decade high
 
							Tencent, Baidu and Alibaba all slashed the number of deals they made in China’s tech sector last year with the big three agreeing 40% fewer contracts
 
							Beijing said it would not give up on achieving “reunification” after presidential candidate Lai Ching-te’s poll win earned his party a third term
 
							Despite the SEC’s watershed approval for digital funds, some traders say they will still be avoiding what they called a "speculative, volatile asset”
 
							New lending in 2023 hit a record $3.2 trillion – roughly equivalent to the gross domestic product of the UK
 
							Brussels is determined to establish the impact of state subsidies on Chinese-made electric vehicles which it claims disadvantages its own automakers
 
							China has the potential to become the world’s largest market for autonomous vehicles, with total sales predicted to hit $230 billion by 2030
 
							Japan’s benchmark continued its 2024 charge reaching another 34-year peak while China’s woes weighed elsewhere
 
							Tumbling confidence sparked by the deepening property crisis and weakening consumption have seen a REITs index drop nearly 50% from an early 2022 peak
 
							The Japanese auto giant also showed off two concept models at the CES trade show in Las Vegas as it eyes a fully electric range by 2040