Asked on Tuesday how much Senate support he had secured, Pita said: "Enough for me to become prime minister"
Bets on new stimulus from Beijing also lifted investor mood in China and Hong Kong while Japan’s Nikkei gave up some of its recent record-breaking gains
The American investment company sold 2.53 million shares in the EV-maker and has now reduced its stake from 20.49% in August last year to 8.98%
A Bank of Japan member has called for an early tweak to the key yield curve control setting as the country’s currency continues to come under pressure
US deal volumes more than halved to $162.5 billion from last year, while activity in Europe and Asia (ex-Japan) fell 70% and 80% to $77.3 billion and $19.1 billion respectively, Dealogic data showed
Japan’s efforts follow increasing military aggression by neighbours China and Russia, which have been building their capability to target satellites
There was an air of uncertainty on trading floors after the cancelled Russian mutiny but no panic as investors took their cues from the US and China
India’s fast-rising Russian oil imports are being matched by its rising oil exports suggesting it may be reselling Russia’s oil to the West.
US tech giant Apple told its Taiwan suppliers that products moving to China must be labelled to state that the island is a part of China and not an independent nation
Despite a moribund British economy and heavy corporate tax, Indian-owned tech firms are growing in the UK.
The Bitcoin mining ban in China last year had collapsed its crypto markets. Despite that, the country has reemerged as a major bitcoin mining hub, according to research by the UK's University of Cambridge.