Markets in most Asian capitals fell on Friday, as the Chinese economy slows and concern about the high valuation of AI and tech stocks reverberates around the world

Singapore has begun trialling a central bank digital currency (CBDC) and wants to trial tokenised MAS bills. It also has plans to regulate stablecoins

Foreign outflows in Korean and Taiwanese stocks seen as largely driven by weakness in leading AI-related companies, analyst says

Talks at the COP30 summit in Brazil highlight the growing need for finance to help countries build resilience to storms, flood and fires, at a time when Southeast Asia has been rocked by consecutive typhoons

BYD has been building factories for local assembly in countries such as Hungary and Brazil and it plans a third plant for Europe, with Spain the top candidate.

Officials in three countries are investigating electric buses, after news that suppliers have remote access for software updates and control system diagnostics, amid fear they could be 'exploited' while vehicles are in transit.

Customs data released on Friday showed that Chinese exports fell by more than expected in October despite the trade truce agreed to by the two countries. Imports were also down.

Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman wants more 'big banks' and says efforts are underway to consolidate some of the country's 12 state-owned banks

Judges sharply question whether the president has the right to impose global tariffs without the backing of Congress. An adverse ruling likely means more confusion and possibly a messy refund process, analysts say

Chinese regulators have banned the use of foreign chips in data centres supported by state funds, saying they must only use locally-made computer chips, sources say.

America's top court will hear the fight against Trump's tariffs this week; an adverse ruling could be messy, but analysts say he would just use other avenues to achieve the same goal

Hong Kong's Securities and Futures Commission will relax rules to allow locally licensed virtual asset trading platforms to share global order books with affiliates overseas