Bloomberg Business

Two years out from Germany’s next national election, the debate about who the opposition conservatives should pick to run against Social Democrat Chancellor Olaf Scholz is heating up.

Xpeng Inc.’s shares soared after it agreed to buy Didi Global Inc.’s smart-car development arm in a deal that both eliminates a potential competitor in the crowded electric-vehicle market and gives it a tech-savvy partner in a new venture.

Shares of Japanese companies that are especially reliant on China demand plunged after users online in Asia’s biggest economy called for a boycott over the release of treated wastewater from the wrecked Fukushima nuclear plant.

Citigroup Inc.’s vice chairman of banking, capital markets & advisory for Australia, Jon Gidney, is leaving the firm as he plans to retire after nearly three decades in the finance industry.

US Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo stressed the importance of stable economic ties between the world’s biggest economies on a visit to Beijing as she tries to expand business ties during her visit to China this week.

Japan delayed the launch of a rocket carrying a lunar lander less than 30 minutes before its scheduled take off Monday as bad weather continued to plague the mission.

Singapore’s Armed Forces and China’s People’s Liberation Army are set to resume a bilateral exercise in the city-state after it was put on hold due to the pandemic, according to Singapore’s Ministry of Defence.

Singapore’s second-largest lender Oversea-Chinese Banking Corporation Ltd. said some services have been restored amid an ongoing disruption affecting consumer and business banking customers.

Foxconn Technology Group founder Terry Gou announced his intention to run in Taiwan’s presidential election as an independent, deepening competition among the opposition contenders for the job.

中国当局が株式取引の印紙税引き下げや新規株式公開（ＩＰＯ）のペース抑制などの株価てこ入れ策を発表したことを受け、週明け28日の中国株は急伸した。人民元も上げている。