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Warren Buffett looks to Japan, takes 5% stakes in five trading companies

Berkshire Hathaway said it has acquired more than 5% of the shares in five large Japanese companies, marking a departure for Buffett as he looks outside the United States to bolster his conglomerate

New Zealand bourse website hit by fresh cyberattack, but keeps trading

NZX Ltd was halted for most of last week due to the attacks, which authorities have said originated offshore

Japan factory output rises but retail sales down amid fragile recovery

But retail sales fell for a fifth straight month and at a somewhat faster pace, a worrying sign for private consumption, which accounts for more than half of the world's third-largest economy

As fintech upends banking, Japan regulator expects cross-boundary tie-ups

Years of ultra-low interest rates and a dwindling local population have hurt profits of regional banks, prodding some to consolidate or sign business tie-ups with each other to survive

Chinese investors snap up Hong Kong property as new law deters foreigners

In August alone, mainland buyers snapped up at least two office towers and one hotel building worth 386.74 million pounds in total

Veolia aims to buy 29.9% Suez stake as prelude to planned takeover

French water and waste firm Veolia is offering to buy a 29.9% stake in its smaller peer Suez from French gas and power utility Engie for 2.9 billion euros

Gold hits near two-week high on weaker dollar, dovish US Fed signals

Gold prices rose on Monday to their highest level in nearly two weeks, as US Federal Reserve's new policy framework suggested that interest rates would remain low for some time

Growth in China's factory activity slows in Aug, floods disrupt production

China's factory activity grew at a slower pace in August as floods across southwestern China disrupts production while smaller firms continued to struggle

Asian stocks hit two-year top, Nikkei bounces as Berkshire buys in

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan added 0.2% to reach its highest since June 2018, extending a 2.8% rise last week

Oil prices edge up on global stimulus support despite ample supplies

Brent crude futures for November climbed 27 cents, or 0.6%, to $46.08 a barrel by 0038 GMT

Mutated coronavirus strain found in Indonesia as cases jump: Report

The strain, which the World Health Organization said was identified in February and has been circulating in Europe and the Americas, has also been found in neighbouring Singapore and Malaysia

Qatar raises minimum wage by 25%, lifts restrictions on changing jobs

The new minimum wage, which comes into effect in six months and is 250 riyals more a month than the old one, is non-discriminatory and applies to all workers

UK's Rishi Sunak considers sweeping tax hikes to plug Covid-19 hole

Tax hikes suggested by Treasury officials could raise an extra 20-30 billion pounds a year and some of them could be announced in an autumn budget statement by Sunak

China's battered banks brace for future loss as bad loans rise due to Covid

As the pandemic batters economies globally, BoC, the most international of China's large state banks, said it would keep guarding against global financial market risks in the second half

UK treasury officials pushing for tax hikes to offset Covid impact: Report

Such hikes will enable the exchequer to raise at least 20 billion pounds ($26.70 billion) a year, and some could be introduced in the November budget, the Sunday Telegraph said

China's new tech export controls could give Beijing a say in TikTok sale

It can take up to 30 days to obtain preliminary approval to export the technology

Huawei focusing on cloud business still having access to US chips: Report

Huawei's cloud computing business sells computing power and storage to companies, including giving them access to artificial intelligence

Iran vows to fight US suit to seize $1.7 bn held by Deutsche Boerse unit

In 2019, a Luxembourg court refused to enforce a U.S. ruling that would have helped families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001 attacks claim Iranian assets held with Clearstream

Sanofi more confident about its coronavirus vaccines, trials next month

The company is working on two of the more than 150 potential vaccines being developed across the world to tackle the Covid-19 pandemic

TikTok says it has not received a bid from Centricus and Triller Inc

The TikTok spokesman said Centricus and Triller had not contacted the company about an offer. Centricus and Triller could not be immediately reached for comment