Berkshire Hathaway Inc. will invest 287.4b yen ($1.8 billion) in insurer Tokio Marine Holdings Inc., marking a significant increase in the US conglomerate's exposure to the Japanese market.

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TEHRAN, March 23 — AFP teams in Tehran, Washington, Jerusalem, Beirut and Dubai The world faces an energy crisis w...

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NEW DELHI: Oil prices rose on Monday after Iran's Revolutionary Guards said they would target Israel's power plants and those supplying U.S. bases in the Middle East in retaliation against any attack on its electricity sector.

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KUALA LUMPUR: The Philippines, Vietnam and Malaysia are the top three Asean countries most exposed to supply risks stemming from the West Asia conflict, as the region continues to depend heavily on crude oil from the Persian Gulf.

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SOUTHEAST Asia's biggest ride-hailing and delivery firm, Grab, said on Monday it would pay $600 million in cash for Delivery Hero's Foodpanda delivery business in Taiwan, in its first expansion outside the region.

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SEOUL: South Korean shares dropped more than 6% on Monday to close at their lowest level in two weeks, while the won weakened to a 17-year low, as heightened Middle East tensions dampened appetite for riskier assets.

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The deal isexpected to close in the second half of 2026.

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This would mark Grab's first expansion outside Southeast Asia.

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TOKYO: The dollar rose on Monday as escalating retaliatory threats in the Middle East conflict curbed risk appetite and lifted demand for safe-haven assets.

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CHINA will step up efforts to improve its fiscal and monetary policy in order to boost domestic consumption and enhance people's well-being, as the country accelerates toward becoming a major hub of global demand, officials said on Sunday.

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PETALING JAYA: The United States' latest trade investigations are set to heighten tariff risks for developing economies, as Washington revives a long-standing legal tool to pressure trading partners.

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SINGAPORE: Singapore's key consumer price gauge rose 1.4% in February from a year earlier, official data showed on Monday.

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PHNOM PENH, March 23 — A major Cambodian energy supplier will halt sales of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) from Apr...

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KUALA LUMPUR: "Force majeure" is French for "major force", and in legal parlance, this means that an extraordinary event has occurred, such as the war in West Asia, which is beyond the control of a party, which excuses them from fulfilling their contra...

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Authorities say Singapore’s import cost pressures are likely to rise in the near term.

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TOKYO: Japan's top currency diplomat Atsushi Mimura said on Monday that the government is prepared to take all measures to tackle volatility in foreign exchange markets, cautioning that speculative trade on oil futures could be impacting currencies.

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SHANGHAI: China and Hong Kong stocks fell sharply in early trading on Monday, as the escalating Middle East war roiled global financial markets.

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TEL AVIV/JERUSALEM/WASHINGTON: Iran warned it would strike energy and water infrastructure across the Gulf if U.S. President Donald Trump follows through on his threat to attack its electricity grid, raising fears of mass disruption in a region heavily...

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TOKYO, March 23 — The dollar rose today as escalating retaliatory threats in the Middle East conflict curbed risk...

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HONG KONG: Global hedge funds' selling of emerging Asia market stocks last week was the most since April 2025 amid heightened risk aversion, according to a Goldman Sachs client note seen by Reuters.

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SHANGHAI, March 23 — China and Hong Kong stocks fell sharply in early trading today, as the escalating Middle East...

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SYDNEY: Share markets slid in Asia on Monday and the dollar firmed as the United States and Iran traded escalating threats and Israel planned for "weeks" more fighting, sending oil prices on another roller-coaster ride.

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GOLD prices slipped more than 3% on Monday, extending their drop to a roughly four-month low, as an escalating Middle East conflict stoked inflation concerns and expectations of higher global interest rates.

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DUBAI: Saudi Aramco Chief Executive Amin Nasser has cancelled his planned appearance at the CERAWeek energy conference in Houston to remain in Saudi Arabia because of the Iran conflict, an industry source told Reuters.

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TOKYO, March 22 — Oil prices rose early Monday after US President Donald Trump gave Iran a 48-hour ultimatum to re...

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