Agreement marks a key milestone for autonomous driving start-up as it accelerates global expansion plans
State-owned funds and companies are bolstering stock markets with massive co-ordinated share buying
The 2025 ranking of fast growing companies in the Asia-Pacific region. Including: the Philippines looks beyond call centres, India’s Meesho taps WhatsApp, extending EV battery life, and cameras to keep drivers’ eyes on the road
Agencies seek to recruit skilled professionals such as software developers or data analysts
South-east Asia should look to Japan and South Korea rather than Silicon Valley, research suggests
The region’s resilience is delivering growth in an era of great global economic uncertainty
Australian start-up Acusensus’s cameras have already been linked to a fall in road fatalities
The start-up has found a niche refurbishing degraded batteries for a rapidly growing second-hand market
Focus on thrifty populations has put platform on a route to a stock market listing
Executive warns situation could become ‘quite ugly’ in a few weeks as carmakers park vehicles amid levy uncertainty
Cheaper components, fast-paced innovation and Beijing-led financing mean lifelike bots could mirror EV success
Investment case for the country’s state-owned lenders is no longer straightforward
US ally and biggest foreign investor stunned by sweeping levies including on crucial automotive sector
The new console carries the hopes of a company and a sector, but has already been thrust into a gathering trade war
Industry vital for energy transition is ripe for consolidation as fierce competition unsettles market
Analysts fear semiconductor and consumer electronics sales could stagnate over new duties
Number two official Shinji Aoyama is corporate Japan’s latest business leader to depart in ignominy
Five of the six Japanese members have left the group in the past month
Deal dispels fears Australian energy group would struggle to find partners for major US development
Corporate payments group secured $5.6bn valuation in 2022 and aims to compete with global banks
Beijing has room to enforce export controls more strictly and step up pressure on US companies
Trump’s levies on foreign-made vehicles spark disruption across global carmakers’ supply chains
Top 10 local EV makers dominate sales and drive home advantage with faster charging and autonomous systems
Skycus Capital founder Liu Tianran is the son of former vice-premier Liu He
Executive order would give video app’s Chinese owner another 75 days to find buyer before American ban takes effect
