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U.S. auto safety regulators say they are monitoring data from a group of mostly unrecalled Takata air bag inflators after one of them exploded in a BMW and hurled metal fragments that seriously injured a driver in Chicago

The bid-rigging trial around the Tokyo Olympics is playing out in a Japanese courtroom — more than two years after the Games closed — with advertising giant Dentsu and five other companies facing criminal charges

The Japanese gaming giant Square Enix has sold all character non-fungible tokens (NFTs) in the first auction for its upcoming game Symbiogenesis.

The most comprehensive global look at test scores since the pandemic shows learning loss is a stubborn worldwide problem, with American 15-year-olds experiencing similar or slightly less severe setbacks compared with peers in other countries. Economically developed nations saw substantial drops in reading and math on international exams, according to new data released Tuesday. U.S.

Takeda on Tuesday entered into a three-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council (BIRAC) to foster healthcare innovation. BIRAC is the funding agency under the department of biotechnology, government of India, that provides financial and technical assistance to biotech and life sciences start-ups.

SoftBank Corp will invest roughly 473 million euros ($514 million) to take a 51% equity stake in Cubic Telecom that will give the Dublin-based connected-vehicle technology provider greater access to Asian automakers. The Japanese telecommunications arm of tech investment giant SoftBank Group and Cubic «will form a strategic global partnership to pioneer the future of software-defined connected vehicles,» the two companies said on Tuesday.

By Rae Wee

Investing.com-- Most Asian stocks fell on Tuesday, seeing some profit taking after rallying sharply through November on expectations of a less hawkish Federal Reserve, while a string of weak economic readings from across the region also dented sentiment. 

By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada

TOKYO (Reuters) — Japan's economy likely shrank slightly less than initially estimated in July-September, reflecting an expected upward revision in private sector capital investment, a Reuters poll showed on Tuesday.

Investing.com-- Most Asian currencies weakened on Tuesday tracking a string of middling economic readings from the region, with the Australian dollar falling sharply after the Reserve Bank kept rates unchanged and offered scant cues on monetary policy. 

Asian stocks slipped to three-week lows on Tuesday while bonds and the dollar steadied as investors tempered expectations for cuts to U.S. interest rates and waited on U.S. jobs data. An interest rate decision is due in Australia in the meantime, with traders all but certain the central bank will keep rates steady, leaving the focus on the outlook and tone. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was down 0.9% in early trading.

dollar regained some ground on Tuesday and hovered near a one-week high against major peers, while bitcoin extended its momentum on optimism that U.S. regulators could soon approve exchange-traded spot bitcoin funds. The greenback rose marginally against the yen in early Asia trade to 147.23, helped by a slowdown in core consumer inflation in Tokyo that put downward pressure on the Japanese currency. The euro, meanwhile, languished near a three-week low hit on Monday and last traded $1.0840, while the dollar index stood near a more than one-week high and was last at 103.59. Analysts say the greenback's move higher was in part due to a reversal of its heavy selloff in recent weeks, which saw the dollar index falling some 3% in November, its steepest monthly decline in a year. «I think it's maybe just a little bit of a reassessment as to the U.S.

Sensex surged 1,383.93 points, or 2.05%, to end at 68,865.12, while the Nifty closed 418.90 points, or 2.07%, higher at 20,686.80. “We expect market sentiment to strengthen further as the ongoing pre-election rally is quite strong now. Given the government’s focus approach towards long-term capex across key areas, we expect BFSI, Industrials, Real Estate, Auto and Consumer Discretionary to do well going forward," said Siddhartha Khemka, Head - Retail Research, Motilal Oswal Financial Services Ltd.

Investing.com-- Consumer inflation in Japan’s capital eased more than expected in November and came closer to the Bank of Japan’s target range as food prices eased further from highs seen earlier this year, while import costs also stabilized. 

maker of Bira 91 beer and owner of The Beer Cafe pub chain, is set to raise Rs 400 crore ($50 million) of fresh funds, executives close to the development said. The money, from existing investors as well as a new one, will be used to expand business. This will be the third round of fund raising for B9 Beverages in 13 months.

DUBLIN (Reuters) — The head of the world's second largest aircraft leasing company SMBC Aviation Capital expects a shortage of new aircraft to continue until at least 2026 and possibly beyond.

Lok Sabha MPs asked the Narendra Modi government whether it is evaluating the suggestion posed by the Infosys co-founder. Narayana Murthy's 70-hpour work week had triggered debates and met with brick-bats and flowers, wherein several business owners agreed with the need for increased productivity and some debated with adequate compensation.

Jefferies Financial Group is starting an investment-banking unit in Canada as part of an international expansion of its core Wall Street operations.

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