MARKETWATCH · Mar 27, 2026, 1:53 AM
The U.S. president said he would pause attacking Iran’s energy infrastructure for another 10 days late Thursday as stocks tumbled.
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The U.S. president said he would pause attacking Iran’s energy infrastructure for another 10 days late Thursday as stocks tumbled.
President Trump on Thursday extended his five-day pause on a planned U.S. attack on Iran’s energy infrastructure until April 6, but Iran’s critical oil-export hub, Kharg Island, remains in the spotlight as the next potential target.
Asia-Pacific markets fell Friday as the prospect of a peace deal in the Middle East remained murky amid contradictory messaging from the U.S. and Iran.
Ping An of China Asset Management (Hong Kong) plans to ramp up purchases of short-term debt issued by Chinese banks to shield its investments from market volatility sparked by the Iran war.
China’s industrial enterprises saw their profits rise sharply in the first two months of 2026, before the war in the Middle East rocked the global oil market and sent raw material costs soaring.
Pop Mart International Group Ltd. undertook its largest buyback ever in a move to bolster confidence after a record stock plunge spurred by concerns over its reliance on Labubu dolls for growth.
Persistent weakness in China’s housing market will be the main drag when property developers China Vanke Co., Country Garden Holdings Co. and China Overseas Land & Investment Ltd. report next week.
Taiwan’s largest equity exchange-traded fund is on track for record inflows this month, as domestic investors defy the global turmoil sparked by the Iran war and pile into the technology-heavy product.
Australia has a secure supply of fuel over the near term, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said Friday, as he sought to reassure skittish households and businesses at a time of mounting reports of gasoline shortages.
Wang Xiaogang, Chairman Ace Robotics and co-founder of SenseTime, discusses the company's "world model" and the outlook for the AI and robotics industry. He speaks with Stephen Engle from the Boao Forum for Asia. (Source: Bloomberg)
Iran has allowed Malaysian vessels trapped in the Persian Gulf to return home through the Strait of Hormuz, the Southeast Asian nation’s prime minister said in a televised address on Thursday evening.
President Donald Trump again pushed back his deadline for Iran to strike a deal with the US or face more attacks, saying talks with the country were going “very well.” Bloomberg's Laura Davison reports. (Source: Bloomberg)
President Donald Trump late Thursday said he would sign an executive order to “immediately” pay Transportation Security Administration workers who have gone without pay during a long-running partial government shutdown.
TDR Capital and I Squared Capital have picked banks to work on a US initial public offering for Aggreko Plc, one of the world’s biggest providers of temporary energy and temperature control solutions, according to people familiar with the matter.
A fund manager that has made Samsung Electronics Co. its biggest bet wants the South Korean company to list its shares in the US, a move it says would raise the chipmaker’s valuation.
A fund manager that has made Samsung Electronics Co. its biggest bet wants the South Korean company to list its shares in the US, a move it says would raise the chipmaker’s valuation.
Big Tech is buying small reactors. Washington is buying time. Russia and China? They rule the nuclear-power world.
Trump hoped his Iran reprieve would bring a stock-market miracle — but investors aren’t buying and time is short.
Chinese Commerce Minister Wang Wentao raised “serious concerns” with US Trade Representative Jamieson Greer over new trade investigations, even as both sides signal a desire to stabilize relations before an expected presidential summit.
Lawmakers are stalled on funding the Department of Homeland Security as airport delays mount.
Nicolás Maduro appeared in a Manhattan federal court Thursday as the US pushes forward with a broad drug-trafficking and narco-terrorism conspiracy case against the ousted Venezuelan leader. Bloomberg's Christina Ruffini reports from New York. (Source: Bloomberg)
RoboSense CEO Mark Qiu talks about the key takeaways of their first-ever profitable quarter since 2014. He explains how the shift from analog to digital LiDAR will lift the company's performance and is a great cost advantage (Source: Bloomberg)
A looming MSCI Inc. decision over Indonesia’s market status is highlighting the challenge regulators face to address opaque ownership structures and poor disclosures by the nation’s biggest companies.
China’s long-awaited shift toward reflation may finally be near, raising hopes it can revive corporate earnings and spur gains in stocks.