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Yen Intervention on Watch; Korean Stocks Jump by Record | The Asia Trade 7/31/2026

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Sony raises outlook after entertainment drives earnings jump

Sony has been shifting its resources toward accumulating entertainment assets spanning music, games and anime, while scaling back in low-margin areas in consumer electronics.

Murata Warns AI Spending Will Level Off After Raising Outlook

Murata Manufacturing Co. warned that the global technology buildout will eventually lose steam even as the maker of high-end AI components raised its profit outlook.

Group's mission to appreciate every piece of food

Food in Community takes unwanted and surplus produce from growers and farmers.

Axa Profit Meets Estimates, Insurer Confident on Outlook

Axa SA reported first half profit higher than the same period a year ago, as the Paris-based insurer assesses the impact of wildfires currently affecting France and Spain.

HSBC to pull out of Australian retail banking market

London-based company to sell local loan portfolio to Blackstone, but will continue private and institutional banking services Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news…

Copper may hit new high as AI demand collides with deadly storms, strategists say

Deadly storms in Chile have disrupted mining operations, further straining supply and potentially driving prices higher, strategists say.

Sony to Start Phased Restart of Quake-Hit Sensor Plant Tuesday

Sony Group Corp. said it will begin a phased restart of its image sensor factory in Kyushu on Tuesday, after a magnitude-7.1 quake and numerous aftershocks shook Japan’s southwestern island.

Over-leveraged borrowers jump 3-fold, credit expansion loses pace: Cibil

President approves Nishan-i-Imtiaz for new strategic command chief

President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday gave his approved for conferring the Nishan-i-Imtiaz (Military) on Commander National Strategic Command General Syed Aamer Raza. In a post on the social media platform X, the President’s Secretariat…

JERA says LNG stocks secured through October, sees no summer supply risk

Tech Stocks Rally as Korea Surges, Yen Pares Gain

A global rally in technology stocks gathered momentum as South Korean equities posted a record jump, with investors returning to the artificial intelligence trade after this week’s rout. (Source: Bloomberg)