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With traders betting that the Bank of Japan will almost certainly end its negative interest rate policy by

Lending margins will be in focus this week when Asia’s largest banks report earnings, amid peaking interest rates

Royal Philips NV raised its full-year outlook after supply-chain constraints eased to give some breathing room to the

Singapore’s core inflation decelerated further in September, vindicating the central bank’s decision to leave monetary policy settings unchanged

Moving half of the funds spent on subsidies for fossil fuel heating to heat pumps could transition all

Speculation that the Bank of Japan will make some kind of policy move this month continues to build

By Wayne Cole SYDNEY Asian shares hit one-year lows Monday as the risk of a wider conflict in

Japan’s antitrust watchdog has begun an investigation into whether Alphabet Inc.’s Google abuses its market position to block

Israel is holding off a ground invasion of Gaza as diplomatic efforts continue to secure the release of

Game platforms including Microsoft Corp.’s Xbox and Sony Group Corp.’s PlayStation will be “the most clear-cut beneficiaries of

Russian forces maintained pressure on Sunday on the town of Avdiivka in the east and intensified shelling in the southern area of Kherson. Russia has focused on the industrial east since pulling back from a failed advance on Kyiv at the start of the February 2022 invasion and its forces have tried to maintain positions in Kherson since abandoning the region’s main town late last year. The General Staff of Ukraine‘s Armed Forces, in its evening report, said Ukrainian forces repelled nearly 20 Russian attacks around Avdiivka, its buildings now largely reduced to shells. Russian air strikes hit nearby villages, it said. It comes as officials in southern Ukraine said on Sunday that the Russian military had used a record number of aerial bombs over the country’s Kherson region in the past 24 hours. Natalia Humeniuk, a spokeswoman for the Ukrainian military’s Operational Command South, said 36 missiles had been recorded over the area, with some villages being hit by several strikes. In other developments, six people have been killed in a Russian missile attack that hit a postal distribution centre in Kharkiv, Ukrainian officials have said, as Kherson has seen a record number of bomb attacks in the past 24 hours. Read More Six killed and 16 injured in Russian missile strike on Kharkiv mail depot Aftermath of Russian missile strike on Ukraine mail depot that killed six in Kharkiv Ukrainians prepare firewood and candles to brace for a winter of Russian strikes on the energy grid Ukrainian officials say civilians were killed and wounded in Russian overnight attacks

For a fleeting moment this month, investment bankers in leveraged finance — the lucrative lending that oils the