Business - Sunday, May 31, 2026

Local investors are driving the premium on Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.’s US-listed shares to a two-year low as they pile into the chipmaker’s stock in Taipei on bets the AI boom has further to run.

Asia-Pacific markets were set to open mixed on Monday as investors monitored lingering uncertainty around U.S.-Iran negotiations.

Thapanee Techajareonvikul reflects on family, succession and leadership inside the billionaire empire behind Chang beer, Big C and Singapore beverage giant Fraser & Neave.

U.S. Central Command has helped around 70 commercial ships pass through the strait in the last three weeks, an official said.

Chinese consumers are showing signs of a renewed appetite for high-end beauty and fashion products, a rare bright spot for global luxury brands after years of weak demand and margin-eroding discounts in their most important growth market.

Japanese bond yields have reached the highest levels in 40 years. The budget and a `red flag' from Prime Minister Takaichi have made markets nervous.

Oil climbed and the dollar strengthened as tensions remained elevated in the Middle East, with negotiations over a permanent US-Iran ceasefire showing little sign of a breakthrough.

A new all-electric aircraft made a test flight in New York City. Our transportation reporter Niraj Chokshi describes what to know.

Oil rose from a six-week low amid uncertainty over the outlook for a peace deal to end the war in Iran.

Proposal requires Rene Haas to steer US-listed British company to ‘exceptional growth metrics’ The chief executive of Arm is in line for a pay package that would make him a billionaire if he hits targets to turn the microchip firm into the UK’s first trillion-dollar company. Arm, which is listed in New York but retains its global headquarters in Cambridge, has proposed a pay scheme for Rene Haas in which he will receive generous annual share awards plus a maximum bonus of $800m if he can hit certain “exceptional growth metrics”. Continue reading...