SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian dollar bond issuance is expected to rise around 20% in 2025 over last year, driven by Chinese debt deals and as U.S. interest rate cuts make it more affordable for companies to issue dollar bonds rather than local currency debt. In the first few days of 2025, at least $6 billion worth of dollar bonds were...

JAKARTA, Jan 8 (Reuters) - Indonesian e-commerce firm Bukalapak said on Tuesday that it would stop selling physical items on its marketplace soon, amid tough competition from TikTok's Tokopedia and Sea's Shopee in Southeast Asia's largest economy. Bukalapak, which went public in 2021, said in a statement that it later would only sell virtual products ranging from mobile phone credits...

Jan 8 (Reuters) - Australian law firm Maurice Blackburn said it had filed a class action lawsuit against U.S. carmaker General Motors' ( GM ) local unit, alleging the transmission systems of certain models of its now-defunct GM Holden brand were defective. The class action covers people who bought certain models of Holden vehicles between Jan. 1, 2011 and Dec....

(Reuters) - Australian law firm Maurice Blackburn said it had filed a class action lawsuit against U.S. carmaker General Motors' ( GM ) local unit, alleging the transmission systems of certain models of its now-defunct GM Holden brand were defective. The class action covers people who bought certain models of Holden vehicles between Jan. 1, 2011 and Dec. 24, 2024,...