Business and finance news from the Asia-Pacific.
Asian stocks fell with bonds and gold as rising oil prices stoked inflation concerns and expectations for tighter monetary policy. Rising oil prices pressured bonds, pushing global yields to the highest since 2008, as traders increased bets the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates. The renewed surge in energy prices is compounding inflation concerns already fueled by government spending and heavy corporate borrowing to finance the artificial-intelligence buildout. For more, we spoke with Paul Aversano, Managing Director and Global Practice Leader of A&M's Global Transaction Advisory Group
SEMICON Taiwan is underway in Taipei. It's one of the most influential trade show for microelectronic and semiconductor manufacturing. At the event, Bloomberg News Reporter Stephen Engle was able to speak with Hoton Chang, the Chairman and CEO of Grand Process Technology Corp, or GPTCSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.