| * Investors welcome re-election of Malaysia's ruling party * Indonesian growth slips as China slowdown hits * China to crack down on faked export deals * Chinese groups seek $3.6bn through share sales * Balance sheet holes prompt India equity sales * India and China end Himalayan stand-off * Honda ramps up Mexico investment Markets: mostly up Investors welcome re-election of Malaysia's ruling party
Investors on Monday cheered the election victory by Malaysia's ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, sending the country's stock market up by more than 7 per cent at the open amid the prospect of political continuity and the extension of the government's gradual economic reforms.
http://on.ft.com/18o0lAA Indonesian growth slips as China slowdown hits
Economic growth in Indonesia has eased to the slowest pace in two years as the country continued to feel the pain of lower commodity prices because of the slowdown in China and India.
http://on.ft.com/ZKuPKa China to crack down on faked export deals
China has vowed to crack down on companies that have been secretly channelling cash into the country after a surge in capital inflows.
http://on.ft.com/10iqB9b Chinese groups seek $3.6bn through share sales
Galaxy Securities and Sinopec Engineering on Monday began marketing a total of up to $3.6bn in new share sales, presenting a test for Hong Kong's moribund initial public offering market, which has seen barely $1bn worth of deals this year.
http://on.ft.com/13Y6H6u Balance sheet holes prompt India equity sales
India's industrial groups are being forced to overcome a historic reluctance to sell equity or assets as they attempt to repair overstretched balance sheets, in a further sign the country is struggling to return to its previously heady levels of economic growth.
http://on.ft.com/13Y6Iay India and China end Himalayan stand-off
India and China simultaneously withdrew troops from camps a few metres apart in a Himalayan desert on Sunday, apparently ending a three-week stand-off on a freezing plateau where the border is disputed and the Asian giants fought a war 50 years ago.
http://on.ft.com/10i4q2P Honda ramps up Mexico investment
The central Mexican region known as El Bajío is known as the nation's colonial heartland, its grain belt and a hotbed of fervent Catholicism. Now Japanese auto production can be added to the list.
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