🎙 In late 2018, five years after launching fish-feeding company eFishery, Gibran Huzaifah found himself all out of cash.

The CEO started plugging fake numbers into financial reports. But his house of cards was doomed to collapse. Find out more on the Big Take Asia Podcast: https://link.podtrac.com/jxfy2rhy

Pakistan said Chinese fighter jets were used to respond to military strikes by India and that it has kept Beijing fully informed of its action as tensions in the disputed Kashmir region escalate. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3GMcRUx

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Some of Asia’s richest families are cutting exposure to US assets, saying Trump’s tariffs have made the world’s largest economy much less predictable. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4d86UgZ

🚨LIVE NOW: What's next for Beijing after top US and Chinese trade officials held their first in-person talks since Trump announced tariffs?

Join our reporters for a Live Q&A: https://bloom.bg/3GOgnxM

Samsung unveiled a dramatically thinner Galaxy S25 Edge phone, months before Apple is expected to launch a slimmed-down iPhone. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4k9YWpK

🚨 LIVE NOW: Xi Jinping's decision to stand firm against Donald Trump resulted in a massive de-escalation in tariffs. Bloomberg reporters Alan Wong, Katia Dmitrieva, James Mayger and Rebecca Choong Wilkins discuss next steps in the trade talks, and answer your questions in a Live Q&A. https://bloom.bg/4mgDilF

A reclusive Chinese billionaire who made a prescient bet on gold is now the country's biggest copper bull, with a nearly $1 billion bet on a market jolted by competition between the US and China Read more here: https://bloom.bg/43A7sJ7

📷: Zhongcai Merchants Investment Group Co./WeChat

EV battery giant CATL jumps 13% in its Hong Kong trading debut after the world's biggest IPO of 2025. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3YUyU1H

JUST IN: Stablecoin legislation advances in the Senate in a major victory for the crypto industry after a group of Democrats dropped their opposition. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4k3W66c

Keep it simple and play the long game. Experts share strategies on where to invest in India as Trump tariffs rewrite the global trade rulebook. https://bloom.bg/3Scie1W

📷: Ariel Davis

Wealthy Americans hoping to take advantage of New Zealand’s golden visa program are hoping the government will soon relax a ban on house sales to foreigners, advisers say. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4krh5Q2

Oil jumped on a report that US intelligence suggests Israel is making preparations to strike Iranian nuclear facilities. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4mrtwx6

EXCLUSIVE: Former Malaysian PM Najib Razak met executives before the 2002 signing of a $1.2 billion submarine deal to prepare contracts designed to remunerate himself and others, French financial prosecutors alleged last year. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4k7uYDg

Mexico's President Claudia Sheinbaum was already grappling with a massive security crisis when two close aides to Mexico City Mayor Clara Brugada were shot and killed in a targeted attack in the nation's capital. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4klKISE

🎙 Despite the global hype around China’s DeepSeek, very little is known about the man behind it – Liang Wenfeng.

Find out more about the founder who led the company to the frontline of AI advances on the Big Take Asia Podcast: https://link.podtrac.com/jxfy2rhy

Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr. has called for the courtesy resignation of all his Cabinet secretaries in a push to “recalibrate” his administration following his slate’s underwhelming performance at last week’s Senate election. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/43OChsL

Singapore’s government said it rejects attempts by foreign embassies in the city-state to “incite domestic reactions on international issues involving third countries.” Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3ZscAMU

A discount chain with signature red storefronts has drawn legions of Malaysians looking for good deals — and made its founder a billionaire. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/45s0CXo

BREAKING: Two members of the Israeli Embassy’s staff were fatally shot outside the Capital Jewish Museum in Washington on Wednesday night, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4k9g8MC