🚨 LIVE NOW: A wave of listings in India, from Tata Capital to LG, has made the country the world's fourth-largest IPO market this year. What’s next?

Bloomberg's Menaka Doshi, Lianting Tu, Rajesh Mascarenhas, Chiranjivi Chakraborty answer your questions in a Live Q&A. http://bloom.bg/4q916tB

🎙️ South Korean companies are offering workers up to $72,000 to have babies in an effort to boost the nation’s declining population.

Are cash incentives enough to solve the problem? We explore on on today’s Big Take Asia podcast: https://link.podtrac.com/jxfy2rhy

EXCLUSIVE: Apple plans to make new home hub devices and tabletop robots in Vietnam as it pivots away from China https://bloom.bg/4qbNzS2

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China’s Victory Day parade in September showed off a new, uncrewed submarine the size of a semi-truck — meant to keep tabs on US vessels and seafloor cables — and shined a spotlight on Beijing’s investment in the undersea domain.

The US submarine industry, by contrast, is struggling to get out of drydock after years of delays, rising costs and a weakened industrial base https://bloom.bg/3LbJVHF

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Singapore now has one of the world's best pension systems according to a new global ranking, while India takes bottom spot. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4hbQ9Dj

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A potentially “catastrophic” breach of US-based cybersecurity provider F5 has been blamed on state-backed hackers from China. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/4o33tg3

📷: Chris Ratcliffe

Ex-Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak, who’s in jail for corruption over the 1MDB scandal, may return to politics if he’s pardoned, his lawyer says. More here: https://bloom.bg/4qg9tn6

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Chen Zhi’s family office website describes the 37-year-old as a "young business prodigy." But US and UK authorities say he’s behind scam centers run by forced labor. Read more here: https://bloom.bg/3JtzsXO

📷: Prince Holding Group

🎙️ Indian-based workers once supported American financial services firms. Now, they’re increasingly key to their operations.

On today’s Big Take Asia podcast: How India’s government is encouraging Wall Street firms to expand their footprint in India and how President Trump’s new visa policies could speed up the push: https://link.podtrac.com/4rorpntg

🎙️ On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, Bloomberg’s James Mayger and Isabel Reynolds explore why comments on Taiwan from Japan’s new prime minister have inflamed tensions with China — and where the diplomatic standoff could go from here: https://link.podtrac.com/jxfy2rhy

Chen Tao and his wife Liu Chunlan, have become one of China’s richest AI billionaires, as their fortune soar on the world’s insatiable demand for the technology and a critical partnership with Nvidia.

Read more on their combined $9.1 billion net worth, vaulting them above the likes of Bill Ackman and Jon Gray on the Bloomberg Billionaires Index. https://bloom.bg/3KfTeX9

US authorities have been probing Indian companies trading chemicals used to make fentanyl but with little success. https://bloom.bg/4pw0iOd

📷: Johannes Eisele/AFP/Getty Images

An AI-enabled teddy bear sold by a Singapore-based company is back on the shelves after researchers discovered it chats unprompted about sexual fetishes and other unsuitable topics. https://bloom.bg/3M4UYmv

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Hong Kong’s leader is holding a briefing as the city's deadliest fire in decades kills at least 55. Follow our live blog for the latest news and analysis: https://bloom.bg/43UuytR

🚨LIVE NOW: Bloomberg reporters answer your questions in a Live Q&A about RBI's intervention to stabilize the Indian rupee after its biggest drop since 2022. https://bloom.bg/43VLQH7

Illegal Bitcoin mining in Malaysia has become so prolific that authorities are deploying drones with thermal imaging to search for unusual power use. More here: https://bloom.bg/3Xz5HYZ

📷: Deputy Minister of PETRA’s Office

🎙️ President Trump's tariff war with China sent US firms scrambling to find new manufacturing hubs. India looked ideal, until the White House changed course.

On today’s Big Take Asia podcast, how shifting trade policies are undermining India's push to become the world’s next factory: https://link.podtrac.com/jxfy2rhy