The Philippine Competition Commission is set to investigate the Grab-Uber acquisition in more detail to determine its impact on local competition within the transportation industry.
The official selling price of Saudi Arabia's Light crude could decline by 50-70 cents to a six-month low in May due to weaker benchmark prices, a survey by Reuters showed on Monday.
Oil prices edged higher on Monday in response to reduced drilling activity in the United States and the possibility of new sanctions against Iran.
On Monday, Malaysian authorities said that they will monitor ridesharing startup Grab for the possibility of the anti-competitive behavior after its competitor Uber Inc told that it will sell its Southeast Asian business to Grab.
On Monday, The Bank of Japan claimed that it has appointed Shinichi Uchida, former head of BOJ's monetary policy affairs, as the new executive director of international affairs.
On Monday, Chinese ecommerce giant Alibaba Group Holding Ltd claimed that it will buy the remaining shares of Chinese food delivery startup Ele.me in addition to the current 43% of shares, valuing startup at $9.5B.
On Monday, Transport Ministry of Indonesia stated that ridesharing startups Go-Jek and Grab need to register as transport companies in the nearest two months because of the safety requirements.
On Monday, South Korean division of General Motors said that its March sales has dropped by 18.9% in comparison with a previous year with a total sales of 41,260 vehicles instead of 50,850 a year earlier.
This week, the White House is going to unveil the list of Chinese imported goods targeted for additional import tariffs by the US, punishing Beijing's policy of technology transfer.
Chinese manufacturing activity rose at the slowest pace in the four-month period amid faltering in export demand. prompting firms to shed their staff faster to diminish costs.
Japan's business mood soured for the first time since 2016 in the three-month period to March, as labour costs and increasing raw materials weigh on steady economic recovery.
Japan's manufacturing activity expanded at a weaker pace in March, data revision showed on Monday, as growth in output and new orders moderated, while the economy was still in solid shape.
China slapped additional tariffs of up to 25% no 128 US-made products, including wine, certain fruits and frozen pork, in response to the US duties on aluminium and steel imports.
On Sunday, South Korea's most popular pop stars staged a rare concert in Pyongyang in the run-up to the inter-Korean summit.
The former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt died on Sunday at the age of 91, according to his lawyer Luis Rosales.
On Sunday, the US President Donald Trump stated that the status of so-called "Dreamers", immigrants brought to the US illegally as minors, would not be legalised.
The Republican Senator Lindsey Graham criticised the US President Donald Trump's decision to withdraw US troops from Syria, saying that it would lead to a resurgence of the ISIS.
On Sunday, the Turkish President Tayyip Erdogan called the Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu a "terrorist", following the latest Gaza clash.
Hudson's Bay, a Canadian retail business group, announced on Sunday that a payment card data breach occurred at its Saks and Lord & Taylor stores in North America.
On Sunday, China's Foreign Minister Wang Yi called on China and Vietnam to settle their rows in the South China Sea through negotiations.
China's media reported that the country would complete the formation of government departments by mid-April.
On Sunday, Zambia asked Cuba to recall Nelson Pages Vilas, its ambassador, over his open support for the new opposition Socialist Party.
China's Xinhua news agency reported on Sunday that the country's major policy bank CDB is planning to lend $63.77B for poverty relief projects in 2018.
Macau gambling revenue saw a 22% gain over the course of March thanks to the decent demand for gambling in China's only legal casino centre.