Pimco Dropping Linkers Calls Time on Abenomics Inflation Target

Pacific Investment Management Co. stopped favoring Japanese government bonds that benefit from consumer price gains as it predicts Abenomics won’t generate 2 percent inflation.

Japan Companies Say Recovery to Survive Higher Tax, Poll Shows

More than 80 percent of large Japanese companies expect the nation’s economic recovery to survive Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s planned sales tax increase in April, according to a survey by the Mainichi newspaper.

Samsung and Philips among tech firms raided by EU

Samsung and Philips have revealed that they were among several consumer electronics companies raided recently by European Commission inspectors.