Murata Manufacturing will expand capacity for ceramic materials used in electronic components at its Okayama plant, investing about ¥9 billion to add production lines as it expects rising demand for AI-related components.

A consumer class action opened Tuesday at the Competition Appeal Tribunal in London alleges Google charged Android app developers excessive fees for more than a decade, inflating Play Store prices and affecting roughly 20 million UK consumers. Claimants’ lawyers say Google’s 30% commission on digital purchases breached competition law and that consumers affected since 2015 could be awarded about £1.2bn (≈$1.6bn) in damages. Lawyers told the court Google used its market power to extract unfair prices; Google denies any anti-competitive conduct.

美國世紀投資公司：市場對美聯儲未來一年最多加息四次的定價過於激進。