Nintendo second-quarter operating profit 73.9 bln JPY, below market expectation of 88.1 bln; net profit 73.49 bln JPY, versus expected 82.21 bln.

Oct 30 — Chinese smartphone maker vivo and automaker BYD signed a strategic cooperation agreement to deepen ecosystem collaboration between smart devices and new-energy vehicles, moving from phone-vehicle connectivity toward fuller phone-vehicle integration. They expect to continue upgrading phone-vehicle interaction and data-transfer experiences from year-end through 2027, and to explore AI cross-terminal integration, expand A2A application scenarios and roll them out gradually.

India's power secretary said the government will issue energy storage authorizations to state power utilities.