India April factory activity hits 4-month high on robust demand
By Anant Chandak BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’s factory activity expanded at its quickest pace in four months in April, driven…
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Analysis-Inflation, labour crunch prodding Japan’s smaller firms to raise pay
By Tetsushi Kajimoto and Kentaro Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) – Rising inflation and an intensifying labour crunch are prodding smaller local…
Indian cough syrup: mystery middleman may be new clue
By Krishna N. Das and Jennifer Rigby NEW DELHI/LONDON (Reuters) -An unnamed middleman in Mumbai provided a crucial raw material…
KKR to invest $250 million more in India’s Serentica Renewables
BENGALURU (Reuters) – U.S. private equity firm KKR & Co Inc will invest an additional $250 million in Serentica Renewables,…
Too high for comfort: Five questions for the ECB
By Dhara Ranasinghe and Stefano Rebaudo LONDON (Reuters) – Inflation in the euro area is too high for comfort, meaning…
Take Five: Rate hike vs bank stress
(Reuters) -Meetings at the U.S. Federal Reserve, the European Central Bank and Australia’s central bank top the agenda, while megacap…
Sony shares tumble on weaker-than-expected annual outlook
TOKYO (Reuters) – Sony Group Corp’s shares fell as much as 4.8% on Monday after the Japanese electronics and entertainment…
Japan activist group hails bourse reform as remedy for undervalued stocks
By Makiko Yamazaki and Ritsuko Shimizu TOKYO (Reuters) – A group of investors led by prominent activist shareholder Yoshiaki Murakami…
PNC, JPM, Citizens among final bidders in First Republic auction -sources
By Chris Prentice, Nupur Anand and Saeed Azhar NEW YORK (Reuters) -PNC Financial Services Group, JPMorgan Chase & Co and…
Alibaba founder Jack Ma takes up Tokyo University visiting professorship
TOKYO (Reuters) – Alibaba Group founder Jack Ma has been invited to be a visiting professor at Tokyo College, a…