By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s core consumer inflation rate accelerated to a fresh eight-year high of…
JPMorgan picks Deutsche Bank’s Sheppard for UK investment banking
By Pamela Barbaglia LONDON (Reuters) – JPMorgan has hired one of Deutsche Bank’s most senior dealmakers, Richard Sheppard, to strengthen…
Japan’s Olympus names Stefan Kaufmann as next CEO in medtech pivot
TOKYO (Reuters) – Olympus Corp said on Friday that Stefan Kaufmann would become the endoscope maker’s chief executive next year,…
GM, Ford set to report earnings to a tough crowd on Wall Street
By Joseph White DETROIT (Reuters) – General Motors Co and Ford Motor Co hope their earnings reports next week will…
KKR, others to invest $500 million in India’s UPL units
BENGALURU (Reuters) – India’ UPL Ltd said on Friday U.S. investment firm KKR & Co Inc and others would invest…
Aerospace manufacturers placing orders earlier to beat parts shortages
By Allison Lampert ORLANDO, Fla. (Reuters) – The shortage of parts from chips to windshields that has held back plane…
Trafigura signs $800 million loan agreement with Germany
(Reuters) – Commodities trading firm Trafigura said on Friday it had signed an $800 million five-year loan agreement guaranteed by…
Yuan falls to lowest since 2008 global crisis, despite state bank support
SHANGHAI (Reuters) – China’s yuan fell on Friday to its weakest level against the dollar since the global financial crisis…
BHP chief executive cautiously optimistic about China’s economic growth
LONDON (Reuters) – BHP Group’s Chief Executive Mike Henry said on Friday he was “cautiously optimistic” about the economic outlook…
China to ease share financing rules for property-related firms but outlook bleak
SHANGHAI/Beijing (Reuters) -Chinese authorities will ease share financing rules for certain real estate-related firms, fuelling hopes of more measures to…