By Leika Kihara and Takahiko Wada TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan’s core consumer inflation rate accelerated to a fresh eight-year high of…
Sri Lanka consumer inflation hits record 73.7% in September
By Uditha Jayasinghe COLOMBO (Reuters) – Sri Lanka’s National Consumer Price Index (NCPI) rose to a new high of 73.7%…
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…
Nepal inflation surges to 8.64% ahead of elections
By Gopal Sharma KATHMANDU (Reuters) – Nepal’s annual inflation surged to 8.64% for the month that ended in mid-September compared…
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…