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Insurer AIA's first-quarter new business value rises 31%, announces $2 billion buyback
(Reuters) - Hong Kong-based insurer AIA Group on Monday posted a 31% rise in its first-quarter value of new business (VONB) on a constant exchange currency basis and announced an additional $2 billion share buyback. AIA's VONB, which gauges ...
Morning bid: Helter-skelter yen, US tech tonic
By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Asian stocks should open on Monday buoyed by Friday's tech-led surge on Wall Street, while investors will be scrambling to make sense of the latest twist in the Japanese ...
Nigeria secures $600 million Maersk investment in seaport infrastructure
ABUJA (Reuters) - Nigeria secured a $600 million investment in seaport infrastructure from Danish shipping company A.P. Moller-Maersk, the presidency said in a statement on Sunday. The investment was secured during a meeting between President ...
Deutsche Bank to assess options for possible Postbank settlement
FRANKFURT (Reuters) - Deutsche Bank said on Sunday that it would "carefully assess" options for a possible settlement in litigation over its takeover of Postbank that has required it to make provision for claims of up to 1.3 billion euros ...
L'Occitane's billionaire owner close to possible $7 billion buyout bid, Bloomberg reports
(Reuters) -The billionaire owner of L'Occitane International is close to making a proposal to take the French skincare firm private as early as Monday in a deal that could value it at about $7 billion including debt, Bloomberg News reported. Chairman ...
Hyundai Motor, Kia Corp sign agreement with China's Baidu on connected car technology
SEOUL (Reuters) - Hyundai Motor and Kia Corp on Sunday said the companies have signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with Baidu Inc to develop technologies for connected cars. (Reporting by Cynthia Kim; Editing by Tom Hogue)
Exclusive-Chinese brokerage CICC cutting dealmakers' base pay by 25%, sources say
By Selena Li and Julie Zhu HONG KONG/SHANGHAI (Reuters) - China International Capital Corp (CICC) is cutting the base pay of onshore investment bankers by as much as 25%, three sources said, in a major effort to reduce costs amid volatile ...
Thai ex-executive Pichai named finance minister, faces growth challenge
By Orathai Sriring BANGKOK (Reuters) - Thai former energy executive Pichai Chunhavajira was named the country's finance minister on Sunday, facing a tough task to revive Southeast Asia's second-largest economy. Pichai, 75, an adviser to Prime ...
Exclusive-Elon Musk heading to China for visit to Tesla's second-biggest market, sources say
SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Tesla CEO Elon Musk was on a flight heading to Beijing on Sunday to kick off a surprise trip in the electric vehicle maker's second-biggest market, according to two people with knowledge of the matter. Musk is seeking to ...
Hong Kong economy to grow 2.5%-3.5% in Q1, financial chief says
HONG KONG (Reuters) - Hong Kong's gross domestic product (GDP) is expected to grow between 2.5% and 3.5% for the first quarter, maintaining moderate growth for a fifth consecutive quarter, the city's finance chief said on Sunday. January-March ...