By Klaus Lauer BERLIN (Reuters) - Germany's economy will stagnate in 2024 despite a stronger than expected start to the year, and will continue to lag behind European peers, according to German economic institute IW. Manufacturing and the ...

By Scott Murdoch, Kane Wu and Yantoultra Ngui SYDNEY/HONG KONG/SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Global private equity investors and asset managers are readying for billions of dollars worth of M&A and investments linked to data centres in Asia Pacific, ...

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian stocks lacked direction on Wednesday, while the dollar remained firm despite lower U.S. Treasury yields as markets assessed mixed signals from U.S. policymakers and economic data on the path for Federal ...

(Reuters) - Perpetual said on Wednesday that buyout giant KKR & Co would acquire its wealth management and corporate trust businesses for A$2.18 billion ($1.43 billion), sending the Australian financial services firm's shares to a five-month ...

MANILA (Reuters) - The Philippines posted a trade deficit of $3.2 billion in March, the narrowest since May 2021, preliminary official data showed on Wednesday. Imports fell 20% to $9.3 billion in March from a year earlier, the biggest drop since ...

By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar was back on the front foot on Wednesday, making modest gains after earlier losses from renewed bets on Federal Reserve rate cuts this year, while the yen eased towards the 155 per dollar level and kept ...

BEIJING (Reuters) -Elon Musk proposed testing Tesla's advanced driver-assistance package in China by deploying it in robotaxis, during his recent visit to the country, the state-backed China Daily newspaper reported on Wednesday, citing sources. ...

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's Samsung Medison said on Wednesday it is acquiring all of France's Sonio SAS, a fetal ultrasound artificial intelligence software company for about 126 billion won ($92.4 million). Samsung Electronics owns 68.45% ...

By Leika Kihara and Satoshi Sugiyama TOKYO (Reuters) -The Bank of Japan may take monetary policy action if yen falls affect prices significantly, governor Kazuo Ueda said on Wednesday, offering the strongest hint to date the currency's relentless ...

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - Chinese regulators are scrutinising old business deals and even the personal bank accounts of senior executives as they ramp up inspections of IPO hopefuls to slow the pace of fresh capital raisings and boost ...