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By Yuka Obayashi TOKYO, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Japan's top steelmaker Nippon Steel on Tuesday raised its full-year net profit forecast by 32% to 290 billion yen ($1.84 billion), citing stronger earnings at...

By Emanuele Berro and Simon Ferdinand Eibach Aug 4 (Reuters) - German car parts supplier Continental beat second-quarter profit expectations on Tuesday, as premium tyre sales and lower raw-material co...

TOKYO, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Japan may not have intervened in the currency market on Monday, central bank data indicated, despite a sudden surge in the yen that led traders to anticipate a third straight ...

MILAN, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Bending Spoons has agreed to buy Airtable in an all-cash deal valuing the U.S. software firm at $1.285 billion, the companies said on Tuesday, marking the Italian technology c...

SEOUL, Aug 4 (Reuters) - South Korean retail shareholder platform ACT said on Tuesday it had launched a campaign to call an extraordinary shareholders' meeting at Samsung Electronics, urging the chipm...

Aug 4 (Reuters) - Goldman Sachs said on Tuesday it expects Brent crude to trade in an $80-$90 per barrel range until there is either confirmation of a new U.S.-Iran nuclear deal or a significant escal...

SEOUL, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Board members of South Korea's central bank said they would carefully determine the timing and pace of any further policy tightening, with some suggesting preemptive action, w...

By Casey Hall and Dominique Patton SHANGHAI/PARIS, Aug 4 (Reuters) - For Chinese consumers seeking luxury, prestige skincare is trumping designer bags as a prolonged property downturn and weaker confi...

By Selena Li and Lawrence White HONG KONG/LONDON, Aug 4 (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings reported a better-than-expected first-half profit and raised its net interest income target, driven by revenue growth ...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, Aug 4 (Reuters) - Japan and the United States will "certainly" conduct joint intervention again if the yen shows signs of resuming its downtrend, said Atsushi Takeuchi, a former...