By Rae Wee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The resurgent dollar headed towards a second straight week of gains on Friday as a hotter-than-expected U.S. economy has pushed back investors' and policymakers' expectations of the trajectory of Federal Reserve ...

By Dawn Chmielewski (Reuters) - Sony Pictures Entertainment and Apollo Global Management are discussing making a joint bid for Paramount Global, according to a person familiar with the matter. The companies have yet to approach Paramount, which ...

By Laila Kearney NEW YORK (Reuters) - Oil prices slipped in early trade on Friday as U.S. jobs data pointed to higher interest rates for longer and easing tensions in the Middle East dampened supply concerns. The market largely shrugged off ...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - The Taipei-listed shares of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co (TSMC) dropped more than 4% after opening on Friday following the company's first-quarter earnings results. The broader market was down around 1.9%. (Reporting ...

(Reuters) - South Korea's Hyundai said on Friday that it had paused advertising on X, formerly known as Twitter, and is speaking to the Elon Musk-owned social media platform directly about brand safety issues. It was not immediately clear why the ...

TOKYO, April 19 (Reuters) - Japan's core consumer prices rose 2.6% in March from a year earlier, government data showed on Friday. The core consumer price index, which includes oil products but excludes fresh food prices, compared with economists' ...

(Reuters) - Atlanta Federal Reserve Bank President Raphael Bostic on Thursday said that if inflation does not continue to move toward the U.S. central bank's 2% goal, as he expects it will, central bankers would need to consider an interest-rate ...

(Reuters) - Jabil Inc has placed Chief Executive Officer Kenneth Wilson on a paid leave since April 15 pending completion of an investigation related to corporate policies, the electronic components maker said on Thursday. The company appointed ...

(Reuters) - PPG Industries missed first-quarter revenue estimates on Thursday due to sluggish demand in its industrial and performance coating businesses. Quarterly net sales fell about 2% to $4.31 billion from a year earlier. Analysts had ...

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Asian markets will hope to end a bruising week on a positive note on Friday, but fraying global sentiment and a reluctance to take on much risk ahead of the weekend amid ...