By Sameer Manekar (Reuters) -Australian bank Westpac raised its share repurchase programme by A$1 billion ($661 million) and declared a special dividend on Monday citing a strong balance sheet, even as its first-half profit fell 16% on tight ...

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) - A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Investor sentiment in Asia is set to open the week on a positive note on Monday, buoyed by last week's upward momentum in global stocks, calmer currency markets, and a ...

PARIS (Reuters) - The board of French tech firm Atos was due to meet on Sunday evening to consider takeover offers, including one submitted by Czech businessman Daniel Kretinsky, Les Echos and Le Figaro reported. Atos, which secures ...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Frank Anderson Shrontz, the former chief executive officer and chairman of planemaker Boeing and part owner of the Seattle Mariners baseball team, has died, the Mariners said in a statement on Saturday. Shrontz joined Boeing ...

By Georgina McCartney HOUSTON (Reuters) - As Big Oil returns this week to the industry's annual showcase for offshore energy projects and equipment in Houston, deepwater discoveries off Guyana, Namibia and the U.S. Gulf Coast will take the ...

By Ariba Shahid KARACHI (Reuters) - An International Monetary Fund mission is expected to visit Pakistan this month to discuss a new programme, the lender said on Sunday ahead of Islamabad beginning its annual budget-making process for the next ...

By Md Manzer Hussain (Reuters) - Stock markets in the Gulf ended higher on Sunday, led by the Qatar index, after slowing U.S. jobs growth in April raised hopes of early interest rate cuts by the U.S. Federal Reserve. The Labor Department's ...

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Global economic weakness and a slowing domestic economy were among the reasons Australia will report a smaller revenue increase in its federal budget for the year ended June 30 compared to recent years, the government said on ...

By Jonathan Stempel OMAHA, Neb. (Reuters) - The new chief executive of Brooks Running said the running shoe maker owned by Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway views China and Europe as growth areas for a business that generates most revenue in ...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan's Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker and the biggest assembler of Apple's iPhone, reiterated on Sunday it expected a rise in second-quarter revenue, and reported record sales for the month of ...