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HONG KONG (Reuters) -Asia-focused insurer Prudential's operating profit rose 8% in 2022, boosted by new insurance sales despite the coronavirus pandemic, and its new boss said on Wednesday sales had p...

NEW YORK (Reuters) - First Republic Bank spoke to at least one private equity firm about raising capital before it secured financing from JPMorgan Chase & Co and U.S. authorities intervened with suppo...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's banking sector won't face incidents similar to the collapse of U.S. lender Silicon Valley Bank due to differences in the structure of bank deposits, Finance Mi...

By Sarah Wu and Yimou Lee TAIPEI (Reuters) - Taiwan is scrambling to secure its communications with the outside world against an attack by China, but even in peacetime cannot quickly repair critical u...

(Reuters) - Abu Dhabi-based artificial intelligence firm G42 acquired a $100 million plus stake in Tiktok-parent ByteDance, valuing the company at $220 billion, Bloomberg News reported late on Wednesd...

By Hyunsu Yim SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea's largest music label HYBE, which manages hit boy band BTS, will announce a "substantial number of acquisitions and investments" this year as the K-pop gian...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's property investment fell at a slower pace over the first two months of 2023, official data showed on Wednesday, showing signs of improvement buoyed by a slew of supportive ...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China's aluminium production rose 7.5% to 6.74 million tonnes in January-February from a year earlier, the highest output for the two months since at least 2015, data showed on Wed...

SEOUL (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics Co Ltd on Wednesday said it will invest around 300 trillion won ($230 billion) by 2042 to develop what the government called the world's largest chip-making base,...

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Asian equities rose sharply on Wednesday, tracking a relief rally on Wall Street and as U.S. inflation data delivered no nasty surprises, reinforcing hopes the ...