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TOKYO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Japanese stocks jumped to record levels while the nation's bonds slid and the yen was volatile after Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi swept to a landslide win in Sunday's snap el...

TOKYO, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Japan's real wages shrank in December for a 12th consecutive month, as nominal pay growth slightly undershot slowing consumer inflation, labour ministry data showed on Monday....

SINGAPORE, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Oil prices fell 1% on Monday as immediate fears of a conflict in the Middle East eased after the U.S. and Iran pledged to continue talks about Tehran's nuclear programme o...

By Rae Wee and Yantoultra Ngui SINGAPORE, Feb 9 (Reuters) - Singapore's biggest bank DBS Group on Monday maintained expectation that net profit this year will dip slightly from 2025's, after posting a...

Feb 8 (Reuters) - Grocery giant Kroger plans to hire Greg Foran, who previously headed an airline and Walmart's U.S. unit, as chief executive officer, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday, citin...

By Olivia Kumwenda-Mtambo and Wendell Roelf CAPE TOWN, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Angola is pursuing a 20%-30% stake in Anglo American's diamond unit De Beers, a proposal being discussed with other diamond-pro...

JOHANNESBURG, Feb 8 (Reuters) - South Africa's energy regulator said on Sunday that it granted state utility Eskom larger electricity rate increases for its next two financial years than originally se...

By David Lawder WASHINGTON, Feb 8 (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Sunday he would not expect the Federal Reserve to move quickly to shrink its balance sheet, even under Fed c...

By Steven Scheer JERUSALEM, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Israel's Competition Authority said on Sunday it planned to levy a fine of 121 million shekels ($39 million) on flag carrier El Al Israel Airlines for set...

TOKYO, Feb 8 (Reuters) - Japan must take a "professional" approach in tapping its huge foreign reserves to fund spending and tax cuts as doing so would not be easy, Finance Minister Satsuki Katayama s...