BEIJING, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Chinese President Xi Jinping urged effective qualitative improvement and reasonable quantitative growth in the economy in a speech on Thursday, Xinhua reported. “We must resolutely promote high-quality development and continuously meet the people’s ever-growing needs for a better life,” Xi…
LOS ANGELES, Oct 21 (Reuters) – Luka Doncic and newly acquired center Walker Kessler led the Los Angeles Lakers to a 127-105 rout of the Golden State Warriors in their season-opener on Wednesday in their first game since LeBron James’ departure. The Lakers began the…
By Danielle Kaye and Alexander Marrow NEW YORK, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Lorraine Scott has spent at least $300 to tailor her pants and jeans since losing 60 pounds on weight-loss drugs over the past year. “Most of the things in my closet didn’t fit…
By Andrew Gray BRUSSELS, Oct 22 (Reuters) – US software company Palantir sought to reassure Europeans that its military AI system used by NATO has no “kill switch”, after disruptions to Ukraine’s Starlink services heightened concerns about reliance on US tech firms. Ukraine reported last week…
Oct 22 (Reuters) – Belgian-Dutch pharmaceutical firm argenx said on Thursday that global sales of its leading autoimmune drug Vyvgart rose 54% in the third quarter, as it reached more patients. Sales of Vyvgart, a prescription drug used to treat adults with generalized myasthenia gravis, an autoimmune disease that…
By Summer Zhen and Selena Li HONG KONG, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Beijing-based quant fund Lingjun Investment’s offshore arm has attracted at least $300 million from US and Southeast Asian investors, a top executive said, as it resumes fundraising two years after facing trading restrictions…
By Francesco Guarascio HANOI, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Developers of a new US-backed undersea data cable linking Malaysia, Vietnam, Singapore and Thailand will this month select a cable supplier between Japan’s NEC and France’s Alcatel Submarine Networks, a project executive told Reuters. The 16-fibre-pair MViSTA cable…
ZURICH/ LONDON, Oct 22 – Roche slightly beat third-quarter sales expectations on Thursday, lifted by steady demand across its pharmaceuticals and diagnostics units and relief from months of currency headwinds. Group sales reached 16.13 billion Swiss francs ($19.61 billion), up 7% at constant exchange rates…
Oct 22 (Reuters) – BE Semiconductor Industries on Thursday reported third-quarter orders that exceeded analyst expectations, driven by demand linked to AI data centres, but said its revenue would be flat quarter-on-quarter in the last three months of 2026. Quarterly order intake, the industry’s most…
By Alexander Marrow LONDON, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Nestle reported better than expected organic sales growth for the third quarter on Thursday and said it had deconsolidated its Russian business after Moscow seized control of Nestle’s Russian assets last month. President Vladimir Putin ordered the…
