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…
DUBAI, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Iran’s Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps Navy said on Thursday that four vessels involved in illegal oil transfers in the northern Persian Gulf were simultaneously hit and caught fire after being tracked by its forces on Wednesday. The IRGC added that…
By Christine Chen SYDNEY, Oct 22 (Reuters) – A probe into KPMG Australia has found it mishandled whistleblower allegations of client data leaks and let cultural and governance weaknesses persist for years, but stopped short of recommending a permanent ban on the firm from federal…
By Jiaxing Li HONG KONG, Oct 22 (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Jiaxing Li. French bonds remain in hot water. After the benchmark 10-year yield topped 5% for the first time since 2002, it has continued…
Oct 22 (Reuters) – NATO will allow Ukraine to buy weapons, ammunition and military equipment via its centralised procurement agency, potentially allowing Kyiv to obtain defence supplies faster and more cheaply, the Financial Times reported on Thursday. “It provides Ukraine with the ability to have…
By Milana Vinn NEW YORK, Oct 22 (Reuters) – Elon Musk’s public endorsement this week of a potential $3.5 trillion merger between SpaceX and Tesla has rattled some insiders involved in the discussions, who worry his comments could invite shareholder scrutiny and delay the process…
WELLINGTON, Oct 22 (Reuters) – New Zealand’s High Court has struck down regulations banning new prescriptions of puberty blockers for adolescents with gender dysphoria, ruling that the measures were made unlawfully and amounted to unjustified discrimination. • Justice Dale La Hood set aside the regulations, introduced in late…
