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The timing of professional tennis's return will reveal whether the tours and federations are more interested in making money or looking after the health of players, Australia's John Millman said.

The euro held firm on Wednesday, basking in the afterglow of a Franco-German proposal for a common fund that could move Europe closer to fiscal union while the yen languished near five-week lows amid mildly positive risk sentiment.

Unable to hold a mass vigil due to coronavirus controls, the people of Hong Kong should light candles across the city to commemorate pro-democracy protesters killed in Beijing's Tiananmen Square in 1989, an organiser said on Wednesday.

China shares fell on Wednesday as cautious investors held back ahead of the country's annual political meetings where policymakers will discuss measures to boost the economy.

The Tanzanian unit of Kenya's ARM Cement has been sold to China's Huaxin Cement company, its administrator PricewaterhouseCoopers and Huaxin said on Wednesday.

(RTTNews) - Indian shares opened on a positive note on Wednesday after Finance Minister Nirmala Sitharaman said in an interview that the government was with industry and would do as much as possible depending on how the coronavirus pandemic will pan out.

JXTG Holdings Inc, Japan's biggest oil refiner, said on Wednesday it plans to spend a total of 1.5 trillion yen ($14 billion) in capital expenditure for the next three years to end-March 2023 under a new mid-term business plan.

A company linked to China's scandal-hit Luckin Coffee Inc is seeking fresh capital, sources said, highlighting the ripple effect of Luckin's fabricated transactions as the chairman of both firms scrambles to avoid a cash crunch.

Oil prices rose on Wednesday amid signs of improving demand and a drawdown in U.S. crude inventories but worries over the economic fallout from the coronavirus pandemic capped gains.

A company linked to China's scandal-hit Luckin Coffee Inc is seeking fresh capital, sources said, highlighting the ripple effect of Luckin's fabricated transactions as the chairman of both firms scrambles to avoid a cash crunch.

(RTTNews) - Asian stock markets are mostly lower on Wednesday after a report from medical news website STAT raised concerns about the trial results of biotech company Moderna's coronavirus vaccine. The decline comes just a day after global stock markets rallied on reports of pos

The U.S. investment advisory firm founded by Wall Street trader William O'Neil is stepping up business expansion in China as Beijing accelerates financial deregulation amid rising tension with Washington.

HSBC Holdings PLC expects to achieve double-digit asset growth in its newly combined wealth business in Asia Pacific in the next three years, as it looks to grab a bigger share of the growing rich population, the unit's regional head told Reuters.

HONG KONG (Reuters Breakingviews) - Sony is reinventing itself, sort of. The Japanese giant is buying the rest of its financial arm for $3.7 billion, while a new holding company structure clumsily attempts to reposition Sony beyond its electronic roots. At least it's man

Exxon Mobil has relaunched the sale of its stake in Azerbaijan's largest oilfield, the company said on Tuesday, as banking and industry sources said the move was drawing interest from large Asian oil and gas companies seeking to capitalize on the recent collapse in oil prices.

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(RTTNews) - Indian shares may open a tad higher on Wednesday even as cautious undertone may prevail on concerns that India's economic growth will be severely hit too due to the coronavirus pandemic and the nation-wide lockdown.

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Asian stocks struggled to extend the week's rally on Wednesday and gold and bonds firmed as a sceptical press report dented some hopes for a COVID-19 vaccine and concerns about bumps in the global recovery from the pandemic returned.

(RTTNews) - Johnson & Johnson will stop selling its talc-based Johnson's Baby Powder in the United States and Canada, as demand fell amid mounting consumers lawsuits that claimed the talc products caused cancer.