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Thomson Reuters Corp is close to naming former Nielsen Holdings Plc president Steve Hasker as its next chief executive, succeeding Jim Smith, according to people familiar with the matter.

A team from the International Monetary Fund (IMF) met Lebanon government officials on Thursday to advise on how to tackle the country's crippling financial and economic crisis.

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The Bank of Japan is paying maximum attention to impact from the coronavirus outbreak on Japan's economy and prices as volatility remains high in global markets, Governor Haruhiko Kuroda was quoted as saying by a government official.

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Ping An Insurance Group Co of China Ltd , China's largest insurer by market value, said on Thursday that the coronavirus may have an impact on its business.

Shares in coronavirus-hit economies of Singapore and Thailand lost footing on Thursday as a sharp jump in infections outside mainland China overshadowed Beijing's widely-anticipated interest rate cut. China on Thursday reported a sharp drop in new virus cases, however, infections in South Korea jumped, two deaths...

As Japan struggles to rein in the spread of a coronavirus, some investors are starting to worry the epidemic could scupper the Olympics set to start in Tokyo from July 24, hitting shares of firms ranging from sportsgear makers to event organisers.

The yen's status as a safe haven is coming under pressure as unease grows about the rising number of coronavirus cases in Japan, against the backdrop of a stuttering domestic economy.