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By Khanh Vu and Francesco Guarascio HANOI (Reuters) -Vietnam stands ready to import more farm products from the United States, according to a statement from trade minister Nguyen Hong Dien on Friday, a day after U.S. President Donald Trump said he would start imposing global reciprocal tariffs. The Southeast Asian export hub, home to manufacturing …

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By Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) – Sony’s shares closed up 8.7% in Tokyo on Friday after the technology and entertainment conglomerate reported strong results at its games and music divisions. Sony’s gaming unit reported a 37% jump in quarterly profit and PlayStation 5 sales of 9.4 million units during the year-end shopping season. “These results …

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By Mariko Katsumura and Sam Nussey TOKYO (Reuters) -JX Advanced Metals (JXAM), a wholly owned metals unit of Japan’s Eneos Holdings, won approval to list its shares in a $3 billion share offering, a regulatory filing showed on Friday, in what would be the nation’s biggest IPO in seven years. JXAM has set a tentative …

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By Jihoon Lee SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea will thoroughly review non-tariff barriers and other vulnerabilities to respond to a U.S. plan to introduce reciprocal tariffs, the country’s acting president said on Friday. U.S. President Donald Trump tasked his economics team on Thursday with devising plans for reciprocal tariffs on every country taxing U.S. imports …

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SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’s market watchdog has decided to impose fines on JPMorgan, Morgan Stanley, Nomura and UBS for violating short-selling rules in the domestic stock market, officials at the country’s Financial Supervisory Service (FSS) said on Thursday. “We have concluded administrative sanctions, meaning imposing fines,” an official said, declining to provide further details …

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By Bernadette Christina JAKARTA (Reuters) -Indonesia expects its B40 biodiesel programme, aimed at reducing its reliance on imported diesel fuel, will reach full implementation next month after delays at the start of the year, energy ministry official Eniya Listiani Dewi said on Friday. She said distribution of the palm oil-based biodiesel this year has reached …

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