BERLIN (Reuters) -Germany's BASF said first-quarter adjusted earnings fell 5.3% year on year, primarily due to higher bonus provisions, but still came in above analysts' consensus. In a statement on Thursday, the German chemicals giant said quarterly earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA), adjusted for one-off items, was 2.7 billion euros ($2.89 billion), above the average analyst estimate...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor ( TM ) said on Thursday its global sales and production hit record highs in the year ended March 31, thanks to robust demand in each region and the lack of semiconductor supply constraints it had to endure in recent years. Toyota's ( TM ) parent-only global sales rose 7.3% from a year earlier to...

BEIJING (Reuters) - Toyota Motor will partner with tech giant Tencent in China, it said on Thursday, as it looks to expand its position in the competitive auto market. The world's largest automaker by volume made the announcement as it unveiled concept cars at the Beijing auto show on Thursday. ...

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - London-listed miner Anglo American said on Thursday it had received an all-share buyout proposal from BHP Group ( BHP ), a deal that would make the world's biggest listed miner also the largest producer of copper globally. The deal, if agreed, would also trigger further transactions in the global mining industry, which has seen a flurry of...