(Reuters) - Blackstone made a potential offer to buy Hipgnosis Songs Fund ( HPGSF ) for about $1.5 billion, outbidding Concord and triggering a takeover battle for the company that owns rights to music by artists including Shakira and Red Hot Chilli Peppers. Music rights investment firm Hipgnosis said on Monday it would recommend a higher Blackstone bid if the...

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Prices of electric cars and plug-in hybrids in China's Southern Shenzhen city, a metropolis with high EV adoption, have fallen 5% to 10% this year, the country's state planner said on Monday. BYD and Denza cars have been leading the price cuts with reductions of 7.15% to 9.7% to the prices of five models in April compared...

WASHINGTON, April 22 (Reuters) - North Korean animators may have helped create popular television cartoons for big Western firms, including Amazon ( AMZN ) and HBO Max, despite international sanctions on North Korea, a research report has found. Researchers discovered files on a North Korean internet server that included animations, written instructions and comments that appear to relate to projects...

(Reuters) - Fashion retailer Express Inc ( EXPR ) has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in the United States and intends to close more than 100 stores, it said on Monday. The retailer whose portfolio includes brands such as Express, Bonobos and UpWest Express, listed assets and liabilities in the range of $1 billion to $10 billion, according to a...