TOKYO (Reuters) - Toyota Motor ( TM ) is increasingly focusing on return on equity as a performance measure, talking internally about raising ROE to 20% as one guideline, a senior finance executive at the Japanese automaker said during an interview on Monday. While cautioning that ROE is not a perfect measure, the executive emphasised consistency over time-bound targets, adding...

SEOUL, March 5 (Reuters) - The chief executive of South Korean battery maker Samsung SDI said on Wednesday demand for electric vehicles will remain sluggish until the first half of next year. CEO Choi Joo-sun also told reporters at a major battery expo that the company's earnings will likely bottom out in the first quarter of this year and begin...

BEIJING (Reuters) -China suspended on Tuesday the soybean import licences of three U.S. firms and halted imports of U.S. logs, stepping up its retaliation for additional U.S. tariffs on Chinese goods. Earlier in the day, China also imposed import levies covering $21 billion worth of U.S. agricultural and food products including soybeans, wheat, meat and cotton. The three U.S companies...

* China suspends soybean import licence for three U.S. firms * Also suspends imports of U.S. logs * China says suspension due to phytosanitary issues * Suspension coincides with retaliatory measures against U.S. tariffs (Adds graphic) By Mei Mei Chu and Ella Cao BEIJING, March 4 (Reuters) - China suspended on Tuesday the soybean import licences of three U.S. firms...