TOKYO, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Artisan Partners, an investor in Japanese retail giant Seven & i Holdings ( SVNDF ), called on the company's special committee to consider a formal bidding process of competing takeover proposals to secure the highest offer. Seven & i ( SVNDF ) received a buyout proposal from a member of its founding Ito family, it...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - South Korean car maker Kia expects challenging market conditions in the near term due in part to governments' policies but will stick to its target of selling 1.6 million electric vehicles annually by 2030, a senior executive said. We're not pushing volume to market. Especially this year, the market is changing very rapidly and there are so...

Meme coins have been on the charge this year, as a marked improvement in overall market sentiment has propelled tokens to skyrocketing returns in 2024. What happened: Cat-themed cryptocurrency, Popcat has been the star performer, exploding as much as 23,895% year-to-date.  The Solana (CRYPTO: SOL)-based coin had a market capitalization of nearly $1.9 billion as of this writing, ranking eighth...

BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Cross border challenges are widening the gap between the output of Europeans and Americans, who have been moving ahead since the 1990s, a study by the International Monetary Fund showed. The European Union's GDP per capita measured with purchasing power parity is now around 72% of the United States, the IMF study said. Seventy percent of that...