JAKARTA, May 8 (Reuters) - Indonesia will extend copper concentrate export permits for Freeport Indonesia and Amman Mineral Nusa Tenggara, President Joko Widodo told reporters on Wednesday, adding that details of the extensions were still being worked out. Both Freeport Indonesia and Amman are building copper smelters expected to start operation in June. But the companies have said the new...

BERLIN (Reuters) -BMW on Wednesday reported a lower first-quarter profit margin in its automotive segment as persistently higher costs continued to weigh and demand for luxury cars in China remained muted. The German premium automaker's earnings before taxes (EBT) margin in the car segment fell to 8.8% versus 12.1% in the same period last year and 9.2% expected by analysts...

May 8 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Wall Street Journal. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy. - Perpetual has agreed to sell its corporate trust and wealth management businesses to buyout firm KKR in a deal worth around 2.18 billion Australian dollars (US$1.44 billion). -TikTok filed a federal...

STOCKHOLM, May 8 (Reuters) - Swedish builder Skanska reported a smaller-than-expected rise in operating earnings for the first quarter on Wednesday as profits in its bread-and-butter construction business recorded a year-on-year fall. The Nordic region's biggest construction group said operating earnings rose to 497 million crowns ($45.6 million) from a year-ago 394 million, lagging the 873 million seen in a...