TOKYO (Reuters) -Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ( MHVYF ) on Friday projected a 9.6% growth in operating profit this year on robust defence demand without weaving in impact of U.S. tariffs, after its fiscal 2024-25 earnings missed analyst expectations. The company expects operating profit of 420 billion yen ($2.9 billion) for the current financial year to March 2026, after posting...

* American retailers ramp up queries to India apparel hub * Heftier US tariffs on China, Bangladesh make India competitive * India's Tiruppur textile hub faces worker shortage, higher costs * Bangladesh still has advantage on labour rates, larger factories By Dhwani Pandya, Praveen Paramasivam, Ruma Paul and Manoj Kumar TIRUPPUR, India/DHAKA, Bangladesh, May 9 (Reuters) - In a garment...

TOKYO, May 9 (Reuters) - Japan's 10-year government bond yield hit near a one-month high as optimism on global trade talks lifted appetite for risk-friendly assets, and prompted investors to sell safe-haven bonds. The 10-year yield rose to 1.365%, its highest since April 15, and was last up 4 basis points (bps) at 1.36%. U.S. Treasury yields touched multi-week highs...

SYDNEY, Aug 18 (Reuters) - Google agreed on Monday to pay a A$55 million ($35.8 million) fine in Australia after the consumer watchdog found it had hurt competition by paying the country's two largest telcos to pre-install its search application on Android phones, excluding rival search engines. The fine extends a bumpy period for the Alphabet-owned internet giant in Australia,...