MILAN (Reuters) - Germany is considering introducing a law to protect domestic banks from cross-border takeovers, Italian newspaper La Repubblica reported on Sunday, as Italy's UniCredit seeks a merger with Germany's Commerzbank. Berlin was taken aback by UniCredit's swoop to build a large stake in state-backed Commerzbank, a move the Italian bank says could lead to a merger. The German...

NEW YORK (Reuters) -U.S. semiconductor companies will get a closer look from investors in coming weeks, after diverging reports from two industry leaders abroad set off a volatile few days of trading. Because semiconductors are key components in a broad array of products, chipmakers and related equipment companies are closely followed for insight into the economy. Wall Street also watches...

(Reuters) - Boeing ( BA ) is exploring asset sales in a bid to boost its fragile finances by shedding its non-core or underperforming units, the Wall Street Journal reported on Sunday. The planemaker last week reached an agreement to offload a small defense unit that makes surveillance equipment for the U.S. military, the paper reported, citing people familiar with...

* Quick commerce sales expected to exceed $6 billion this year * CCI can launch an investigation if finds complaint has merit * Quick commerce firms have not responded to request for comment By Aditya Kalra NEW DELHI, Oct 20 (Reuters) - India's biggest group of retail distributors has asked the antitrust authority to investigate three quick commerce companies -...