TOKYO, May 9 (Reuters) - Nippon Steel ( NISTF ), Japan's biggest steelmaker, posted on Thursday a 20.8% fall in net profit for the year ended in March to 549.4 billion yen, beating estimates. Nippon Steel ( NISTF ) had been expected to post a net profit of 464.6 billion yen, according to a LSEG poll of analysts. For the...

HONG KONG (Reuters) -Embattled Chinese property developer Country Garden ( CTRYF ) said it was unable to pay two onshore coupons due on Thursday, but China Bond Insurance Co would do so on its behalf if it missed paying within a grace period that ends next week. Such a move would be the first time the state-owned company has come...

May 9 (Reuters) - JPMorgan's ( JPM ) Australian arm has been fined A$775,000 ($509,252.50) for allowing suspicious client orders to be placed on wheat futures trading designed to manipulate the market, the country's corporate regulator said on Thursday. The Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC) said it found J.P. Morgan Securities' failure to identify the suspicious trades to be...

LONDON (Reuters) -Britain's ITV forecast an around 12% jump in advertising revenue in the second quarter, four times the level achieved in the first and ahead of expectations, as it benefits from the Euros soccer championship which kicks off in June. The company on Thursday reported a 6% drop in total external revenue in the first quarter to 727 million...