HONG KONG/LONDON, Oct 28 (Reuters) - HSBC Holdings ( HSBC ) reported a 14% decline in third-quarter pretax profit on Tuesday, hurt by a $1.1 billion charge after losing part of an appeal in a long-running lawsuit tied to Bernard Madoff's Ponzi scheme, history's biggest-ever such fraud. But the bank also upgraded its income forecast for the year, reflecting optimism...

* 300 bcm of LNG to enter market in 2026-2030 * ASEAN power demand to grow 300GW in next decade * Coal to be part of solution to meet growing electricity demand * Calls on Asian countries to mine and process critical minerals (Adds comments, details on sanctions, prices in paragraphs 2, 3-12) By Florence Tan and Siyi Liu SINGAPORE,...

(Reuters) -Domino's Pizza Enterprises on Tuesday denied receiving a takeover proposal from Bain Capital after a report said the private equity firm was looking at buying the whole or part of the Australian franchise operator. The Australian Financial Review said a potential deal could be worth up to A$4 billion ($2.60 billion), citing people familiar with the matter. The Australian...

By Tamiyuki Kihara TOKYO, Oct 28 (Reuters) - Japan and the United States are preparing a fact sheet on potential investment projects in the U.S., involving Japanese firms such as Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ( MHVYF ), a senior Japanese government official said. The potential projects are a part of the $550 billion (83 trillion yen) investment package agreed under Tokyo's...