HANOI (Reuters) - Foreign investors accelerated sales of Vietnamese stocks in recent weeks as trade risks grew for the export-reliant country, data shows, despite the prospect of a valuation-boosting market upgrade later this year. The Southeast Asian export hub posted a record trade surplus with the United States last year and also imposes higher duties on imports, exposing it to...

Feb 12 (Reuters) - Supermarket group Ahold Delhaize reported slightly higher-than-expected sales for the fourth quarter on Wednesday, as it saw volume recovery in the U.S. and strong performance in Europe. The Dutch group's revenue for the three months through December 31 was 23.28 billion euros ($24.12 billion), while analysts in a company-compiled poll had estimated it to be 23.21...

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group booked a net loss of 369.2 billion yen ($2.4 billion) in the October-December quarter as valuations at its Vision Fund investment arm fell. The loss will further raise questions about SoftBank's plans for one of its most ambitious undertakings - a hefty investment in OpenAI. Sources said in January that SoftBank was in...

TOKYO, Feb 12 (Reuters) - Japanese technology investor SoftBank Group booked a net loss of 369.2 billion yen ($2.4 billion) in the October-December quarter as valuations at its Vision Fund investment arm fell. That compares to an LSEG consensus estimate of a net profit 234 billion yen drawn from four analysts and a profit of 950 billion yen in the...