By Ashitha Shivaprasad SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Oil prices eased on Friday as markets evaluated the impact of U.S. interest rates staying higher for longer than anticipated, but crude benchmarks headed for their best week in more than two months after solid projections for crude and fuel demand. Brent crude futures were down 34 cents, or 0.4%, at $82.41 a barrel by...

* Delegations of Carlyle, KfW recently visited TKMS for talks * Deal to buy majority of TKMS could be reached in early autumn * TKMS could be sold or spun off as Thyssenkrupp slims down By Christoph Steitz, Emma-Victoria Farr and Tom Käckenhoff FRANKFURT/DUESSELDORF, June 14 (Reuters) - Private equity firm Carlyle and German development bank KfW are in talks...

FRANKFURT/DUESSELDORF (Reuters) - Private equity firm Carlyle and German development bank KfW are in talks to jointly buy most of Thyssenkrupp's submarine unit, three people familiar with the matter said, in the latest sign of how the Ukraine war is reshaping Europe's defence sector. The plan to join forces and take a majority stake in Thyssenkrupp Marine Systems (TKMS) reflects...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan, a major coal and liquefied natural gas (LNG) buyer, could be energy-independent by 2060 thanks to expansion of solar and wind power together with storage batteries, said Jarand Rystad, chief executive of the Rystad Energy consultancy. Japan imports most of its energy resources, with the Middle East, Australia and the United States being its top suppliers....