FRANKFURT (Reuters) -Novartis on Friday posted quarterly adjusted net income well above analyst estimates on forecast-beating sales of established heart failure drug Entresto and multiple sclerosis drug Kesimpta. Fourth-quarter net income, adjusted for special items, rose 26% to $3.93 billion, the Swiss drugmaker said in a statement, surpassing an analyst consensus of $3.64 billion, according to LSEG data. Entresto, which...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The yen was on track for its best monthly start to the year since 2018 on Friday, helped by the view that the Bank of Japan (BOJ) is likely to keep raising rates this year while its global peers elsewhere look to ease policy. The Mexican peso and Canadian dollar were on guard ahead of a looming Feb....

TOKYO, Jan 31 (Reuters) - Japan's energy security will benefit from U.S. President Donald Trump's push to increase liquefied natural gas (LNG) production, an executive at JERA, Japan's top LNG buyer, said on Friday, while allowing the company to diversify its suppliers. LNG imports by Japan, the world's second biggest buyer after China, continued to fall last year, decreasing by...

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - The drone that tracked Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar and filmed him as he lay dying in footage beamed around the world last October was made by Israeli startup Xtend, according to media reports, one of many such firms to get a boost from Israel's war needs. Xtend's co-founder and CEO Aviv Shapira declined to comment on...