April 10 (Reuters) - UBS Group has hired Evan Raine to head its media and telecoms mergers and acquisitions unit in the Americas to help the bank capture more market share from advising on deals in the sector. Raine will start at UBS on April 14 and will be based in New York, Jeff Hinton, global co-head of mergers and...

By Aditya Kalra and Arpan Chaturvedi NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India wants to tackle its mounting e-waste problem. Global electronics companies say the cost is too high. Daikin, Hitachi ( HTHIF ) and Samsung are among manufacturers alarmed by new Indian government rules that require them to pay significantly more to recycle air conditioners, refrigerators, TVs and other appliances, court...

TAIPEI, April 11 (Reuters) - Taiwan is to be included in the first batch of trading partners to hold talks with the United States, President Lai Ching-te said on Friday, vowing to be ready for the discussions. U.S. President Donald Trump said on Wednesday he would temporarily lower the hefty duties he had just imposed on dozens of countries while...

BRASILIA (Reuters) - Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva named lawmaker Pedro Lucas Fernandes as his new minister for communications, Government Institutional Relations Minister Gleisi Hoffmann announced on Thursday. Fernandes, who will oversee services including telecommunications and postal, should be inaugurated after Easter holiday later this month, Hoffmann told reporters in Brasilia. ...