ZURICH, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Siemens reported a drop in profit at its industrial business on Thursday and said it expected slightly lower sales growth next year, citing geopolitical risks like trade conflicts and weak consumer demand. The German engineering group said its industrial profit fell 7% to 3.12 billion euros ($3.29 billion) in the three months to the end...

Nov 13 (Reuters) - Thrive Capital is in talks to acquire about $1 billion stake in analytics software maker Databricks in a deal that would value the startup at about $55 billion, Bloomberg news reported on Wednesday, citing people familiar with the matter. Thrive is expected to lead a share sale, also known as a tender offer, for the company,...

TAIPEI (Reuters) - The head of Taiwan's central bank said on Thursday that he doubted that U.S. President-elect Donald Trump's new administration would penalise Taiwan given the island's central role in the semiconductor industry. Trump unnerved Taiwan on the campaign trail by accusing it of stealing American chip business. Trump also proposed a 10% tariff on all U.S. imports and...

Nov 15 (Reuters) - Chip behemoth Nvidia ( NVDA ) is reporting quarterly results and global PMI data is rolling in as markets continue to digest the fallout from Donald Trump's U.S. presidential election win, with bitcoin and the euro taking centre-stage. Here's a look at the week ahead for markets from Rae Wee in Singapore, Ira Iosebashvili in New...