HANOI (Reuters) - The United States is urging Vietnam to avoid Chinese cable-laying firm HMN Technologies and other Chinese companies in its plans to build 10 new undersea cables by 2030, sources with knowledge of the talks said. Vietnam's five major ageing subsea connections that link it to the global internet have suffered repeated failures, making new cables a top...

Sept 17 (Reuters) - CFIUS, the Committee on Foreign Investment in the United States, that is reviewing a bid by Japan's Nippon Steel ( NISTF ) to buy U.S. Steel has granted a request from the Japanese company to refile its takeover application, a person familiar with the matter said on Tuesday. CFIUS needs more time to understand the impact...

LONDON, Sept 18 (Reuters) - While many investors hope falling interest rates will usher in a soft economic landing, others forecast a calm before the storm. Here are hypothetical trading ideas shared by three hedge funds on what is next for the U.S. and global economies at the start of a U.S. easing cycle. They said regulations prevented them from...

Alibaba Group Holding ( BABA ) inked a five-year cloud service deal with GoTo Group, Bloomberg reports. The agreement includes not divesting its stake in the struggling Indonesian ride-hailing provider until the end of the agreement. Financial terms of the deal remain undisclosed. According to Bloomberg, GoTo is unprofitable and has slashed jobs, exited the Vietnam and Thailand markets, and given up control...