KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 17 Reuters Malaysia39;s economy grew faster than expected in the third quarter, with the central bank expecting buoyant domestic demand to continue offsetting a slowdown in exports. Gross domestic product GDP expanded 3.3 from a year earlier in the JulySeptember period, data from Bank Negara Malaysia BNM and the Statistics Department showed, […]

SHANGHAISINGAPORE, Nov 17 Reuters Global companies are making a beeline for China39;s debt markets, issuing record amounts of yuandenominated bonds and borrowing heavily from mainland banks, capitalising on rockbottom yuan interest rates as funding costs elsewhere jump. Companies and banks are raising record amounts of cash through yuan bonds issued in mainland China and in […]

SHANGHAISINGAPORE, Nov 17 Reuters China is widely expected to leave lending benchmark rates unchanged at a monthly fixing on Monday, after the central bank kept mediumterm interbank rates steady and amid wider concerns about pressure on the yuan. The loan prime rate LPR normally charged to banks39; best clients is calculated each month after 18 […]

Nov 17 Reuters British transport operator FirstGroup said on Friday it will form a joint venture with Japan39;s Hitachi for leasing up to 1,000 electric bus batteries for about 100 million pounds 123.9 million as part of its fleet expansion plan. As part of the agreement, NextGen AssetCo, a 5050 joint venture between FirstGroup and Hitachi ZeroCarbon, […]