TOKYO/BOULOGNE-BILLANCOURT, France (Reuters) - Honda Motor Co raised its full-year forecasts after posting a record quarterly net profit on Friday, while brisk sales returned France's Renault to profit in the first half.


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TOKYO/SYDNEY (Reuters) - Japan's Nomura Holdings Inc and Australia's Macquarie painted a bleak picture of Asia's investment banking industry, citing a dearth of deals and frail markets.


TOKYO/DETROIT (Reuters) - Toyota Motor Corp said on Thursday it would recall nearly 417,000 high-end passenger cars and SUVs in the United States and Canada to fix steering problems.


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TOKYO (Reuters) - Sony Corp lifted its annual outlook and returned to profitability in the first quarter on booming demand for its Bravia flat TVs and PlayStation 3 game consoles.


A trader sits in front of a board displaying the German share index DAX at the stock exchange in Frankfurt, Germany, on May 10. Europe's leading stock markets advanced on Thursday, shaking off falls in Tokyo, as dealers reacted to a barrage of earnings from blue-chip companies, including strong numbers from telecoms.(AFP/DDP/File/Martin Oeser)AFP - Europe's leading stock markets advanced on Thursday, shaking off falls in Tokyo, as dealers reacted to a barrage of earnings from blue-chip companies, including strong numbers from telecoms.


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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Panasonic Corp plans to buy out subsidiaries Sanyo Electric and Panasonic Electric Works for up to 818.4 billion yen ($9.4 billion) to strengthen its push into greener businesses.


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TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese chipmakers Toshiba , Renesas Electronics and Elpida Memory reported improved quarterly earnings as robust global sales of smartphones and other consumer electronics boosted chip demand.


TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian stocks edged down from a three-month high and the dollar eased toward three-month lows on Thursday, hit by soft U.S. data that underlined the patchy nature of the U.S. economic recovery.


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TOKYO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Japan's JFE Holdings , the world's fifth-largest steelmaker, returned to a profit on Tuesday and U.S. Steel posted a narrower loss, but both gave lackluster forecasts, with the Americans complaining of slower order rates.


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TOKYO (Reuters) - Yahoo Japan, Japan's largest Internet portal operator, will adopt Google's search engine, refusing to follow Yahoo Inc in choosing Microsoft as a partner.


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