(Corrects typographical error in prime minister's name)
BANGKOK, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Thai Prime Minister Anutin Charnvirakul said on Tuesday that he was confident that his new government will complete its full four-year term.
(Reporting by Panarat Thepgumpanat,; Writing by Orathai Sriring; Editing by David Stanway)
MANILA, Feb 10 (Reuters) - The Philippines' ambassador to Washington said on Tuesday that the country is seeing some signs that China is willing to work with Manila and "isolate" the South China Sea disputes which have hurt relations between the two nations.
Ambassador Jose Manuel Romualdez told reporters that the Philippines' relationship with China cannot be purely defined based on territorial disputes over the South China Sea.
... (continue reading...)Feb 10 (Reuters) - Indian drugmaker Lupin said on Tuesday it has settled a patent infringement dispute with Japan's Astellas Pharma over the bladder disorder drug Mirabegron, allowing it to continue selling the product in the United States.
Under the agreement, Lupin and its U.S. unit will pay Astellas $90 million, including a $75 million upfront payment and per-unit licensing fees on Mirabegron sales through September 2027, the company said in... (continue reading...)
SINGAPORE, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Index provider FTSE Russell has postponed a scheduled review for Indonesia, due to uncertainty about how freely stocks trade, in a fresh blow for markets in Southeast Asia's biggest economy which are facing criticism over trading and transparency.
About $120 billion has been wiped from the benchmark Jakarta Composite after larger rival MSCI warned last month the country risked a downgrade to frontier status.
... (continue reading...)TOKYO, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Japanese Minister of Finance Satsuki Katayama on Tuesday said using surplus from $1.4 trillion foreign currency reserves could be considered when discussing funding sources for planned cuts in food sales tax.
Asked about tapping the surplus generated from foreign exchange reserves, Katayama said at a press conference that such surplus had been transferred to the general account in the past.
She declined to... (continue reading...)
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