Elon Musk on Wednesday appealed a judge's refusal to end his 2018 agreement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission requiring a Tesla Inc lawyer to vet some of his posts on Twitter.

HONG KONG (Reuters) -China's internet search engine giant Baidu Inc is in talks to sell its controlling stake in iQIYI Inc, China's answer to Netflix, in a deal that could value all of iQIYI at about $7 billion, two people with knowledge of the matter said.

TOKYO (Reuters) -Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida said on Wednesday he expected the Bank of Japan (BOJ) to stick to a 2% inflation target, when asked about a possibility the central bank may adjust its massive stimulus to stem the yen weakening.

China's internet search engine giant Baidu Inc is in talks to sell its controlling stake in iQIYI Inc, China's answer to Netflix, in a deal that could value all of iQIYI at about $7 billion, two people with knowledge of the matter said.

The euro zone's trade deficit almost doubled in April from the previous month after an already record expansion in March, and industrial production increased over the same period on the month, official data showed on Wednesday.

British retailer WH Smith said on Wednesday its revenue in the third quarter beat pre-pandemic levels for the first time as more people travel to work and tourists return.