Japan's core inflation likely ran at 3.0% in August, according to a Reuters poll, staying above the central bank's 2% target for a 17th straight month in a sign of broadening price pressure in an economy trying to escape from a long deflationary phase.

LONDON (Reuters) -The European Central Bank raised its key interest rate to a record peak on Thursday and signalled this will likely be its final move in a more-than year-long fight against stubbornly high inflation.

(Reuters) -Walt Disney Co has held exploratory discussions about selling its U.S. TV network ABC to regional TV station operator Nexstar Media Group Inc, people familiar with the matter said on Thursday.

Two weeks before Peter Orszag takes the helm as CEO of Lazard, he is already setting an ambitious goal for the investment bank to double its revenue by 2030.

Walt Disney has held initial talks on the sale of ABC network to local TV station owner Nexstar Media, Bloomberg News reported on Thursday, citing sources.

Albuquerque's mayor is urging New Mexico Governor Michelle Lujan Grisham to call a special state legislative session on gun crime after the governor's ban on carrying guns in his city threw it into the center of the U.S. gun-rights debate.