DUESSELDORF, Germany (Reuters) -Deutsche Telekom said it has bought additional shares in T-Mobile US from Softbank for $2.4 billion, bringing CEO Tim Hoettges closer to his goal of securing direct control over the U.S. telecoms operator.

Hyundai Motor Co plans to add electric vehicles (EV) in its Montgomery assembly line in the United States, marking the South Korean automaker's first EV production in the country, Hyundai Motor Manufacturing Alabama said on Tuesday.

ZURICH (Reuters) -Swiss judges found former Raiffeisen Switzerland Chief Executive Pierin Vincenz guilty of fraud on Wednesday, sentencing him to nearly four years in jail at the end of a trial which focused on his huge strip club bills and use of company expenses.

BEIJING (Reuters) -China's overall trade with Russia rose over 12% in March from a year earlier, slowing from February but still outpacing the growth in China's total imports and exports, as Beijing slammed Western sanctions on Russia following its invasion of Ukraine.

The Japanese yen weakened past the 126 yen per dollar mark on Wednesday for the first time since 2002 while the euro was pinned at a one-month low as investors flocked to the U.S. currency after some hawkish comments by Federal Reserve officials.

BlackRock Inc plans to launch its first product in China's $220 billion onshore exchange-traded fund (ETF) market later this year and has started hiring staff accordingly, two people with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.