When Pat Cummins' nasty lifter smacked Shikhar Dhawan on his thumb at Oval last week, the whole India team grimaced.

When Pat Cummins' nasty lifter smacked Shikhar Dhawan on his thumb at Oval last week, the whole India team grimaced.

UBS has lost a lead role on a U.S. dollar bond deal for state-backed China Railway Construction Corp, just days after a Chinese outcry over a senior UBS economist's use of "pig" in connection with Chinese food price inflation.

Japan's government is set to tap Yoshiki Takeuchi as vice finance minister for international affairs, its top foreign exchange diplomat whose duties would include arranging any currency interventions, sources with knowledge of the matter told Reuters on Monday.

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Japanese share prices struggled to make headway on Monday as uncertainties over the global economy, U.S.-China trade frictions and the U.S. Federal Reserve's policy stance kept many investors on sidelines.

The Asian Development Bank said talks to provide Pakistan with financial support were ongoing, contradicting Pakistani officials who announced over the weekend that the lender has agreed to provide $3.4 billion in support.

China plans to build a pilot small-scale nuclear reactor that could replace coal or gas to heat towns and cities in its colder northern regions, an official with the state-owned developer in charge of the project said on Monday.

The Asian Development Bank said talks to provide Pakistan with financial support were ongoing, contradicting Pakistani officials who announced over the weekend that the lender has agreed to provide $3.4 billion in support.

Indian pace-bowling all-rounder Vijay Shankar said confidence in his ability to adapt helped him get over his surprise at being asked to bowl earlier than he expected in their Cricket World Cup victory over Pakistan on Sunday.