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* Linde shares jump more than 6 pct (Adds background on antitrust reviews, share price)

Drop from August driven by sharpest month-on-month decline in food sales since 2015

Airport hopes to convert existing standby strip rather than build from scratch

Japan's Mitsui Life Insurance plans to increase its foreign bond investments without currency hedging by about 140 billion yen ($1.2 billion) in the current financial half year to March 2019, a senior company official said on Thursday.

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Indonesia's anti-graft agency said on Thursday it had raided 10 locations, including the home of Lippo Group Deputy Chairman James Riady, as part of a bribery investigation linked to the conglomerate's $21 billion Meikarta real estate project. The raids come after the Corruption Eradication Commission, known as KPK, arrested two Lippo...

HSBC is set to be the first foreign company to list its shares in China as part of a new stock exchange link between London and Shanghai, the Financial Times reported on Thursday.

Foreigners net sold Asian bonds for the first time in three months in September as rising U.S. yields and a stronger dollar undermined the allure of regional assets.

European shares opened slightly higher on Thursday as a flurry of corporate trading updates somewhat quelled fears of fast-rising U.S. interest rates amid ongoing concerns the Sino-U.S. trade conflict could escalate and hurt the global economy.

UK prime minister seeks to break deadlock in stalled talks over EU divorce

* Investa now recommends Oxford's A$3.35 bln buyout (Adds economist quote, updates shares to close)