UPDATE 1-Austrian Handke and Pole Tokarczuk win Nobel prizes for literature . Austria's Peter Handke won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature, and the postponed 2018 award went to Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, the Swedish Academy said on Thursday.

ProSieben's U.S. production assets attract strategic buyers - sources . ProSiebenSat.1 Media's U.S. production business, which includes the maker of crime drama 'Bosch', is attracting interest from strategic buyers and the German broadcaster aims for a sale by year-end, sources familiar with the matter said.

UPDATE 1-Japan's Unizo rejects bids from local fund, Blackstone . Japanese hotel chain Unizo Holdings said on Thursday it had rejected buyout proposals from a "locally renowned" fund as well as U.S. private equity firm Blackstone Group, adding to a list of spurned suitors.

India's TCS Sept-qtr profit misses estimates . Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) missed analysts' estimates for September-quarter profit on Thursday, as India's No. 1 IT services exporter faced sluggish demand in its key banking services segment amid signs of a global slowdown.

Austrian Handke and Pole Tokarczuk win Nobel prizes for literature . Austria's Peter Handke won the 2019 Nobel Prize for Literature, and the postponed 2018 award went to Polish author Olga Tokarczuk, the Swedish Academy said on Thursday.

UPDATE 4-China basketball fans wave national flags at arena in row over HK tweet . Chinese partners will not air Thursday's game (Writes through)

RPT-Top-level U.S.-China trade talks resume as irritants sour atmosphere . The United States' and China's top trade negotiators were set to meet on Thursday for the first time since late July to try to find a way out of a 15-month trade war as new irritants between the world's two largest economies threatened hopes for progress.

Indian stocks end lower as banks slump; earnings in focus . Indian markets closed lower on Thursday, led by a sharp drop in banking shares, while investors awaited a raft of second-quarter corporate earnings including that of Tata Consultancy Services Ltd (TCS) due later in the day.

Russia's MTS says no firm agreements on Ukrainian unit sale . Russia's biggest mobile phone operator MTS said on Thursday it had no firm agreements on the possible sale of its Ukrainian unit, after a report said Azerbaijan's Bakcell was seeking approval from the Ukrainian authorities to buy it.

NBA, 'South Park' episodes spotlight Hollywood's China dilemma . China's removal of animated comedy "South Park" from online sites just as it dropped U.S. basketball broadcasts highlighted a tension familiar to Hollywood studios - the need to please Chinese authorities in order to reach the country's vast audience.