WASHINGTON (AP)—U.S. regulators have taken a major step toward reining in high-risk trading on Wall Street, banning the largest banks from trading for their own profit in most cases. It took three...

Food maker Kagome Co. said it has made Turkish seed and seedling affiliate Tat Tohumculuk AS a consolidated subsidiary by acquiring a stake of 80 percent. Kagome, which had owned 29 percent in the ...

Sales of used vehicles in the nation fell 2.9 percent from a year earlier to 308,463 units in November, down for the seventh consecutive month, an industry group said Wednesday. The prolonged owner...

NEW YORK (AP)—The founder of Lululemon is stepping down as chairman after raising ire with his comments about the body types of potential buyers of the retailer’s yoga pants. The company also s...

NEW YORK (Bloomberg)—Gold Tuesday capped the biggest advance since mid-October as the dollar weakened, boosting the appeal of the precious metal as an alternative investment. Gold futures for Fe...

The dollar fell below ¥102.50 in Tokyo trading late Wednesday, chiefly weighed down by position-adjustment selling. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥102.48-49, down from ¥103.24-26 at the same ti...

NEW YORK (Bloomberg)—West Texas Intermediate crude rose to a six-week high Tuesday on projections of a second consecutive drop in U.S. inventories. The spread between WTI and Brent oil from the N...

The nation’s core machinery orders in October rose 0.6 percent from the previous month after seasonal adjustment, led by an 11.5 percent surge in those from nonmanufacturers, the Cabinet Office sai...

The government adopted a plan to revitalize the agricultural sector through drastic reforms. “We will achieve major reforms in agricultural administration, aiming to double the income of farming ...

BEIJING (Jiji Press)—China’s new automobile sales hit an all-time monthly high in November, with sales of Japanese cars beating those of all their foreign rivals, according to the China Associati...

Stocks lost ground on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday, dragged down by selling after a drop in U.S. equities and a halt in the yen’s easing. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average lost 96.25 po...

NEW YORK (AP)—Stocks fell modestly Tuesday as investors took a breather from a market that notched yet another record high the day before. The market has hit several all-time highs in recent mont...

All Nippon Airways has announced it will add six new international destinations to its current 10 at Haneda Airport, as the number of overall daytime departures and arrivals at the airport will be in...

Business sentiment among major companies fell back in October-December after hitting a record high in the previous quarter, a quarterly government survey showed Tuesday. The business sentiment index...

WASHINGTON (AP)—A surging stock market and a steady recovery in home prices drove Americans’ wealth to a record last summer. The nation’s wealth rose 2.6 percent from July through September t...

WASHINGTON (AP)—Silicon Valley is escalating pressure on U.S. President Barack Obama to curb the U.S. government surveillance programs that vacuum personal information off the Internet and threaten...

Government employees received winter bonuses for this year on Tuesday. The winter bonuses averaged ¥571,800 among nonmanagerial employees, whose average age stands at 36.4 years. The amount was up...

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. and Electric Power Development Co., known as J-Power, set up a 50-50 joint thermal power company. Capitalized at ¥300 million, the new company, Kashima Power Co...

Major travel agency JTB Corp. said it will help pay for the installation of battery chargers for electric and plug-in hybrid vehicles at hotels and leisure facilities in the country. JTB will cover...

Supermarket operator Ito-Yokado Co. plans to acquire a 20 percent stake in smaller domestic rival Tenmaya Store Co. as early as next month for about ¥3 billion, informed sources said Tuesday. Tenm...

BERLIN (AP)—Germany’s imports and exports grew in October but industrial production lost further momentum, reports showed Monday, raising concern over the strength of Europe’s largest economy. ...

The dollar was steady above ¥103 in Tokyo trading Tuesday, supported by real demand-backed purchases and speculation of Japan’s possible investment of pension money overseas. At 5 p.m., the doll...

NEW YORK (Bloomberg)—Gold rose Monday for the first time in three sessions in New York on speculation that demand for jewelry, bars and coins may increase and as a weaker dollar boosted the appeal ...

NEW YORK (Bloomberg)—Brent crude tumbled after German industrial output unexpectedly fell, signaling an uneven recovery for Europe’s largest economy. The oil’s premium over West Texas Intermedi...

Private think tanks expect the Bank of Japan’s Tankan quarterly survey to show an improvement in business sentiment among the country’s large manufacturers for the fourth straight quarter. All ...

The number of corporate bankruptcies in Japan dropped 10.5 percent in November from a year before to 862, the lowest for the month since 1990, when the figure stood at 633, according to Tokyo Shoko R...

A Japanese company has agreed to sell its stake in an aluminum joint venture in Sumatra to the Indonesian government to end the symbolic project for economic cooperation between the two Asian nations...

SINGAPORE (Jiji Press)—Japan, the United States and 10 other countries in Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks ended a four-day ministerial meeting without reaching a final agreement Tuesday. Th...

The benchmark Nikkei Stock Average pulled back on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday, dampened by selling to lock in profits after the previous day’s surge. The 225-issue Nikkei average retreated...

NEW YORK (AP)—The stock market notched another record close Monday after a big acquisition in the food industry. Hope for a longer-term budget deal in Washington also helped. Food distributor Sys...

The government and ruling parties have agreed on the outlines of a plan to allow major companies to count up to 50 percent of social costs such as entertaining business partners as deductible expense...

WASHINGTON (Bloomberg)—The Obama administration lauded an agreement on trade rules struck by the World Trade Organization, while analysts said the deal may do more to salvage broader WTO talks than...

The average daily balance lent by Japanese banks climbed 2.2 percent from a year earlier to about ¥469.26 trillion in November, the steepest growth since the 2.4 percent posted in June 2009, the Ban...

Japan logged a current account deficit for the first time in nine months in October due mainly to rising fuel imports, government data showed Monday. An increase in liquefied natural gas imports, a...

Foreign investors posted their-second largest net purchases of Japanese stocks in November, the Finance Ministry said Monday. Their net purchases totaled ¥2.64 trillion, the second-largest since c...

Japan has revised its economic growth estimate for the last quarter downward after finding that capital investment slowed more than expected in July-September. The government said Monday that the w...

Kawasaki Heavy Industries Ltd. said Monday it had started construction of a new factory for parts of the Boeing 787 aircraft, dubbed Dreamliner. The plant, with a total floor space of 60,000 square...

Four of the five groups that took part in a tax meeting held by the ruling bloc Monday expressed opposition to a proposal to introduce a reduced consumption tax rate for daily necessities, citing a p...

CAIRO (AP)—Egypt’s net foreign currency reserves fell by around $825 million in November, the country’s central bank reported Sunday, the sharpest drop since a large injection of aid from Gulf ...

BEIJING (Bloomberg)—China’s trade surplus widened last month to the largest in more than four years as exports exceeded estimates, in a sign global demand is helping sustain a recovery in the wor...

BUCHAREST (AP)—U.S. oil company Chevron says it has resumed exploration for shale gas in northeastern Romania a day after suspending work when hundreds of anti-fracking protesters tore down fences....

The dollar rose above ¥103 in Tokyo trading Monday, supported by stronger risk appetite among currency players after U.S. employment data released late last week beat market estimates. At 5 p.m., ...

Stocks rose strongly on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Monday on the back of higher U.S. equities and the yen’s weakness in the wake of better-than-expected U.S. jobs data. The 225-issue Nikkei Stoc...

NEW YORK (Bloomberg)—Gold fell to a five-month low Friday after the U.S. added more workers than forecast last month, fueling concern that the Federal Reserve will start to curb stimulus. Gold fu...

NEW YORK (AP)—Stocks rose sharply Friday after the government reported a fourth straight month of solid U.S. job gains, the latest encouraging sign for the economy. The strengthening job market f...

NEW YORK (AP)—The price of oil rose again Friday on signs of a stronger job market in the U.S. and finished the week with a gain of more than 5 percent. Benchmark U.S. crude for January delivery ...

Japan will restart some nuclear reactors because nuclear energy is an important base-load electricity source, according to a draft basic energy policy plan. But Japan will keep its nuclear energy r...

SINGAPORE (Jiji Press)—Ministers from 12 countries discussing a Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact started a four-day meeting in Singapore on Saturday, aiming to politically settle deal-brea...

WASHINGTON (AP)—The U.S. job market has been recovering fitfully for three years. Now, it’s starting to show consistency. Employers added 203,000 jobs in November, and the unemployment rate fel...

Japan’s composite index of coincident economic indicators for October hit the highest level since July 2008, before the collapse of U.S. investment bank Lehman Brothers in September that year, the ...

An international tuna resources conservation organization on Friday decided to reduce member economies’ catches of immature bluefin tuna in the western Pacific in 2014 by 15 percent or more from th...

NTT Docomo Inc. said Friday it enjoyed a bigger net increase in mobile phone subscribers in November than it did the previous month, thanks to the easing of a supply crunch for Apple Inc.’s iPhone ...

WASHINGTON (AP)—The U.S. economy grew at a 3.6 percent annual rate from July through September, the fastest since early 2012. But nearly half the growth came from a buildup in business stockpiles, ...

BERLIN (AP)—General Motors Co. plans to largely withdraw its Chevrolet brand from Europe from the beginning of 2016, focusing more sharply on its main Opel and Vauxhall brands. Chevrolet will no ...

Fusion Communications Corp., a unit of Rakuten Inc., has launched a service for smartphones that cuts charges for voice calls in half. Through the “Rakuten Denwa” service, users can make and re...

NEW YORK (AP)—Twitter has named Marjorie Scardino as a director, adding a woman to the all-white male board, for which it’s been sharply criticized. Scardino, 66, was the chief executive office...

The dollar edged up above ¥102 in Tokyo trading late Friday after narrow movements amid a cautious mood prior to the announcement of closely followed U.S. jobs data for November later in the day. ...

NEW YORK (Bloomberg)—Gold futures declined for the third time in four days Thursday as U.S. economic data reinforced concern that the Federal Reserve Board will begin trimming stimulus measures, cu...

NEW YORK (Bloomberg)—West Texas Intermediate’s discount to Brent shrank to the narrowest level in two weeks Thursday as the U.S. economy improved more than forecast in the third quarter and suppl...

The government has adopted an economic stimulus package that is designed to reduce the adverse impact of a consumption tax increase from 5 percent to 8 percent in April. The planned amount of fiscal ...

Akira Amari, the minister in charge of Trans-Pacific Partnership trade talks, has said he will be absent from a TPP ministerial meeting in Singapore due to his medical treatment. Speaking at a pres...

SINGAPORE (Jiji Press)—Ministers from 12 countries discussing a Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade pact will hold a four-day meeting in Singapore from Saturday, aiming to reach substantive agreem...

East Japan Railway Co. will begin geothermal and wind power businesses in a bid to reduce environmental pollution, as its railway operations consume massive amounts of electricity, informed sources s...

Tokio Marine Holdings Inc. has announced it will set up a new company in London to integrate its European insurance operations. The new company will control Tokio Marine Europe Insurance Ltd., a Lon...

Stocks staged a rebound on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday, assisted by buybacks after the recent plunge and by a wave of futures-led buying in late trading. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average c...

NEW YORK (AP)—The outlook for hiring is improving and the economy is growing at its fastest pace in more than a year, so what’s the bad news for the stock market? Stocks fell Thursday after the...

Daihatsu Motor Co. reported to the transport ministry that it will recall 764,053 minivehicles in the nation due to defects in the automatic transmission and engine systems. The recall affects nine...

Import vehicle sales up 21.5% Sales of imported foreign-brand vehicles in November rose 21.5 percent from a year before to 23,982 units, growing for the 19th straight month, the Japan Automobile Impo...

Stocks continued to fall sharply on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Thursday, dragged down by futures-led selling on the back of the yen’s appreciation. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average tumbled 230....

Honda Motor Co.’s Fit subcompact car remained the best-selling vehicle in the nation for the second straight month in November, industry data showed Thursday. The Fit retained the top rank thanks...

NEW YORK (Bloomberg)—Gold posted the biggest jump in seven weeks Wednesday as the dollar pared gains and commodity prices advanced, led by crude oil, renewing demand for an inflation hedge. Gold ...

NEW YORK (Bloomberg)—West Texas Intermediate surged to a five-week high Wednesday after U.S. crude inventories declined for the first time in 11 weeks. The WTI-Brent spread was the narrowest in nine...

WASHINGTON (AP)—A U.S. Federal Reserve Board survey released Wednesday found that the U.S. economy held steady during the 16-day partial government shutdown, growing moderately in most regions from...

WASHINGTON (AP)—The U.S. trade deficit fell in October, helped by America’s energy boom that lifted exports to an all-time high. The trade gap narrowed to $40.6 billion in October, the Commerce...

WASHINGTON (AP)—A private survey shows U.S. businesses last month added the most jobs in a year, powered by big gains in manufacturing and construction. Payroll processor ADP said Wednesday that ...

WASHINGTON (AP)—Americans ramped up purchases of new homes in October after three months of soft sales, evidence that the housing recovery is improving fitfully. Sales of new homes grew 25.4 perc...

Philip Morris International Inc. and Japan Tobacco Inc. will each acquire a 20 percent stake in Russia’s Megapolis Distribution BV for a combined $1.5 billion to expand in the world’s second-large...

The dollar fell below ¥102 in Tokyo trading Thursday, as dollar sales intensified following a drop in Japanese stock prices. At 5 p.m., the dollar was quoted at ¥101.94-95, down from ¥102.75-77 at...

SEOUL (AP)—South Korea’s economy expanded at its fastest clip in nearly two years during the third quarter. Bank of Korea said Thursday that the economy grew 3.3 percent over the same period a ...

The government plans to allow affluent foreign visitors to stay in Japan for at least one year in the hope of encouraging them to open their wallets and purses here, according to government sources. ...

NEW YORK (AP)—The stock market continued its sluggish start to the month on Wednesday. Stocks fell as investors weighed conflicting economic reports and assessed the outlook for the U.S. Federal ...

DETROIT (AP)—A federal judge ruled Tuesday that Detroit can use bankruptcy to cut employee pensions and relieve itself of other crushing debts, handing a defeat to the city’s unions and retirees ...

Retail giant Seven & i Holdings Co. said Wednesday it will acquire a stake of 49.9 percent in Barneys Japan, which operates Barneys New York luxury clothing outlets in the nation. Seven & i will bu...

Sony Corp. is set to begin formal talks to buy a chip plant from Renesas Electronics Corp. to increase production of smartphone image sensors, people with knowledge of the situation said Wednesday. ...

Stocks plunged on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Wednesday, pressured by selling to cash in gains due to concerns over precariously high prices, on the back of overnight falls in U.S. equities and the ye...

TOYOHASHI, Aichi (Jiji Press)—Denso Corp. said it has developed a system that helps increase the yield of agricultural products by automatically controlling the temperature and humidity of a greenh...

A group of distilled liquor makers said it has filed plans to form a cartel with the Fair Trade Commission to pass on a consumption tax increase to product prices. According to the plan by the 68-me...

NEW YORK (Bloomberg)—Gold on Tuesday retreated to the lowest since July on speculation that the Federal Reserve Board will start slowing the pace of monetary stimulus on signs of an improving U.S. ...

NEW YORK (Bloomberg)—West Texas Intermediate crude gained the most since September after TransCanada Corp. said it will begin operating the southern leg of its Keystone XL pipeline to the Gulf Coast...

The dollar fell below ¥103 in Tokyo trading Wednesday, as stock prices lost ground in and outside Japan in a risk-aversive mood. At 5 p.m., the dollar was quoted at ¥102.75-77, down from ¥103.05...

The securities market watchdog will urge the Financial Services Agency to impose an administrative penalty by the end of this week on Deutsche Securities Inc., accusing it of providing excessive ente...

WASHINGTON (AP)—A measure of U.S. home prices rose only modestly in October, adding to signs that prices have stabilized after experiencing big gains earlier this year. Real estate data provider ...

DETROIT (AP)—The holiday weekend was good to U.S. automakers, as sales reports indicate the auto industry is on track to beat strong numbers from a year ago. Chrysler’s U.S. sales rose a surpris...

NEW YORK (AP)—After eight weeks of gains, perhaps the U.S. stock market pullback long anticipated by investors has arrived. Stocks fell Tuesday, dragged lower by the Detroit automakers and consum...

BANGKOK—Fears over the negative impact large antigovernment rallies in Bangkok could have on Japanese companies are rising. If the political instability in Thailand continues, a growing number of Ja...

HONG KONG (Bloomberg)—China’s central bank is proposing free convertibility of the yuan in special accounts in Shanghai’s free-trade zone as the nation loosens control of its exchange rate. T...

Four major department store operators posted higher sales in November than a year before, according to preliminary data from the companies. The increases reflected the fact that the month contained...

Workers’ average wages in October rose 0.1 percent from a year before to ¥267,167, growing for the first time in four months, the labor ministry said in a preliminary report Tuesday. The growth c...

The benchmark Nikkei Stock Average rewrote the highest closing level in nearly six years on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Tuesday, assisted by brisk purchases of export-oriented names on the back of the...

NEW YORK (Bloomberg)—Gold fell to the lowest since July Monday after signs of a strengthening U.S. economy fueled speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve Board is ready to slow the pace of its mo...

NEW YORK (Bloomberg)—West Texas Intermediate crude climbed Monday as U.S. manufacturing unexpectedly advanced and Chinese growth surpassed projections, signaling greater fuel demand in the world’...

SEATTLE (Bloomberg)—Worldwide personal-computer shipments are projected to fall 10.1 percent this year, by far the biggest annual decline on record, as consumers continue to shun the devices, marke...

Electronics maker Hitachi Ltd. will launch sales of an energy storage system designed to help ensure a stable supply of renewable energy in North America. Hitachi will begin a demonstration of the ...

SAN FRANCISCO (Bloomberg)—Apple Inc. purchased data-analytics firm Topsy Labs Inc., giving the world’s most valuable company new tools to spot trends as they emerge on Twitter Inc.’s social net...

The dollar climbed to a six-month high above ¥103 in Tokyo trading Tuesday, drawing strength from better-than-expected U.S. economic data and a rise in Japanese stock prices. At 5 p.m., the dollar...

WASHINGTON (AP)—U.S. developers boosted construction spending in October at the fastest pace in more than four years, propelled by a surge in government projects. But spending on home construction ...

NEW YORK (AP)—The final month of a stellar year for stocks began with a thud. All three major indexes closed lower Monday, the first day of trading in December. Investors sold shares on signs tha...

TORONTO (AP)—BlackBerry’s interim chief executive officer said Monday reports of the death of the company “are greatly exaggerated.” Former Sybase CEO John Chen said in a letter to customer...

Dainippon Sumitomo Pharma Co. will establish a joint venture to undertake regenerative medicine that uses induced pluripotent stem (iPS) cells, company officials said Monday. The Japanese drugmaker ...

BEIJING (Bloomberg)—Chinese manufacturing growth beat analyst estimates in November, indicating the nation’s economic recovery is sustaining momentum amid government efforts to rein in credit gro...

Domestic steelmakers are expanding into high-end product markets in Southeast Asia in an effort to survive fierce competition with Chinese and South Korean rivals. The supply of ordinary steel prod...

The combined capital expenditures of nonfinancial firms in July-September rose 1.5 percent from a year before to ¥8.94 trillion, up for the second straight quarter, the Finance Ministry said Monday....

The key Nikkei average dropped slightly on the Tokyo Stock Exchange Monday, pressured by selling of mainstay export-oriented names. The 225-issue Nikkei Stock Average fell 6.8 points, or 0.04 perce...

The dollar rose above ¥102.50 in Tokyo trading Monday, supported by purchases in the late afternoon. At 5 p.m., the dollar was quoted at ¥102.52-53, up from ¥102.21-27 at the same time on Friday...

TEHRAN (AP)—Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says his country intends to increase production from a giant gas field shared with neighboring Qatar. The Sunday report by state TV quoted Rouhani as s...

LAS VEGAS (AP)—Cantor Gaming is the latest Las Vegas-based gambling company to move into the Chinese market. The sports betting and mobile gambling company announced this week that it will help o...

As leading life insurers are seeing significant reductions in negative spreads in their midterm account settlements, they will likely increase dividend payments to current policyholders or lower insur...

Nippon Steel & Sumitomo Metal Corp. has announced it will acquire a U.S. subsidiary of Germany’s ThyssenKrupp AG, jointly with ArcelorMittal SA of Luxembourg, the biggest steelmaker in the world. ...

General-account tax revenue is expected to exceed ¥50 trillion in fiscal 2014 because of the consumption tax rate increase from 5 percent to 8 percent in April, according to informed sources. It wi...

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co.’s unusual decision to appoint a foreigner headhunted from a rival to lead the company was prompted by Takeda’s desire to hasten expansion of its business in emerging nat...

Conveyor belt sushi restaurant operators Kappa Create Holdings Co. and Genki Sushi Co. have formed a business alliance with an eye to possibly integrating their operations. Through the tie-up, the ...

Nomura Securities Co. announced it will raise the salaries of about 4,000 mainly young employees by an average of 2 percent next April. Monthly pay will be increased by ¥10,000 for entry-level emp...

NEW YORK (Bloomberg)—Gold futures rose Friday in New York amid signs of increased demand for bars, jewelry and coins in China, the world’s second-biggest buyer. China’s net imports from Hong ...

NEW YORK (AP)—The U.S. stock market fizzled Friday at the end of a holiday-shortened trading day, but still logged its longest streak of weekly gains in a decade. The Standard & Poor’s 500 inde...

NEW YORK (AP)—Oil remained below $93 a barrel Friday, in light trading a day after the Thanksgiving holiday in the United States. For the week, oil fell by $2.32 a barrel. At the gas pump, the ...

SEOUL (AP)—South Korea said Friday it will start negotiations to join a U.S.-led trade pact covering a dozen Pacific and Asian nations. The finance ministry said in a statement that officials will...

Takeda Pharmaceutical Co. said Saturday it has decided to invite Christophe Weber, a senior official of British drug giant GlaxoSmithKline PLC, to be its next president. Weber, 47, will become the f...

The government plans to make one-time cash payments to child-rearing families to ease the impact of the consumption tax increase in April, informed sources have said. The plan, based on requests fro...

Domestic automobile production by eight manufacturers in October rose 9.9 percent from a year before to 825,137 units, up for the second consecutive month. The increase was backed partly by the lau...

BAGHDAD (AP)—State-owned PetroChina says it has acquired a share in a development project of one of Iraq’s most promising oil fields from U.S. major Exxon Mobil. Thursday’s statement says Exx...

The nation’s industrial production in October rose 0.5 percent from the previous month, up for the second straight month, the Economy, Trade and Industry Ministry said in a preliminary report Frida...

Tokyo Commodity Exchange Inc., or TOCOM, is set to connect its trading system with that of CME Group Inc. of the United States, the world’s biggest futures exchange group, under their planned busin...

Sales of petroleum products for fuel use in Japan in October decreased 2.4 percent from a year before to 15.41 million kiloliters, down for the third straight month, the Economy, Trade and Industry M...

The dollar moved around ¥102.20 in late Tokyo trading on Friday, after hitting a fresh six-month high above ¥102.60 on the euro’s surge to the highest levels in about five years versus the Japanes...

The Finance Ministry will restart production of ¥1 and ¥5 coins next fiscal year in response to the consumption tax hike in April, it has been learned. It will be the first time that ¥1 coins ha...

The average consumption spending by households in October rose 0.9 percent from a year before in price-adjusted real terms, the Internal Affairs and Communications Ministry said Friday. The reading...

The effective ratio of job openings to job seekers in the nation rose 0.03 point from the previous month to 0.98 in October on a seasonally adjusted basis, marking the highest level since December 200...

The nation’s core consumer price index in October went up 0.9 percent from a year earlier, marking the sharpest increase in about five years and the fifth straight month on the rise, the Internal A...

The Nikkei Stock Average turned down on the Tokyo Stock Exchange on Friday as profit taking increased on the market following the key index’s rise to the highest closing in nearly six years the pre...

TEHRAN—The administration of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani plans to expand involvement by Japanese and European firms in the country’s oil and natural gas development projects, an Iranian depu...

Retail sales in October rose 2.3 percent from a year before thanks mainly to robust demand for vehicles and home electronics, government data showed Thursday. Retail sales totaled ¥11.2 trillion, ...

Tokyo Electric Power Co. may resume offering corporate bonds to the public in fiscal 2016, according to sources. The envisaged public placement will be included in its business plan to be compiled i...

NEW YORK (AP)—Technology companies lifted the stock market Wednesday, keeping major indexes at record levels. Hewlett-Packard surged, leading the gains for tech companies, after it posted a $1.4 ...

SINGAPORE (Bloomberg)—Hong Kong stocks fell Thursday, with the city’s benchmark index retreating from the highest since Jan. 30, as a drop in utilities offset gains from Chinese developers. Chi...

NEW DELHI (Bloomberg)—Tata Sons Ltd., which runs more than 1,000 companies that make cars to chemicals and salt, withdrew an application for a banking license in India, saying its current financial...

NEW YORK (Bloomberg)—Gold futures declined for the third straight day Wednesday after a report showed rising confidence among American consumers, boosting speculation that the U.S. Federal Reserve ...

NEW YORK (Bloomberg)—West Texas Intermediate crude fell to the lowest level in almost six months Wednesday on rising U.S. stockpiles and production. The spread between WTI and Brent widened to an e...

SYDNEY (Bloomberg)—Qantas Airways Ltd., the Australian carrier facing its second annual loss in 20 years, may need restrictions on foreign investment lifted or taxpayer support, the country’s Tre...

SILICON VALLEY (Jiji Press)— Toshiba Corp. has offered to buy substantially all assets of OCZ Technology Group Inc., according to the U.S. data storage device maker. In a statement announcing its...

PARIS (AP)—The outgoing chief executive officer of struggling French carmaker PSA Peugeot Citroen said he will give up his €21 million ($28.5 million) pension pot after criticism from France’s ...

Japanese government bonds gained ground despite the stock market’s surge in Tokyo Thursday as the market’s demand-supply balance remained positive. The lead December futures contract on 10-year...

The dollar traded on a firm note above ¥102 in Tokyo Thursday after rising above that mark in overseas trading overnight on the back of a series of rosy U.S. economic data. At 5 p.m., the dollar w...