WASHINGTON (Reuters) -- The Federal Reserve held interest rates steady on Wednesday in a split decision that gave little indication of when borrowing costs might be lowered and drew dissents from two ...

SEOUL -- South Korea's LG Energy Solution has signed a contract to supply lithium iron phosphate batteries for energy storage systems (ESS) worth 5.94 trillion won ($4.27 billion) to an undisclosed ...

TAIPEI -- Chinese social media app Xiaohongshu is a tool used by the Communist Party to steer ideological leanings in Taiwan toward China, a Taiwanese official said, warning that it could affect the ...

TOKYO -- Retail investors are emerging as significant players in the market for Japanese government bonds, drawn by coupon rates that have reached their highest point in nearly two decades, even as ...

MILAN/ROME (Reuters) -- India's Tata Motors will buy Iveco in a deal valued at 3.8 billion euros ($4.36 billion), the companies said on Wednesday, after the Italian truckmaker separately agreed to ...

TOKYO -- Canon opened a chipmaking equipment plant for the first time in 21 years Wednesday, as the Japanese manufacturer looks to ride the artificial intelligence boom to capture demand in a market ...

TOKYO -- Japan's Mitsui & Co. and Mitsui O.S.K. Lines will acquire the Port of Nigg and related U.K. businesses that serve offshore energy companies, in a bid to bolster the Japanese groups' wind ...

BANGKOK (Reuters) -- A fragile truce between Cambodia and Thailand held for a second day on Wednesday, despite mutual accusations of violations, and Cambodia took military attaches and diplomats to a ...

TOKYO/HANOI -- Japanese-style education is catching on in Vietnam and other parts of Southeast Asia, where parents of children from preschoolers to teenagers are drawn to programs that emphasize ...

Rather than interest rates, Singapore's monetary policy centers on exchange rates. Authorities allow the Singapore dollar to ...

YOKOHAMA, Japan -- Nissan Motor on Wednesday reported a net loss of 115.7 billion yen ($782 million) for the April-June ...

LONDON -- Spain's decision to use Huawei Technologies hardware to store judicial wiretaps opens the European Union to ...