BUSINESS

MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan eased 0.25 percent as markets pondered the Fed outlook.

Noble came under the spotlight last year when it was accused of overstating its assets by billions of dollars, claims that CEO Yusuf Alireza rejected.

The Fed chair’s rate hike endorsement Friday was just what the currency market was looking for to take the already-bullish dollar yet higher early Monday.

A government decree requiring credit card providers to submit transaction details to the tax office as of May 31 appears to be spooking consumers.

The energy company said it would move 3,500 more people from elsewhere in Canada to its facilities north of Fort McMurray, Alberta.

Bayer had sent a confidential acquisition proposal to Monsanto on May 10. Media reports surfaced two days later that Bayer was considering a bid. 

The subpoena comes amid a wider probe by U.S. regulators into steep increases in the prices of generic medicines in recent years.

Venezuela is struggling with a deep recession and the world’s highest inflation rate, which has put foreign travel out of the reach of most of its citizens.

By one measure, CEO pay fell 15 percent. By another measure, it rose 4.5 percent. But, by any measure, it was a lot, as exemplified by Philippe P. Dauman’s $54.1 million.

China’s trade in services should rise to $1 trillion in 2020 from $750 billion this year, Commerce Minister Gao Hucheng says.

Pirelli’s racing manager said the new Formula One tires will take more speed through corners, with an expected improvement of 4 seconds in lap time.

Elon Musk’s space transport company has proved once again it can recover a first-stage rocket from a high-orbit satellite launch.

G-7 leaders wrapped up a summit in central Japan vowing to use “all policy tools” to boost demand and ease supply constraints.

The telecom company and a union representing 40,000 of its workers brokered a provisional agreement Friday, ending a six-week strike.

Monsanto said it was open to engaging in further negotiations with Bayer after turning down its $62 billion offer as “incomplete and financially inadequate” this week.

The Commerce Department said U.S. gross domestic product in the first quarter grew at a 0.8 percent pace, up from the previous estimate of 0.5 percent.

Eight automakers said they were recalling 12 million vehicles nationwide, while recalls linked to defective Takata airbags in Japan have reached 19.6 million cars.

The Canadian drugmaker rejected the bid this spring, according to a source familiar with the matter.

The Dutch technology company plans to sell down all its shares in the lighting business in the coming years to focus on its medical equipment division.

The American automobile giant and its Chinese partner are set to recall the vehicles after reports of faulty crankcase valves.

The Journal had reported, citing an official letter, that the probe into graft allegations against a state-run fund set up by the prime minister was influenced by political pressure.

U.S. Steel is seeking to halt nearly all imports from China's largest steel producers and trading houses.

Asian stocks pulled ahead on Friday after U.S. data released on Thursday showed durable goods orders, pending home sales and initial jobless claims coming in strong.

A jury unanimously upheld claims by Google that its use of Oracle's Java development platform to create Android was protected under the fair-use provision of copyright law.

The app, reportedly to be called Samsung Pay mini, would be compatible with all Android and Apple devices and could launch as early as June.

The Senate joined the House in a move that could bring relief for local businesses and signal growing discord in the island’s government.

The U.S. is expected to see the strongest growth among the Group of Seven economies while Japan could see the weakest growth.

In the wake of an up-and-down first quarter, the Federal Reserve has markets bracing for a potential rate hike in June. But the economic picture isn’t so clear.

The food distributor raised $1.02 billion Wednesday in the second-largest U.S. initial public offering this year.