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Kioxia Holdings has reached out to state-backed Japan Industrial Partners to invest in a planned merger of its flash memory business with that of Western Digital, Bloomberg News reported on...

Trucks move past containers at the Yangshan Deep Water Port in Shanghai, China on January 13, 2022. Image taken on January 13, 2022. REUTERS/Aly Song/File

U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is considering $60 billion in assistance for Ukraine and $10 billion for Israel in a supplemental spending request he will send to Congress as soon as Friday, a source familiar with the matter told Reuters on Wednesday. Biden has been widely expected to ask Congress to pass a supplemental spending bill quickly, as Washington responds to the deadly Oct. 7 attack on Israel by Hamas militants while looking to continue to support Ukraine as it grapples...

U.S. Representative Mariannette Miller-Meeks has received "credible death threats," she said in a statement on Wednesday, after voting against Representative Jim Jordan for speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives. Jordan, a hardline conservative, was formally nominated by a majority of his party last week but has been unsuccessful in getting the necessary 217 Republicans to back him in two House votes so far, with more lawmakers from his own party opposing him on Wednesday than i...

By Patricia Zengerle WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. President Joe Biden's administration is considering $60 billion in assistance for Ukraine and $10 bil...

Nestle said it has temporarily shut down of one of its production plants in Israel as a precaution, becoming the first consumer products giant to announce a response to the conflict there. ...

The week-long trip will include visits to Hong Kong, Beijing, Shanghai and the provinces of Jiangsu and Guangdong, the statement said. "California and China hold the keys to solving the climate crisis," Newsom said.

The president of the Caribbean Development Bank said on Wednesday he is fairly hopeful developed nations will meet a 14-year-old pledge to provide $100 billion annually to mitigate the impacts of... -October 18, 2023 at 09:12 pm EDT - MarketScreener

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was 1.11% lower and on course for a 1.4% decline in the week. Japan's Nikkei sank 1.35%. The broad sell-off in U.S. Treasuries continued into Asian hours with the yield on 10-year notes touching a fresh 16-year high as investors come to grips with the Federal Reserve's messaging that interest rates may stay higher for longer.

Asian shares slid on Thursday as risk aversion prevailed due to mounting worries over Middle East conflict, while the bond sell-off intensified, taking Treasury yields to fresh 16-year highs ahead of...