Asia

Kyle Bass, the famed hedge fund manager, who successfully called the subprime crisis in 2008 before it nearly destroyed the U.S. financial system, is climbing a new wall of worry; Asia’s impact on the U.S.

The Japanese share market fell more than 3 percent on Monday after a series of earthquakes measuring up to 7.3 magnitude struck a southern manufacturing hub.

Foreign investors love the safety of U.S. government debt.

Fiat Chrysler has reignited its calls for a merger, arguing that combining forces with one of the auto industry’s 'big guys' will slash costs and strengthen the company’s car-making business.

Japanese stocks fell on Friday as investors took profits after a three-day rally that added 1,159 points to the benchmark Nikkei index.

McDonald's is targeting private equity firms for its planned sale of 2,800 restaurants in North Asia, people familiar with the matter told Reuters.

The International Monetary Fund (IMF) is preparing for its spring meeting which gathers the leading economic voices across the globe to discuss the issues and policies impacting the world's financial markets.

With the world economy entering a more uncertain phase and the top central banks sounding ever more cautious, attention may turn in the coming week to signs of whether years of aggressive stimulus have yielded any significant rise in inflation.

The American government has cited Chinese Internet controls as a trade barrier in a report that comes as Beijing tries to block its public from seeing news online about the finances of leaders' families.

With trade and concerns over Chinese investment in the U.S. becoming hot issues on the presidential campaign trail, Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker weighed in on efforts to help the U.S. be more competitive globally.

Japan's NTT Data Corp said on Monday it has agreed to buy Dell Inc's information technology consulting division for over $3 billion to expand in North America and bolster its services business.

Japanese stocks rose on Friday as a weaker yen raised sentiment, while investors bought stocks with high dividend yields such as life insurers before companies go ex-dividend next week.

Japan is now the largest foreign holder of U.S. debt, knocking China out of first place. Economic policies in Japan are keeping interest rates near record lows there, and Japanese investors have put more money in the U.S., whose Treasury bonds offer higher yields.

The Bank of Japan kept policy steady despite concerns over recent volatility in bond market, saying growth is starting to pick up.

Japan's central bank unleashed a $1.4 trillion, open-ended asset program Thursday as Tokyo looks to jumpstart the economy after decades of stagnation.