15+ hour, 20+ min ago   (262+ words) Chubu Electric Power Co President Kingo Hayashi intends to resign over the utility's seismic data manipulation scandal during the screening for restarting reactors at the Hamaoka nuclear power plant in central Japan, sources close to the matter said Sunday. Chairman…...

17+ hour, 7+ min ago   (742+ words) The U.S. Federal Reserve goes into a key rate-setting meeting this week with markets expecting policymakers to pull the trigger on a rate hike to tackle persistently high inflation -- and analysts say central bank chief Kevin Warsh's credibility is on the…...

1+ day, 11+ hour ago   (1619+ words) Canada might seem an unlikely target for a U.S. trade war. America has been “ripped off for 50 years by Canada,” the president declared Saturday when asked if he was considering pulling out of the three-way agreement he signed with the leaders…...

3+ day, 15+ hour ago   (299+ words) Nissan Motor Co said Thursday it will shift production of two minivan models from plants operated by its subsidiaries in southwestern Japan to its Tochigi plant north of Tokyo, where capacity utilization has declined partly due to slowing growth in…...

3+ day, 17+ hour ago   (647+ words) The U.S. government announced new sanctions on Thursday against firms and individuals that it says are aiding Hezbollah and other Iranian proxies in the Middle East as it intensified its ‌campaign to isolate Iran economically. The latest sanctions are part of…...

3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (885+ words) Sales of previously occupied U.S. homes declined in August to their slowest annual pace in more than a year as home shoppers grappled with rising mortgage rates and home prices. Existing home sales fell 2% last month from July to a seasonally…...

4+ day, 16+ hour ago   (208+ words) A 19-year-old worker died after falling about 40 meters from a transmission tower in western Japan on Wednesday, police said. The accident occurred when Kazuki Matsuoka was descending the tower in Kamikatsu, Tokushima Prefecture, at around 11:30 a.m. and parts of the safety…...

4+ day, 17+ hour ago   (1273+ words) Bryce Black kneels in a wheat field battered by intense drought. He holds two strands, remarking on how small the seed head is compared with what's normal. After a late October rain last year, the fourth-generation farmer was optimistic about…...

5+ day, 7+ hour ago   (1342+ words) The United States banned a broad swath of Canadian alcoholic beverages, motorcycles and dairy products from import on Tuesday, sharply escalating an already acrimonious trade spat. The import bans, which go into effect on September 29 and were published on the…...

6+ day, 17+ hour ago   (602+ words) It's never been more expensive in the U.S. to fill up the tank and take one last summer trip over the Labor Day weekend. The average price of regular gas was $4.14 a gallon heading into the holiday, nearly a dollar higher…...