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A total US$4.85bn was raised on Wednesday by mostly Yankee borrowers jumping in to get ahead of an expected increase in US bank issuance in coming weeks. Societe Generale (Paris: FR0000130809 - news) received US$6.6bn of orders for a subordinated 10-year and Glencore Funding US$8.68bn for its multi-tranche deal as investors resumed their hunt for yield. Demand for Societe Generale's US$1.5bn 4 ...

A merger of Dentons US LLP and McKenna Long & Aldridge LLP has been approved by the partners of both firms. The news builds on the momentum of the previously announced combination between Dentons and 大成, creating the world's largest law firm.

US stocks rose on Wednesday as a big Royal Dutch Shell acquisition and a large potential pharmaceutical deal offset concerns about earnings season and US monetary policy.

US stocks rose Wednesday as a big Royal Dutch Shell acquisition and a large potential pharma deal offset concerns about earnings season and US monetary policy

US stocks rose Wednesday as a big Royal Dutch Shell acquisition and a large potential pharma deal offset concerns about earnings season and US monetary policy

Europe's main stock markets closed down on Wednesday as traders awaited an update on the outlook for US interest rates. London's benchmark FTSE 100 index slid 0.35 percent on the day to 6,937.41 points after earlier showing gains on the back of news that Royal Dutch Shell has agreed to a huge takeover of BG Group. Traders were looking ahead to the 1800 GMT release of minutes of the last interest ...

One US soldier was killed and another two injured in Jalalabad on Wednesday when an Afghan soldier opened fire on the troops, a US official told AP. The shots were fired shortly after Afghan provincial leaders met with a US Embassy official in the compound of the provincial governor in Jalalabad.

US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter kicked off his first Asian tour yesterday with a stern warning against the militarization of territorial rows in a region where China is at odds with several nations in the East and South China Seas. Carter’s visit to Japan coincides with growing US concern over China’s land reclamation in the Spratlys. Japan and China have a separate row over Japanese ...

TOKYO -- US Secretary of Defense Ash Carter kicked off his first Asian tour on Wednesday with a stern warning against the militarization of territorial rows in a region where China is at odds with several nations in the East and South China Seas, including the Philippines.

New York (AFP) - US stocks rose early Wednesday following news of Royal Dutch Shell's $70 billion takeover of BG Group as the market awaited the kickoff of earnings season.

A US soldier in eastern Afghanistan is killed, reportedly after being fired upon by an Afghan soldier in an "insider" attack.

Firefight in Jalalabad reported to have left American and Afghan soldiers wounded and the Afghan attacker dead.

A WHITE police officer has been charged with murder in the US hours after authorities saw a dramatic video that appears to show him shooting a fleeing black man several times in the back,

Russian hackers who compromised computers in the US State Department used the foothold to target the White House computer system, it is claimed. Computer experts allegedly backed by the Russian government penetrated sensitive parts of the White House computer system, CNN and other US news networks cited senior officials as saying. The hackers routed their attacks through computers around the ...

Russian hackers who compromised computers in the US State Department used the foothold to target the White House computer system, it is claimed. Computer experts allegedly backed by the Russian government penetrated sensitive parts of the White House computer system, CNN and other US news networks cited senior officials as saying. The hackers routed their attacks through computers around the ...

Secretary of Defence Ash Carter says US is concerned rows over sovereignty in areas such as the Spratlys could escalate US Secretary of Defence Ash Carter kicked off his first Asian tour on Wednesday with a stern warning against the militarisation of territorial rows in a region where China is at odds with several nations in the East and South China Seas. Carter’s visit to Japan coincides with ...

The US says it is speeding up weapons deliveries to a Saudi-led coalition bombing Houthi rebels in Yemen.

U.S. stocks ended slightly lower on Tuesday, reversing course late in the session as strength in the dollar offset optimism about deal news. The S&P utilities sector, which helped lead gains on Monday, ...

US stocks finished lower Tuesday as cautious sentiment about earnings season offset major deals involving FedEx and Informatica

US stocks finished lower Tuesday as cautious sentiment about earnings season offset major deals involving FedEx and Informatica