SAO PAULO -- Brazilian oil company Petrobras said it signed a letter of intent on Wednesday with Holland's SBM Offshore to hire a floating production storage and offloading platform (FPSO) for the Búzios field in the Santos Basin pre-salt. Read More
TOKYO -- Japanese shares fell on Wednesday as investors booked profits in chip-related shares following a decline in the Nasdaq index, while the pandemic-driven stocks shined on hopes for normalization in the economy. Read More
CANBERRA -- Australian lawmakers are expected to approve amendments to landmark legislation to force Alphabet's Google and Facebook to pay media companies for news content, despite opposition from some minor political parties. Read More
WASHINGTON -- California should soon implement its landmark net neutrality law under a judge's ruling on Tuesday, nearly three years after the state legislature enacted the measure, the state attorney general's office said. Read More
CANBERRA -- U.S. wheat futures rose 0.5% on Wednesday as concerns about potential crop losses in a key U.S. growing region pushed prices to a more than one-month high. Read More
BEIJING -- New home prices in China grew at a faster pace in January, driven by red-hot demand in the country's mega cities despite several rounds of government cooling measures, leaving policymakers fretting about financial risks. Read More
CANBERRA -- U.S. wheat futures edged lower on Tuesday, though prices lingered near a three-week high amid concerns that cold weather across a key U.S. growing region could threaten production in the world's largest exporter. Read More
Over 7.9 million people in Texas still had issues with their water supply as of Monday evening, authorities told Reuters, after a record-breaking freeze knocked out power stations last week. Read More
TOKYO -- Japanese shares jumped on Monday, snapping a three-day losing streak, as optimism on economic recovery from the pandemic prompted fresh buying in materials, travel-related and other cheap cyclical stocks. Read More
M&T Bank Corp is nearing an agreement to merge with People's United Financial Inc, with the two companies discussing an all-stock deal that could be finalized as soon as this week, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing people familiar with the matter. Read More