Asian markets subdued as Fed looms, Nikkei rallies

The Jouette family works on 31-year-old Cameha, who stopped eating after being evacuated with other horses due to the wildfire near Mariposa. A wildfire burning in the rugged Sierra Nevada foothills west of Yosemite that has consumed 1,600 acres ...

EL CAJON, Calif. — Ready to thrill a few hundred school kids, Jimmie Johnson hopped into a replica of his No. 48 car to fire up the engine. The battery was dead. He and some members of his group tried to bump start the car. That just led to ...

The chairman of the Securities and Exchange Commission says the agency will start requiring companies and individuals to admit wrongdoing in some big settlements. Currently, under a longstanding practice, the SEC allows companies and individuals to settle ...

The policy has been sent to the minister for approval, a public notice will be taken out. We hope to implement it in the next three months," said a senior transport official. As part of the colour code policy, the transport department plans to ensure that ...

A man has been taken to Royal Perth Hospital with serious burns after a house fire in Perth's southern suburbs. The blaze started in Cooloongup near Rockingham about 7.45 pm last night and took crews half an hour to extinguish. Authorities ...

Posted 04:11 PM ET Construction on single-family homes is flattening out as central bankers prepare the next clue on when they will start slowing the pace of stimulus. A recovering housing market is one of the Federal Reserve's goals for its ...

Privately owned housing starts rose in May, but permits for new projects dropped slightly, the U.S. Department of Commerce said Tuesday. Building starts for private homes have yet to regain the 1 million mark that was surpassed in March before ...

The U.S. this week will begin direct talks with the Taliban intended to bring a negotiated end to 12 years of fighting in Afghanistan. The U.S. and the Taliban today announced the opening of an office in Doha, Qatar, for the Taliban to hold talks ...

New residential construction in the U.S. showed a significant rebound in the month of May, according to a report released by the Commerce Department on Tuesday, although housing starts still came in well below economist estimates. The report said ...