Billionaire investor Warren Buffett's Berkshire Hathaway has added to its holdings in Japan's five biggest trading houses, likely underpinning strong momentum propelling the nation's stock market to multi-year highs.

By Wayne Cole A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Wayne Cole. It's

By Stella Qiu SYDNEY Asian shares started cautiously on Monday after their best weekly run in five months,

By Jamie McGeever A look at the day ahead in Asian markets from Jamie McGeever, financial markets columnist.

The stock market has made incredible strides since its downturn last year -- so much so, it's difficult to believe the economy could be on the verge of recession.

After 10 consecutive interest rate hikes, Federal Reserve officials announced on Wednesday that they would pause their fight against inflation to figure out whether the US economy was fully absorbing all that harsh medicine.

By Samuel Indyk LONDON Investors bought stocks and took money out of cash funds in the week to

By Naomi Rovnick LONDON If you looked at red-hot stock markets without following central banks, you could well

The Bank of England is facing a stormy gilts market while Turkey's new governor is expected to ramp

A look at the day ahead in European and global markets from Vidya Ranganathan It's not just the heatwave. UK

By Georgina Lee HONG KONG Hong Kong interbank rates rose across all tenors on Friday, with the overnight

By Ankur Banerjee SINGAPORE Asian shares rose to a four-month high on Friday as U.S. economic data stoked