Federal Reserve officials held their benchmark interest rate steady on Wednesday, but hinted they would cut rates in the months ahead if the economic outlook weakens. "The case for somewhat more accommodative policy has strengthened," Fed Chairman Jerome Powell said at a news conference after...

Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA are poised to resolve a standoff about Nissan's corporate governance ahead of the Japanese car maker's shareholder meeting next week, according to people familiar with their talks. A resolution would settle one of the most public and acrimonious disputes between...

Infineon Technologies (IFX.XE) said Monday that it approved a capital increase aimed at raising roughly 1.5 billion euros ($1.68 billion) in gross proceeds, which it plans to use to help fund its recent takeover of Cypress Semiconductor Corp. (CY). The capital increase will raise Infineon's...

Facebook Inc. said it is ramping up its global advertising spending as it aims to rebuild trust after a series of privacy missteps and other controversies dented the social-networking giant’s reputation. The push, which Facebook marketing chief Antonio Lucio said could more than double the...

Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba Group Holding (ticker: BABA) has filed confidential paperwork for a listing on Hong Kong's stock exchange to raise as much as $20 billion, according to news reports Thursday. It comes more than four years after the company went public in New York and raised $25...

French technology company Dassault Systemes SE (DSY.FR) has agreed to buy U.S. medical-software maker Medidata Solutions Inc. (MDSO) in a deal with an enterprise value of $5.8 billion. The all-cash transaction, approved unanimously by the boards of both companies, sees the French company paying ...

The European Union's antitrust enforcer on Tuesday blocked the planned merger of two steelmaking businesses, India's Tata Steel Ltd. and Germany's Thyssenkrupp AG, saying the resulting company would have reduced competition in the supply of special steel for the car and packaging industries....

Merck (NYSE: MRK), known as MSD outside the United States and Canada, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire Tilos Therapeutics, a privately held biopharmaceutical company developing therapeutics targeting the latent TGF complex for the treatment of cancer,...

Switzerland's competition commission has fined five global banks a total of 90 million Swiss francs ($90.7 million) over manipulation of the foreign-exchange market, adding to penalties previously levied by the European Union. The commission said Thursday that the settlements will close...

BMW AG (BMW.XE) said Wednesday that it is teaming up with Tata Motors Ltd.'s (500570.BY) Jaguar Land Rover to collaborate on electrification technology. The German luxury-car maker said both companies will work to develop new electric motors, based on the fifth-generation of BMW's eDrive...