By Ian Chua. SYDNEY | Wed Jun 19, 2013 2:20am EDT. SYDNEY (Reuters) - Japanese stocks rose on Wednesday, thanks to a positive lead from Wall Street and a softer yen, outperforming the rest of Asia which anxiously waited for clarity on the U.S.

Tue Jun 18, 2013 9:42pm EDT. * SEC will use no admit, no deny settlements in most cases. * White says SEC will only seek admission in selective cases.

Federal Reserve officials both expect and want inflation to be higher than it is. So far, that isn't happening. Consumer price data released Tuesday showed inflation rose a mere 1.4% in May from a year earlier.

The Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards has published its long-awaited report. The FT provides a guide to the highlights: 1) More competition, less political interference.

Boeing (BA) was met with robust demand for its fleet of jumbo jets on Monday as airlines lined up to place or confirm orders on the first day of the Paris Air Show and another suitor for the new 787-10X emerged.

Starting next Tuesday, your morning coffee to go will come with a full disclosure of its caloric content. Starbucks has announced that it will include calorie counts for each beverage on the menu boards at all of its more than 11,000 locations in the U.S.

Kazuo Hirai, president and chief executive officer of Sony Corp., attends a news conference in Tokyo on May 22. Bloomberg News. Hedge-fund investor Daniel Loeb's firm has boosted its stake in Sony Corp.

The Houston Astrodome and a New York airport terminal are included in the National Trust for Historic Preservation's 2013 list of the Most Endangered Historic Places.

Media outlets lately have emphasized the challenge of enticing healthy young adults to sign up for ObamaCare, �exactly the type of person insurance plans, states and the federal government are counting on to make health reform work,� as the L.A.

CNBC's Scott Wapner reports a source says Jefferies is willing to provide $1.6 billion in financing for Icahn's bid for Dell.