DETROIT (Reuters) -Factory workers at Mercedes Benz's assembly plant in Alabama are moving forward with efforts to join the United Auto Workers (UAW), and they plan to file a petition as soon as this week, a union leader said on Tuesday. Earlier on Tuesday, Reuters cited three people familiar with the matter saying employees at the SUV plant in Vance,...

SINGAPORE (Reuters) -The dollar was on the front foot on Wednesday, pinning the yen near its lowest its decades though the heightened threat of currency intervention by Tokyo capped further declines in the Japanese currency. The yuan was steady after a private-sector survey showed that China's services activity growth accelerated in March, in a sign sentiment was staging a tentative...

WASHINGTON/TOKYO (Reuters) -The head of the U.S. Senate Banking Committee on Tuesday urged the White House to scrutinize the relationship between Nippon Steel and the Chinese steel industry, citing national security concerns amid bipartisan opposition in Congress to the Japanese company's $14.9 billion deal to acquire U.S. Steel Corp. As you examine this deal, I urge you to thoroughly investigate...

DETROIT, April 2 (Reuters) - Factory workers at Mercedes Benz's assembly plant in Alabama are moving forward with efforts to join the United Auto Workers (UAW), and they plan to file a petition as soon as this week, a union leader said on Tuesday. Earlier on Tuesday, Reuters cited three people familiar with the matter saying employees at the SUV...