By Sinéad Carew NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street stock indexes ended Monday’s shorter session up slightly along with U.S. Treasury yields, as investors weighed up a mixed bag of economic d[...]
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Australia
Dollar little changed after ISM data, yen below 145 threshold
By Herbert Lash and Joice Alves NEW YORK/LONDON (Reuters) -The dollar was little changed on Monday against a basket of major trading currencies and gained against a yen that’s under intervention[...]
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PwC Australia sacks eight partners over tax leak scandal
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) -PwC Australia has fired eight partners as part of an internal investigation into the leak of confidential government tax plans by another former partner, the firm sa[...]
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Australian firm sues Twitter for $665,000 for not paying bills
SYDNEY (Reuters) – An Australian project management firm has filed a lawsuit against Twitter Inc in a U.S. court seeking cumulative payments of about A$1 million ($665,000) over alleged non-paym[...]
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RBA to raise rates to 4.35% on July 4 but decision on a knife edge
By Devayani Sathyan BENGALURU (Reuters) -The Reserve Bank of Australia will likely raise its interest rate by 25 basis points to 4.35% on Tuesday to tame stubbornly high inflation, although a Reuters[...]
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Australian home prices climb for fourth month in June
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian home prices rose for a fourth consecutive month in June as a sustained squeeze on housing supply helped lift values nationwide, data showed on Monday. Property cons[...]
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Wall St ends strong quarter with broad rally, dollar dips as inflation cools
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – Wall Street closed sharply higher and the dollar softened on Friday as investors closed the books on a solid quarter, with data showing progress in the Feder[...]
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Dollar softer after PCE, consumer spending data
By Chuck Mikolajczak NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar index was lower on Friday following two straight days of gains, after economic data showed a cooling in consumer spending, raising some doubt[...]
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S&P 500 ends higher, Treasury yields touch three-month high on solid US economic data
By Stephen Culp NEW YORK (Reuters) – The S&P 500 advanced on Thursday and benchmark Treasury yields hit their highest level since early March as robust economic data helped ease recession fe[...]
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