Asia stocks digest meaty gains, sterling starved for love
Asian shares snoozed near 18-month highs on Friday as trade thinned in the run-up to Christmas and investors seemed content to digest the chunky gains already...
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Accenture beats quarterly estimates on digital and cloud strength
Accenture Plc beat Wall Street estimates for first-quarter earnings on Thursday, as investments in its fast-growing digital and cloud services businesses continue to pay off.
Bond yields rise as Sweden ends negative rates, stocks drift lower
Bond yields rose and Sweden's crown stayed ice cool on Thursday as the country became the first to raise interest rates out of sub-zero territory, while...
Oil hovers near three-month highs on trade deal progress; set for third weekly rise
Oil prices held steady near three-month highs on Friday, heading for a third consecutive weekly rise, on the back of easing Sino-U.S. trade tensions that have...
U.S. weekly jobless claims fall from more than two-year high
The number of Americans filing applications for unemployment benefits dropped from more than a two-year high last week, pointing to sustained labor market strength.
Australia's Westpac names two members of money laundering review panel
Australia's second-largest lender Westpac Banking Corp on Friday appointed two people to a panel which will assess the bank's accountability in a money laundering scandal.
Volkswagen takes one-two punch in Australia with fine, regulatory proceedings
Volkswagen AG took two raps in Australia on Friday as a federal court upheld a fine on the German car maker as part of a global...
Markets quiet, dollar steady ahead of GDP data
The dollar was roughly flat on Thursday morning awaiting gross domestic product data on Friday, little moved by a report showing that factory activity in the...
Facebook's Libra lacks solid plan for launch- governing board member
Facebook's Libra project has no solid plan yet for how or where it will be launched next year, a member of the board that will oversee...
Wall Street stays near record high as Mnuchin says trade pact to be signed in January
Wall Street hovered near record highs on Thursday as U.S. Treasury Secretary Steven Mnuchin said Washington and Beijing would sign an initial trade deal in early...
Goldman Sachs in talks to admit guilt, pay $2 bln to settle 1MDB probe: WSJ
Goldman Sachs Group Inc is in talks with the U.S. government to pay a $2 billion fine and admit guilt to resolve a criminal investigation into...
Rogue Bank of England supplier gave clients head start on briefings
The Bank of England (BOE) has admitted that a rogue supplier has been misusing feeds from its press briefings since earlier this year.
Trump called Boeing CEO to inquire about 737 MAX production halt: sources
U.S. President Donald Trump called Boeing Chief Executive Dennis Muilenburg this week to ask about the status of 737 MAX production, two people briefed on the...
Volkswagen attracts bids for MAN Energy Solutions unit: sources
Volkswagen has attracted bids from Europe's Innio, Japan's Mitsubishi Heavy and U.S.-based Cummins for its MAN Energy Solutions, which makes diesel engines for ships and power...
Oil hovers near three-month highs, supported by low U.S. inventories, trade progress
Oil prices hovered near the highest in three months in thin pre-Christmas trading on Thursday, buoyed by the previous day's news that U.S. crude inventories declined...