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.
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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. House passes new North American trade deal, Senate timing unclear
The U.S. House of Representatives overwhelmingly approved a new North American trade deal on Thursday that includes tougher labor and automotive content rules but leaves $1.2...
Australia watchdog warns large fines the norm after Volkswagen case
The head of Australia's competition regulator on Friday said a record fine of A$125 million ($86 million) imposed on Volkswagen AG was just a taste of...
Chipotle accused of violating U.S. labor law on union organizing
The general counsel of a U.S. labor agency has accused Chipotle Mexican Grill Inc of violating U.S. labor law by allegedly firing an employee in New...
AFL-CIO's Trumka says USMCA is first step to undoing evils of NAFTA
The new North American trade deal addresses most concerns of U.S. labor unions, Richard Trumka, head of the AFL-CIO union federation, said on Thursday, but even...
U.S. finalizing rules to limit sensitive tech exports to China, others
The Trump administration is finalizing a set of narrow rules to limit exports of sophisticated technology to adversaries like China, a document seen by Reuters shows,...
Dollar barely flinches after Trump impeachment, Aussie jumps on solid jobs data
The dollar took in stride the impeachment of U.S. President Donald Trump on Thursday while its Australian counterpart rallied after a surprise fall in the country's...
Oil prices surf near three-month highs after U.S. crude inventories fall
Oil prices remained in touching distance of three-month peaks on Thursday, extending a robust streak that began a week ago, after data showed U.S. crude inventories...
Asian shares ease from highs, reaction to impeachment muted
Asian shares pulled back from a one-and-a-half year peak on Thursday as investors booked profits ahead of holiday trade and awaited further data on the state...
Daimler, BMW exiting North American car-sharing market, cutting in Europe
BMW AG and Daimler AG said Wednesday they plan to exit the North American car-sharing market, with the joint venture partners halting operations in Montreal, New...
MetLife Inc to pay $10 million to settle with SEC after failure to pay pensions
Insurer MetLife Inc. will pay $10 million to settle with U.S. regulators over longstanding internal controls failures, the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) said on Wednesday.
Tariffs, trade tensions worry Fortune 500 CEOs: U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Tariffs and trade tensions are a huge source of worry for U.S. companies, with nearly half of Fortune 500 companies referencing such concerns during last quarter's...
Online service or property agent? EU court to define Airbnb's status
U.S. homesharing site Airbnb will get a better idea of how it should be labeled when Europe's top court rules on Thursday on the tricky question...
SEC proposes allowing more investors access to private companies
The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission on Wednesday proposed changes to its decades-old definition of a professional investor in order to allow more Americans to buy...