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Australia’s CBA expects home loan growth to push mortgage profit 3% higher this year
By Paulina Duran SYDNEY (Reuters) - Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), the country's largest lender, expects to grow its $378 billion home loan book by about 5% this year, leading to increased mort...
Apr 14, 2021
Asian shares defensive, dollar struggles near one-month lows
By Swati Pandey SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian shares were on the backfoot on Thursday following mixed cues from Wall Street where a sharp sell-off in the largest bitcoin exchange Coinbase hit tech shares w...
Apr 14, 2021
Oil holds near one-month highs as demand forecasts raised
TOKYO (Reuters) - Oil prices were lower on Thursday though holding near one-month highs after futures jumped in the previous as the International Energy Agency (IEA) and others upgraded forecasts for ...
Apr 14, 2021
BOJ’s Kuroda warns of lingering COVID pain on economy
By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's economy was picking up but any recovery was likely to be modest due to lingering caution over the coronavirus pandemic, Bank of Japan Governor Haruhiko Kuroda...
Apr 14, 2021
Australia’s Boral explores potential sale of struggling U.S. fly ash business
(Reuters) - Australia's Boral Ltd said on Thursday it is exploring a potential sale, or a joint venture, as part of a review of its struggling North American fly ash business. The move comes as the to...
Apr 14, 2021
Dollar at three-week low as Fed’s dovish message sinks in
By Hideyuki Sano TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar nursed losses on Thursday, holding near a three-week low against a basket of currencies as U.S. bond yields pulled back from last month's surge with inves...
Apr 14, 2021
Japan state-backed funds consider offer for Toshiba: report
TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan Investment Corp (JIC) and Norinchukin Bank are considering buying Toshiba Corp, the Nikkan Kogyo Shimbun reported on Thursday, a Japan-led bid which may be more palatable to re...
Apr 14, 2021
Almost half of Shopify’s top execs to depart company: CEO
By Moira Warburton (Reuters) - Three of e-commerce platform Shopify's seven top executives will be leaving the company in the coming months, chief executive officer and founder of Canada's most valuab...
Apr 14, 2021
Judge in Texas lawsuit against Google issues protective order
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The judge hearing the Texas antitrust lawsuit against Alphabet Inc's Google put limits on what the search giant's in-house lawyers can see in an order aimed at ensuring that con...
Apr 14, 2021
Televisa Univision venture aims for global Spanish streaming service
By Cassandra Garrison MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Television Univision, a newly formed Spanish media venture, will launch its planned streaming platform in the United States and Mexico next year before ex...
Apr 14, 2021
