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Australia & New Zealand

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Solomon Islands picks China-friendly Manele as new prime minister

Solomon Islands lawmakers selected Jeremiah Manele as their new prime minister on Thursday, elevating the former foreign…

2 May 2024

Global Markets

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EMERGING MARKETS-Stocks up as Fed soothes rate hike fears, HK shares c…

Emerging market stocks rose on Thursday, with many regional bourses returning from a mid-week holiday and boosted by a l…

2 May 2024

Global Markets

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GLOBAL MARKETS-Stocks soothed by Fed signals, yen swings again

A sense of relief percolated through world markets on Thursday after the Federal Reserve shot down talk of pivoting back…

2 May 2024

Australia & New Zealand

Australia's second-largest pension fund blacklists thermal coal invest…

Australian pension giant Australian Retirement Trust said on Thursday it would stop investing in most thermal coal compa…

2 May 2024

Australia & New Zealand

Australia's Namoi Cotton shares hit 17-year high on $89 mln Olam bid

An international bidding war has deepened for Australia's Namoi Cotton with Singapore's Olam Agri Holdings lobbing an A…

2 May 2024

Global Markets

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Ex-BOJ official predicts Japan will keep intervening to prevent yen fr…

Japan will likely keep intervening to prop up the yen until the risk of speculators triggering a free fall in the curren…

2 May 2024

Global Markets

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BUZZ-COMMENT-This may be the point to sell dollars

The Bank of Japan is suspected to be aggressively selling USD/JPY while traders are heavily long, and there is a good ch…

2 May 2024

Global Markets

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FOREX-Yen weakens, paring sharp rise after suspected intervention

The yen dropped against the dollar on Thursday, reversing direction after a sudden surge late on Wednesday that traders …

2 May 2024

Global Markets

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South Korea unveils voluntary guidelines to unlock shareholder value

South Korea on Thursday unveiled guidelines for companies participating in a government programme aimed at enhancing sha…

2 May 2024