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SYDNEY (Reuters) - The U.S. Federal Reserve's Jackson Hole symposium, a chance of a South Korean rate hike and a series of business surveys out of Europe top the main economic events to be covered by ...

By Sonali Paul MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices came off three-month lows on Friday but were on track for a weekly decline of around 6% as new lockdowns in countries with low vaccination rates facing ...

By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) - The safe-haven U.S. dollar hovered near a 9-1/2-month high against major peers on Friday, buoyed by fears that the Delta coronavirus variant could delay the global ...

SHANGHAI/HONG KONG (Reuters) - China Evergrande, the country's most indebted property developer, pledged on Friday to do everything it can to resolve its debt issues and maintain the stability of the ...

By Jonathan Cable LONDON (Reuters) - Already-expensive British home prices will see further substantial gains over the next few years, bolstered by low borrowing costs, supply shortages and a desire f...

By Luc Cohen (Reuters) - Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA has given up its 49% stake in a Dominican refinery as part of a swap for some of its defaulted bonds, the Dominican Republic's finance minis...

By Tim Exton BLAINE, Wash. (Reuters) - The first Asian giant hornet nest of the year has been found in Washington state, and plans are being developed to eradicate it, likely next week, the state's ag...

By Stephen Nellis and Eva Mathews (Reuters) - Applied Materials Inc on Thursday forecast sales for the current quarter above market estimates, thanks to demand for its semiconductor manufacturing tool...

By Tetsushi Kajimoto TOKYO (Reuters) - A majority of Japanese firms want Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga to lose office through general elections that must be held this year, frustrated with the lack of...

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese action star Shinichi "Sonny" Chiba died in hospital from complications related to COVID-19, public broadcaster NHK said late on Thursday. He was 82. Chiba a martial artist a...