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Asia markets hushed in countdown to Fed lift off
By Wayne Cole SYDNEY (Reuters) - Asian markets were precariously poised on Wednesday as the world waited to hear from the U.S. Federal Reserve on when it would stop buying assets and start raising int...
Dec 14, 2021
New Zealand forecasts quicker return to surplus, lower net debt
WELLINGTON (Reuters) - New Zealand will return to budget surplus sooner than expected and will take on lesser debt as the economy has been more resilient than previously forecasted, the government sai...
Dec 14, 2021
Two thirds of Britons expect BoE rate rise by June 2022 – IHS Markit
LONDON (Reuters) - A record two thirds of British households expect the Bank of England to raise interest rates within the next six months, but the proportion expecting a rise in the very short term h...
Dec 14, 2021
Bank of England rejects major overhaul of cash system
By Huw Jones LONDON (Reuters) - The Bank of England has told top banks to spell out by March how they will keep enough cash in circulation as COVID-19 accelerates its decline, saying it won't create a...
Dec 14, 2021
Anchorage Digital raises $350 million in latest funding round, led by KKR
By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK (Reuters) - Anchorage Digital, a digital asset financial platform, said on Wednesday it raised $350 million in its latest funding round led by private equity firm ...
Dec 14, 2021
Australian consumer cheer chilled by Omicron outbreak
SYDNEY (Reuters) - A measure of Australian consumer sentiment took a step back in December as an outbreak of the Omicron variant clouded the outlook for the economy and spending over the Christmas per...
Dec 14, 2021
Google says employees flouting vaccination rules will eventually be fired – CNBC
(Reuters) - Alphabet Inc's Google told its employees they would lose pay and eventually be fired if they do not follow its COVID-19 vaccination rules, CNBC reported on Tuesday, citing internal documen...
Dec 14, 2021
Economists call for Swiss National Bank to create $1 trillion sovereign wealth fund
By John Revill ZURICH (Reuters) - The Swiss National Bank should convert its massive pile of foreign stocks and bonds into a sovereign wealth fund like Norway's to support government spending, a group...
Dec 14, 2021
Judge rejects Trump bid to keep tax returns from Congress
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge on Tuesday dismissed a bid by former President Donald Trump to keep his tax returns from a House of Representatives committee. U.S. District Judge Trevor McFadden sa...
Dec 14, 2021
O.J. Simpson granted early release from parole in Nevada robbery
(Reuters) - O.J. Simpson, the former football star and television personality who was tried and acquitted in the 1994 murder of his wife and her friend, won an early release from parole on a Nevada ro...
Dec 14, 2021
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