Binance Australia customers seen selling bitcoin at a discount
SINGAPORE (Reuters) -Bitcoin prices on the Australian arm of Binance, the world’s largest crypto-currency exchange, were at a 20% discount…
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BHP taps Microsoft, AI, to improve recovery at top copper mine
MELBOURNE (Reuters) – BHP Group has teamed up with Microsoft Corp to improve copper recovery from its Escondida mine in…
Singapore home prices surpass Hong Kong as APAC’s most expensive – survey
HONG KONG (Reuters) – Singapore’s private home prices have surpassed Hong Kong as the most expensive in Asia Pacific in…
Delay in security treaty with Australia as PNG consults ‘domestic processes’
By Kirsty Needham SYDNEY (Reuters) -Papua New Guinea said a proposed security treaty with neighbour Australia would be delayed as…
Factbox-Penalties imposed on Australian companies over the recent years
(Reuters) – Australian regulators have over the recent years fined a slew of companies over breaches and non-compliance issues, with…
PwC Australia may lose government audit contract, Treasury head says
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) -Australia’s Treasury department may not renew a A$1 million audit contract with PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) when…
Qantas expects international unit to be twice as profitable as tourism rebounds
(Reuters) – Qantas Airways on Tuesday forecast its international divisions to be twice as profitable in the post-COVID era on…
In Australian defamation court, a proxy ‘war crimes trial’ nears judgement
By Byron Kaye SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australian special forces soldier Ben Roberts-Smith was lauded as a hero and awarded Australia’s…
European shares slip, but debt ceiling deal buoys U.S. futures
By Elizabeth Howcroft LONDON (Reuters) -European stock indexes edged lower on Monday and euro zone bond yields dropped, but news…
Dollar nudges lower as U.S. debt ceiling deal dents safe-haven appeal
By Dhara Ranasinghe LONDON (Reuters) – The dollar nudged down on Monday, pulling back from six-month peaks against the yen…