Republican leaders of Australia and NZ to pledge allegiance to king
By Alasdair Pal and Lucy Craymer SYDNEY/WELLINGTON (Reuters) – The leaders of Australia and New Zealand will pledge their allegiance…
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Australia’s ANZ looks beyond housing as rate hikes hit margins
By Byron Kaye and Savyata Mishra (Reuters) -Australian lender ANZ Banking Group Ltd said it was diversifying beyond a residential…
Macquarie commodities and markets boss earns $39 million, trumping CEO
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Macquarie Group’s commodities and global markets (CGM) division head earned about A$57.6 million ($39 million) for the…
Downer faces second class action lawsuit over breach of contract disclosures
(Reuters) – Australia’s Downer EDI said on Friday it was served with a second class action lawsuit by certain shareholders…
Australia central bank frets over upside risks to inflation as it warns on rates
SYDNEY, May 5 (Reuters) – Australia’s central bank on Friday warned that risks to inflation were on the upside given…
Italy’s TIM seeks final offer for grid by June 9
By Elvira Pollina and Juby Babu (Reuters) – Telecom Italia (TIM) said on Thursday it was unhappy with sweetened bids…
Dollar gains, euro dips after cautious ECB
By Karen Brettell NEW YORK (Reuters) – The dollar rose on Thursday against the euro after the European Central Bank…
Australia budget to trim forecast for cost of servicing debt for next three years
By Lewis Jackson SYDNEY (Reuters) – Australia has lowered its forecast for the cost of servicing government debt over the…
TIM debates grid bids as investor Vivendi challenges strategy
By Elvira Pollina MILAN (Reuters) – Telecom Italia (TIM) directors will meet on Thursday to decide their response to multibillion…
Albemarle agrees $1.5 billion plan to double Australian lithium hydroxide output
MELBOURNE (Reuters) -Albemarle has agreed to double the capacity at its lithium hydroxide processing operations in Western Australia to 100,000…