By Wayne Cole SYDNEY – Australian home prices extended their long ascent in February, though Sydney saw the first dip in 17 months as a rush of supply, rising mortgage …
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– Intel Corp on Friday launched a new chip for blockchain applications such as Bitcoin mining and minting NFTs to cash in on the rising usage of cryptocurrencies. The chip …
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FRANKFURT -Germany and Austria should curb a boom in house prices by setting caps on mortgages and forcing banks to build up more capital, the European Union’s financial stability watchdog …
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– James Hardie, the world’s largest fibre cement maker, on Monday raised its annual profit forecast for the fourth time this fiscal year, and guided to even higher earnings next …
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By John McCrank NEW YORK – A surge in options trading by individual investors helped lift market volumes to record highs in 2021, but it also made trading the derivatives …
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ZURICH – The Swiss National Bank expects to make a profit of around 26 billion Swiss francs ($28.22 billion) for 2021, the central bank said in its provisional results on …
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By Stephanie Kelly NEW YORK – About half of U.S. oil pipeline space is sitting unused, heating up competition for barrels in higher-output areas like the Permian Basin in Texas. …
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By Carolyn Cohn LONDON – The cost of insurance to cover problems involving M&A has nearly doubled in just two years, underwriters and brokers said, after an explosion of global …
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VIENNA – Risks from insufficiently cautious mortgage lending are increasing amid Austria’s housing market boom, the central bank said on Wednesday, stressing that such loans need close scrutiny. In its …
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MADRID – Spain’s government has agreed with unions to raise social-security contributions by 0.6% between 2023 and 2032 to help pay for the pensions of an upcoming wave of retirees, …
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By Byron Kaye SYDNEY – As closed borders intensify a skills shortage, demand for Australian mergers and acquisitions lawyers is so high that firms are offering sign-on bonuses for the …
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-James Hardie Industries on Tuesday raised its fiscal 2022 earnings forecast for a second time this year, as it counts on strong demand for its fibre cement products from a …
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– Dutch postal group PostNL on Monday posted third-quarter core profit in line with expectations citing slower international volume growth and disruptions in the global supply chain. The company, which …
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– MercadoLibre Inc posted a 67% jump in quarterly revenue on Thursday as the South American e-commerce giant benefited from a surge in online shopping during the COVID-19 crisis. The …
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BERLIN – European TV broadcaster RTL reported strong nine-month revenue growth on Thursday, citing continued recovery of TV advertising and growth in streaming businesses, adding it plans to expand its …