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By Kevin Buckland TOKYO (Reuters) – The dollar held firm on Thursday following its sharpest rally since early June as traders looked ahead to speeches from key Federal Reserve policy…

By Andrea Shalal NEW YORK (Reuters) – Barbados will call for creation of a new World Bank finance facility to provide emergency liquidity to climate-vulnerable countries in a third version…

HANOI (Reuters) -Elon Musk’s SpaceX plans to invest $15 billion in Vietnam, the Vietnamese government said in a statement on Thursday. The statement came after a meeting in New York…

SYDNEY, Sept 26 (Reuters) – Australia’s central bank on Thursday cautioned borrowers against taking on excessive debt when interest rates start to fall and risking a boom/bust cycle, though it…

By David Milliken LONDON (Reuters) – British consumers have grown more gloomy over the past month following the new Labour government’s removal of a welfare benefit for pensioners and warning…

By Leika Kihara TOKYO (Reuters) -Bank of Japan policymakers were divided on how quickly the central bank should raise interest rates further, minutes of the bank’s July meeting showed, highlighting…

UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) – Brazilian President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva said on Wednesday he is ready to sign a trade agreement between the European Union and South America’s Mercosur…

By Jamie McGeever (Reuters) – A look at the day ahead in Asian markets. Asian markets could lose steam on Thursday following a sluggish performance on Wall Street on Wednesday,…

By Tim Kelly TOKYO (Reuters) – In the race to become Japan’s next leader, young contender Shinjiro Koizumi has positioned himself as a change candidate, but his veteran rivals Shigeru…