Edward Johnson 
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares powered higher on Friday after the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed to another record on excitement that the Federal Reserve might cut interest rates several times next year. U.S. futures and oil prices also advanced. Hong Kong led Asia’s gains with property developers jumping after some Chinese cities eased buying … Read more
Finance lenders are under increased scrutiny after claims of dodgy loans in Queensland. Matthew Timms, 24, was interviewed by 7NEWS after a frustrating ordeal with finance company, Pepper Money, which specialises in ‘consumer lending and residential mortgages’, according to their website. Timms purchased a four-wheel drive car for camping and off-road driving and was recommended … Read more
Mumbai: Sounding a note of caution, a Reserve Bank report has said that reverting to the DA-linked Old Pension Scheme (OPS) will exert huge pressure on state finances and restrict their capacity to undertake developmental expenditure. The Reserve Bank’s report on ‘State Finances: A Study of Budgets of 2023-24’ also said the provision of non-merit … Read more
A former national security adviser Sir Stephen Lovegrove is to join the Rolls-Royce-led consortium developing small nuclear reactors as chair of its board, raising concerns about the revolving door between the public and private sectors. The role, which has been approved by the Advisory Committee on Business Appointments (Acoba), will begin in the new year. … Read more
(NewsNation) — Americans were told taming inflation could come at a high price: Their jobs. Cooling the red-hot post-pandemic labor market is one of the main reasons the Federal Reserve started raising interest rates back in March 2022. By September of 2022, Harvard economist Jason Furman warned to get inflation down to 2% “we may … Read more
Westpac customers will have more bank branches available for cash transactions as part of a new plan to support customer accessibility. The company said customers can visit any Westpac, St George, BankSA or Bank of Melbourne branch across Australia for their cash transactions, with new technology now connecting the branch network. “This completes a major … Read more
New Delhi: Robust exports performance in electronic goods, particularly smartphones, and services sectors will help India contain the fall in growth rate of overall trade, which is expected to decline by 2.6 per cent in the current year, a report said. Economic think tank Global Trade Research Initiative (GTRI) in its report said that despite … Read more
Rail fares in England will rise by 4.9% in March after the government capped the planned increase, although the cost of tickets is still expected to rise faster than inflation. The government on Friday said it had decided to cap the fare increase for regulated fares, rather than choosing to increase the numbers in line … Read more
(KTLA) – The results of a recent survey suggest that some of us can’t wait to leave our current jobs. The poll, conducted by the software firm Payscale, identified the top 15 jobs workers are planning to quit partially due to stressful work environments, return-to-office mandates, low compensation packages and the current state of the … Read more
A technical issue locked ANZ customers out of their accounts for several hours, with the bank scrambling to address the nationwide outage and get services back online. A spokesperson for the bank confirmed the issue on Friday afternoon, saying it was affecting the ANZ app, online banking, credit and debit card transactions, as well as … Read more
