China leaves benchmark lending rates unchanged for seventh month in a row in December

SHANGHAI, Dec 22 (Reuters) - China left benchmark lending rates unchanged for the seventh consecutive month in December on Monday, matching market expectations. The one-year loan prime rate (LPR) was ...

Australian state parliament reconvenes to push through stricter gun laws after Bondi mass shooting

SYDNEY, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Australia’s New South Wales state parliament was recalled on Monday to vote on proposed new laws ...

Oil prices rise as US pursues third Venezuelan oil tanker

Investing.com-- Oil prices rose in early Asian trade on Monday after reports said the U.S. was pursuing a third Venezuelan ...

Silver hits record high over $67/oz as geopolitical jitters drive haven demand

Investing.com-- Silver prices soared to a record high in early Asian trading on Monday, as concerns over renewed hostilities between Iran and Israel, along with a brewing U.S.-Venezuela conflict, ...

China leaves loan prime rate unchanged in December as expected

Investing.com-- The People’s Bank of China left its benchmark loan prime rate unchanged on Monday as expected, even as the ...

Japan will take ’appropriate’ action against excessive yen moves, top currency diplomat says

TOKYO, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Japan’s top currency diplomat, Atsushi Mimura, said on Monday authorities will take "appropriate" ...

UK job vacancies slide in November but pay growth accelerates, Adzuna says

Worries about possible further tax increases in her second budget in late November have also weighed on the jobs market, contributing to a rise in Britain’s unemployment rate to 5.1% in the three ...

Seatrium, Maersk settle dispute over $475 million contract for offshore wind vessel

Dec 22 (Reuters) - Singapore-based shipbuilder Seatrium said on Monday it has reached a settlement with Denmark’s Maersk to deliver an offshore wind vessel that was intended to work on a project off ...

New Zealand court declines airport group’s appeal on pricing rules

Dec 22 (Reuters) - Auckland Airport said on Monday that the New Zealand High Court has declined a merits-review appeal filed by airports that had challenged a Commerce Commission report on setting ...

What is so special about TikTok’s algorithm?

But TikTok showed that an algorithm, driven by the understanding of a user’s interest, could be more powerful. Rather than ...

Yen wallows near record low to euro as BOJ keeps cautious tone after rate hike

The lack of any hawkish hints sent the yen tumbling 1.3% versus the euro, 1.4% against the greenback and 1.5% against the Aussie, even as it triggered a broad selloff in Japanese government bonds that ...

Malaysia’s ex-PM Najib to face two key court rulings in 1MDB saga

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 22 (Reuters) - Malaysia’s former prime minister Najib Razak, jailed for corruption in the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal, will learn on Monday if he can serve the remainder of his ...