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May 6 (Reuters) - China's financial regulator has advised the country's largest lenders to temporarily suspend new loans to five refineries recently sanctioned by the U.S. over their ties to Iranian o...

By Alun John LONDON, May 7 (Reuters) - The dollar stayed on the defensive on Thursday as hopes for a de-escalation in the Iran-U.S. war supported oil-exposed currencies, while Tokyo resumed its verbal...

By Sophie Kiderlin and Ankur Banerjee LONDON/SINGAPORE, May 7 (Reuters) - Stocks rose on Thursday while oil prices sank on optimism over a U.S.-Iran peace deal, even as the fate of the critical Strait...

WELLINGTON, May 7 (Reuters) - New Zealand's economy is in the early stages of a recovery after more than two years of weakness, but the OECD warns the rebound is fragile and exposed to renewed inflati...

May 6 (Reuters) - Space analytics firm HawkEye 360 has raised $416 million in its U.S. initial public offering, the company said on Wednesday. The Herndon, Virginia-based firm sold 16 million shares p...

By Makiko Yamazaki and Leika Kihara TOKYO, May 7 (Reuters) - Japan faces no constraints on how often it can intervene in currency markets and is in daily contact with U.S. authorities, its top currenc...

By Rocky Swift and Junko Fujita TOKYO, May 7 (Reuters) - Japan's Nikkei share average shot to a record high on Thursday and the nation's bonds rallied as financial markets reopened after holidays, cat...

By Leika Kihara TOKYO, May 7 (Reuters) - Many Bank of Japan board members saw the need to raise interest rates if the Iran war-driven energy shock is prolonged and gives rise to concerns over second-r...

May 7 (Reuters) - Australia's financial crime watchdog has launched a probe into Tabcorp over concerns about its ability to manage money-laundering and terrorism-financing risks, the gambling company ...

May 7 (Reuters) - European Union lawmakers are making progress toward an agreement on legislation underpinning the EU-U.S. trade agreement, but "there is still some way to go," the EU parliament's tra...