U.S. markets closed mostly higher after the government reported good news on inflation. The consumer-price index was up 0.2% over the month, while annual inflation was 2.3%.

The wage price index rose 0.9% in the first quarter, and by 3.4% from the same period a year earlier, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday. Wages in the fourth quarter grew 3.2% on year.

The KDI now forecasts South Korea's gross domestic product growth at 0.8% in 2025, much slower than its February projection of a 1.6% expansion, and following estimated growth of 2.0% growth last year ...

Samsung Electronics has agreed to buy Germany's FlaktGroup in what would be the South Korean company's biggest acquisition in eight years. The Chinese internet giant is preparing to test its ...

Families would be allowed to add up to $5,000 a year to children's investment accounts proposed in the Republicans' spending and tax bill A proposed investment account for American children in the ...

Amid signs of slowing travel demand, Airbnb Inc. on Tuesday unveiled new efforts to recast itself as more than a vacation-rental platform - announcing an app overhaul and plans to offer new services ...

The risks are highlighted by Commonwealth Bank having spent and provisioned a collective AUD 4.1 billion on customer remediation between fiscal 2014 and 2023 and paying a civil penalty of AUD 700 ...

This debt is nonrecourse to SoftBank Group but gives a measure of leverage over the underlying assets taking into account how leveraged those entities themselves are. Under this measure, the end March ...

The wage price index rose 0.9% in the first quarter, and by 3.4% from a year earlier, the Australian Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday. Wages grew by 3.2% in the prior quarter, and by 4.0% in the ...

Samsung Electronics has agreed to buy Germany's FlaktGroup in what would be the South Korean company's biggest acquisition in eight years. Samsung said Wednesday that it would acquire the German ...

Republicans are framing these reforms as cutting wasteful spending that protects the Medicaid program for those who need it most. The bill "eliminates waste, fraud and abuse in Medicaid that ...

SYDNEY--Australia-based slots and gaming company Aristocrat Leisure said it would boost its dividend after a positive half-year result and that it's still actively pursuing M&A.