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Survey says greater political clarity will counter falling sales and cooling prices

British house prices dropped last month by the most since April, as uncertainty about Brexit and the election weighed on the property market, the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) said on Thursday.

A former executive of Credit Suisse Group AG told top bank executives as well as U.S. and Swiss authorities that she was put under surveillance in July 2017 while in a dispute with the bank, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

Underscoring U.S. lawmakers' continuing unhappiness with Russia, a Senate committee on Wednesday advanced legislation seeking to hamper Russian energy pipelines and boosting NATO but delayed voting on a measure nicknamed the "sanctions bill from hell" that would punish Moscow for meddling in the 2016 U.S. election.

A former executive of Credit Suisse Group AG told top bank executives as well as U.S. and Swiss authorities that she was put under surveillance in July 2017 while in a dispute with the bank, The Wall Street Journal reported on Wednesday.

Shares of XP Inc, Brazil's largest digital broker, closed up more than 25% in their Nasdaq debut on Wednesday, and the company said it will use the $1 billion proceeds from the stock offering to boost its banking unit.

Canada's two main opposition parties on Wednesday suggested they could move to delay ratification of a new continental trade pact, accusing the Liberal government of botching revisions to the treaty.

Australian shares were likely to fall on Thursday, weighed down by energy stocks, as a surprise rise in U.S. crude inventories hit oil prices and raised concerns over global demand outlook. Meanwhile, the U.S. Federal Reserve left its key interest rates on hold on Wednesday, in...

Westpac Banking Corp, grappling with a money-laundering scandal and accusations of enabling child exploitation payments, could see angry investors vote on Thursday against its proposals on executive pay and the re-election of a long-serving director.

The New York Stock Exchange on Wednesday filed an amended proposal for a rule change that would allow U.S direct listings to raise new capital like in an initial public offering (IPO).