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* New Zealand ends at second consecutive record high
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Posted at 06:39h
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Britain's Serco has
agreed to pay a 19.2 million pound ($24.1 million) fine for
three offences of fraud and two of false accounting when it
provided electronic tagging to the Ministry of Justice (MOJ)
between 2010 and 2013.
Posted at 06:38h
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Australian bank earnings are
getting squeezed by the central bank's move to cut the cash rate
to a record low 1%, analysts and investors say, as it gets
harder to reduce deposit rates to offset the cheaper mortgages
they must now offer borrowers.
Posted at 06:25h
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Japanese stocks retreated on
Wednesday, pressured by a stronger yen and profit taking among
exporter stocks and other cyclical names ahead of an upcoming
U.S. holiday and employment data.
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Posted at 06:24h
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Student housing provider Unite
is to acquire rival Liberty Living Group in a 1.4
billion pounds ($1.76 billion) cash and shares deal that will
see Canada's Pension Plan Investment Board take a 20 percent
stake in the enlarged group.
Posted at 06:21h
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Offshore investors bought
Chinese government bonds at the fastest pace so far this year in
June, lifting their holdings of the sovereign debt to a record
high for a fourth consecutive month.
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Purplebricks Group Plc said it
would pull out of the U.S. market in the latest setback for the
struggling British online estate agent which is already
preparing to exit Australia.
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Posted at 06:09h
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Purplebricks Group Plc said it
would pull out of the U.S. market in the latest setback for the
struggling British online estate agent which is already
preparing to exit Australia.
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Posted at 06:01h
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* Woolworths shares rise to over 1-month high
(Adds fund manager comment)
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China's Centurium Capital, a
big backer of domestic startup Luckin Coffee, said it has
raised more than $2 billion in its debut fund, giving the
private equity firm more firepower to cut deals involving the
world's second-largest economy.