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Image for US dollar sags as Fed outlook undermines; Swiss franc gets SNB lift

Finance

US dollar sags as Fed outlook undermines; Swiss franc gets SNB lift

Image for Oracle knocks stocks as Fed's message drags on dollar

Finance

Oracle knocks stocks as Fed's message drags on dollar

Image for Oil retreats as investors' focus on Ukraine, US fuel supplies

Finance

Oil retreats as investors' focus on Ukraine, US fuel supplies

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US bombers join Japanese jets in show of force after China-Russia drills, Tokyo says

Image for UK housing market slows after tax-raising budget, RICS survey shows

UK housing market slows after tax-raising budget, RICS survey shows

Date: December 11, 2025

MANCHESTER, England, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Britain's housing market slowed after finance minister Rachel Reeves' budget last month, according to a survey of chartered surveyors that showed buyer...

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Britain's looser investment advice rules to take effect in April

Date: December 11, 2025

By Phoebe Seers LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Britain will ease rules on how financial advice is given to consumers by April to help boost the country's weak investment culture, the financial regulator...

Image for Australian leader defends social media ban as teens flaunt workarounds

Australian leader defends social media ban as teens flaunt workarounds

Date: December 11, 2025

By Byron Kaye SYDNEY, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese acknowledged some young people were still on social media a day after a world-first ban on under-16s went live,...

Image for Exclusive-UK to adopt new powers to bolster trade defences against dumping

Exclusive-UK to adopt new powers to bolster trade defences against dumping

Date: December 11, 2025

LONDON, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Britain will strengthen its trade defences by handing its business secretary the power to direct rapid investigations into unfair practices under new rules designed to deal...

Image for Russia says Ukraine launched major drone attack, including on Moscow

Russia says Ukraine launched major drone attack, including on Moscow

Date: December 11, 2025

MOSCOW, Dec 11 (Reuters) - Russian air defences shot down 15 drones en route to Moscow on Wednesday evening and overnight, the city's mayor said. Sergei Sobyanin, writing on his Telegram channel,...

Image for Stocks rise, yields and dollar fall after Fed cuts interest rates 

Stocks rise, yields and dollar fall after Fed cuts interest rates 

Date: December 11, 2025

By Caroline Valetkevitch NEW YORK, Dec 10 (Reuters) - Major stock indexes jumped while U.S. Treasury yields declined on Wednesday after the Federal Reserve cut interest rates as expected and investors...