Dollar Continues To Climb Higher
The U.S. dollar turned in a strong performance against its peers on Friday, extending recent climb, after data showed a bigger than expected increase in job growth in the month...
Ten-Year Yield Closes Nearly Flat After Spiking Above 1.6%
After moving sharply lower early in the session, treasuries regained ground over the course of the trading day on Friday.Bond prices climbed well off their early lows to end the...
Oil Futures Settle Sharply Higher For The Day, Gain Over 7% In Week
Crude oil prices rose sharply on Friday, extending recent gains, reacting to the decision of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies to maintain output reduction agreement...
*U.S. Consumer Credit Increased By $9.7 Billion In January
U.S. Consumer Credit Increased By $9.7 Billion In January
Gold Futures Settle Lower As Bond Yields, Dollar Rise
Gold prices drifted lower on Friday and the most active gold futures contract suffered its third weekly loss in a row, as rising optimism about quick economic recovery on the...
Juukan Gorge ‘cop-out’: talk about protecting Aboriginal sites goes curiously quiet in WA
It's a West Australian story, but most of the action took place in London. In May last year, Rio Tinto blew up a 46,000-year-old rockshelter in the Pilbara in order...
The disaster movie playing in Australia’s wild places – and solutions that could help hit pause
They read like scenes from a disaster movie, vignettes of a natural world slipping into decay.In the tropical wet rainforests of far north Queensland, outside Cairns, an estimated 23,000 spectacled...
Ireland GDP Falls In Q4
Ireland's economy shrunk in the fourth quarter of 2020 due to a weaker performance of exports and a decline in consumer spending amid a resurgence of coronavirus infections across Europe,...
Dollar Extends Advance After Robust U.S. Jobs Data
The U.S. dollar extended gains against its key counterparts in the European session on Friday, after a report showed that the nation's job growth accelerated more than expected in February,...
The week in wildlife – in pictures
The best of the week’s wildlife pictures, including a peacock in flight, otters crossing the road and kittiwakes in Newcastle Continue reading...