June 6 (Reuters) - The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.Headlines- Domino's Pizza aims for extra slice of IPO market - Channel 4 appoints Alex Mahon as chief executive - Uber hires Harvard Business School professor to overhaul culture - J Crew's long-time chief executive to step down Overview- DP Eura...Read More
June 6 (Reuters) - For other diaries, please see:Top Economic Events Polling unit diary Today in Washington Political and general news DATECOUNTRYAUCTION DETAILS6-JunUnited Kingdom Auction of 0 1/2% Treasury Gilt 20226-JunNetherlandsDTC auction6-JunJapanAuction of 30-year government bonds7-JunGermanyAuction of 5-year Federal notes7-JunSweden Auction of Treasury bills7-JunJapan6-month discount bill...Read More
June 6 (Reuters) -For other diaries, please see:Top economic events Government debt auctions Political and general news events Index of all diaries Guide to economic indicators -----------------------------------------------------------This Diary is filed daily.** Indicates new events. -----------------------------------------------------------TUESDAY, JUNE 6** SHANGHAI - Euromoney China finance c...Read More
June 6(Reuters) -For other diaries, please see:U.S. Federal Reserve Polling unit diary Today in Washington Political and general news -----------------------------------------------------------This Diary is filed daily. ** Indicates new events----------------------------------------------------------- TUESDAY, JUNE 6MADRID - Bank of Spain Governor Luis Maria Linde speaks before the Senate Budget C...Read More
Wall Street wasn't able to extend a record-breaking streak into a third session on Monday as a terror attack in London and lower oil prices teamed up to take down stocks. The S&P 500 was down 0.12%, the Dow Jones Industrial Average fell 0.10%, and the Nasdaq decreased 0.16%. Still, stocks held close to records with market reaction to terrorism appearing restrained and cautious. Wall Street...Read More
TOKYO, June 6 (Reuters) - Japan's real wages were flat in April from the same period a year earlier, with rising prices offsetting gains in nominal pay and possibly hurting households' purchasing power.Real wages, which are adjusted for moves in consumer prices, were flat in April from a year earlier, labour ministry data showed on Tuesday. It followed a revised 0.3 percent annual fall in March.Wa...Read More
By Gabriela Mello and Tatiana BautzerSAO PAULO, June 5 (Reuters) - Brazil's antitrust watchdog Cade has demanded asset sales larger than initially expected by the country's largest for-profit college operators, Kroton Educacional SA and Est??cio Participa???ues SA, before it will approve their merger, three people with knowledge of the matter said on Monday.Cristiane Alkmin, the deal's rapporteur...Read More
By Ben Blanchard and Chris Mfula | BEIJING/LUSAKAZambia has detained 31 Chinese nationals for illegal mining in the African country's copper belt but has failed to provide strong proof of their crimes, a senior Chinese diplomat said as he lodged a complaint.Lin Songtian, the Chinese Foreign Ministry's director-general for African affairs, told a Zambian diplomat in Beijing that China understood an...Read More
WELLINGTON, June 6 (Reuters) - New Zealand seasonally adjusted wholesale sales jumped 2.1 percent in the first quarter, Statistics New Zealand data showed on Tuesday.Actual wholesale sales were 5.3 percent higher than the same quarter a year ago.The data is one of the final components of gross domestic product data to be released on June 15. (Reporting by Charlotte Greenfield and Ana Nicolaci da...Read More
WELLINGTON, June 6 (Reuters) - The seasonally adjusted value of New Zealand residential building work fell 0.8 percent in the first quarter, data from Statistics New Zealand showed on Tuesday.The value of non-residential building work fell 7.2 percent, resulting in a 3.5 percent drop in the total value of all building work. The full data is available at . (Reporting by Charlotte Greenfield and Ana...Read More
June 6 (Reuters) - Australian shares were expected to open slightly lower on Tuesday, with commodity stocks set to come under pressure from falling oil and copper prices.Oil prices fell amid concerns that the cutting of ties with Qatar by Saudi Arabia and other Arab states could hamper a global deal to reduce oil production, while copper prices fell on a recovering dollar and an increase in Shangh...Read More
Ten of the people arrested on Sunday as part of investigations into the London Bridge attack have been released without charge, British police said on Monday, meaning that all 12 arrested in the aftermath of the incident have now been let go.The Metropolitan Police also said in a statement that specialist officers were working with families and the coroner to identify those who died in the attack....Read More
Australian police on Monday shot dead a gunman in the city of Melbourne who had been holding a woman hostage, police said, a confrontation for which the militant group Islamic State claimed responsibility.Australia, a staunch ally of the United States and its escalating action against Islamic State in Syria and Iraq, has been on high alert for attacks by home-grown militants returning from fightin...Read More
(Adds confirmation of claimants' funding)By Andrew MacAskill and Lawrence WhiteLONDON, June 5 (Reuters) - Royal Bank of Scotland is set to face a trial it had hoped to avert over its 2008 share sale, as the last group of holdout investors in the case secured the funds they need to proceed to trial, a source involved in the claim said on Monday.The claimants will receive the remaining 2 million po...Read More
By Mike Stone | WASHINGTONThe U.S. State Department has approved the potential sale of more than $1.4 billion worth of military training and equipment for Saudi Arabia, the Pentagon said on Monday, part of a $110 billion arms deal U.S. President Donald Trump sealed with the kingdom in May.The proposed sales include a radar system made by Lockheed Martin Corp (LMT.N) as well as a training program f...Read More
Today precious metals prices have remained firm in a narrowly defined range, trading modestly higher. Market participants await the unfolding of three distinct events that will undoubtedly influence future pricing. Until then, traders and investors will be in a holding pattern, characterized by a wait and see attitude as events develop. It is likely that we will see narrowly defined ranges up unti...Read More
* TSX down 32.97 points, or 0.21 percent, to 15,409.78* Eight of the TSX's 10 main groups were down* Financials down 0.2 percent, materials off 0.5 percent* Energy up 0.1 percent By Solarina HoTORONTO, June 5 (Reuters) - Canada's main stock index fell on Monday as financial stocks dipped amid signs of cooling in Toronto's overheated housing market, while a rebound in energy stocks tempered some l...Read More
* Oil falls as Qatar rift threatens output cuts* Sterling recovers as investors focus on election* Wall Street closes lower as Apple losses offset gains in energy and finance sectors* Eyes are on Thursday's ECB meeting* Gold retreats after six-week high on Friday's U.S. jobs report (Adds Wall Street close; updates throughout)By Hilary RussNEW YORK, June 5 (Reuters) - Wall Street stocks dipped on M...Read More
ABUJA, June 5 (Reuters) - Nigeria's central bank introduced a new spread limit on interbank transactions on Monday, it said in a statement, in an attempt to boost liquidity in the currency market.All interbank transactions will be subject to a maximum spread of 1 naira ($0.0033), the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) said. A year ago, the bank had said the naira would trade with no pre-determined spre...Read More
LA PAZ, June 5 (Reuters) - Bolivian consumer prices fell 0.02 percent in May, bringing the country's inflation rate to 0.05 percent for the first five months of the year, the official National Statistics Institute said on Monday.The fall in May was due principally to a decrease in the price of food and nonalcoholic beverages, the institute said.Bolivia had an inflation rate of 4 percent in full-ye...Read More