2+ day, 5+ hour ago   (574+ words) Australia is a country with truly unique geography. Almost nine in ten Australians live within 50km/30mi of the coast, leaving the island nation with a vast and sparsely populated rural centre – and a subsequent lack of remote infrastructure. It's hard to…...

3+ day, 6+ hour ago   (471+ words) Odds of an interest rate hike by the Federal Reserve in next week's meeting climbed sharply on Thursday as oil prices and Treasury yields keep climbing. Chances now stand at 71.6%, according to the CME Group's Fed Watch tool, compared to…...

3+ day, 10+ hour ago   (637+ words) Artificial intelligence could sharply accelerate U.S. economic growth while at the same time leaving many knowledge workers with lower wages or without jobs if the technology becomes capable enough to automate most cognitive work, a new economic model shows. Researchers at…...

4+ day, 9+ hour ago   (389+ words) European gas prices reached their highest level in more than 3 years as conflicts between Ukraine and Russia and in the Middle East continue. The continent's benchmark wholesale gas price, the front-month Dutch TTF contract, climbed above €80 a megawatt-hour on Wednesday,…...

4+ day, 14+ hour ago   (302+ words) American households have paid more than $760 in additional gasoline and diesel costs since the Iran war began Feb. 28, according to an estimate from Brown University's Iran War Energy Cost Tracker. The nationwide increase had reached roughly $100 billion by Monday as…...

5+ day, 5+ hour ago   (358+ words) Almost a third of Americans expect their financial situation to get worse next year, according to a new survey. Conducted by the New York Federal Reserve, the latest instance of the Survey of Consumer Expectations showed that respondents who expect…...

5+ day, 6+ hour ago   (386+ words) Norway's $2.3 trillion sovereign wealth fund wants to sharply reduce its holdings of U.S. Treasurys as part of a wider overhaul of its bond portfolio, shifting more money toward corporate debt, mortgage-backed securities and other assets offering higher returns. The fund held…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (725+ words) President Donald Trump said on Friday that beef is coming under his administration's beef tariff pause is coming primarily from Argentina and Brazil, part of a push to bring down grocery prices that have stayed stubbornly high all year. Speaking…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (298+ words) U.S. diesel prices have climbed back toward levels last seen during the early months of the war with Iran, adding fresh pressure to transportation and business costs as disruptions in the Middle East and Russia squeeze global fuel supplies. The nationwide…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (372+ words) Bank of England Governor Andrew Bailey has warned that rapidly improving artificial intelligence models could sharply increase cyber threats to the global financial system, allowing attackers to find and exploit vulnerabilities faster and on a much larger scale. Bailey issued…...