Bloomberg Da Afghanistan Bank, the country’s central bank, is selling $10 million dollars to support the currency which has been tumbling to record lows, the first such auction under the new Taliban regime. The central bank, in a statement, said qualified banks and currency exchangers can participate in the bidding, without providing any details on when the results of the ...

Bloomberg A Black loan underwriter who said he was fired due to racism alleges that US Bancorp engaged in redlining — discriminating against people of colour when lending. John Span also claims in a lawsuit that he endured a “toxic and racially hostile work environment” during his time in the firm’s indirect auto-lending group. In the complaint, filed in Illinois ...

Bloomberg Asian stocks were steady Tuesday and the yuan climbed as traders weighed the outcome of the first face-to-face virtual summit between US President Joe Biden and Chinese leader Xi Jinping. Treasury yields dipped. MSCI Inc’s Asia-Pacific share gauge posted a modest advance, while US and European equity futures fluctuated after the S&P 500 and Nasdaq 100 ended flat. Hong ...