Bloomberg British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said coronavirus lockdown rules are set to be scrapped in seven weeks’ time, as he hailed the UK’s successful vaccine rollout ahead of key elections this week. On the campaign trail, Johnson said the pandemic data was likely to allow people in England to stay overnight with friends or relations, with indoor hospitality able ...

Bloomberg Australia’s central bank will maintain its highly supportive policy settings despite surging growth and falling unemployment, as it faces up to the even bigger challenge of lifting wages and inflation from record lows. Reserve Bank of Australia Governor Philip Lowe is set to keep interest rates and three-year yield target unchanged at 0.10%, while maintaining the current pace of ...

Bloomberg Bank of America Corp (BofA) is devoting more resources to fighting cyber attacks after seeing a jump in threats amid the pandemic. The company’s centralised global information-security unit has boosted spending in recent years to about $1 billion annually, according to chief operations and technology officer Cathy Bessant. That’s mostly allocated to staff and technology to bolster cyber defenses. ...