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Australia central bank to keep stimulus even as economy roars

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 ...

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Cyber attacks have surged ‘dramatically’, says BofA tech chief

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. ...

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Credit Suisse chairman buys $1.2 million in stock

Bloomberg Credit Suisse Group AG Chairman Antonio-Horta Osorio bought 1.1 million francs ($1.2 million) of shares in a sign of confidence he can turn the bank around from one of the most turbulent periods in its history. An undisclosed board member bought the stock, according to a Swiss stock exchange filing dated May 3. A spokesperson for the bank confirmed ...

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