Home Secretary Theresa May opened up a strong lead on in what is now a three-horse race to become Britain's next prime minister, but the first stage of voting was overshadowed by post-Brexit carnage for property investors and the pound.
SYDNEY Sterling carved out a fresh 31-year trough early on Wednesday, having taken a turn for the worse as the first signs of markets seizing up emerged in the UK following Britain's vote to exit the European Union two weeks ago.
CHARLOTTE, N.C. After months on the sidelines, President Barack Obama joined Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton on the campaign trail at a rally in North Carolina on Tuesday, telling voters he was ready to "pass the baton" to his former secretary of state.
LONDON British shop prices fell in the run-up to the June 23 vote to leave the European Union as supermarkets cut prices to compete with discount chains, an industry survey showed on Wednesday.
JOHANNESBURG South African paralympic gold medallist Oscar Pistorius will be sentenced to jail on Wednesday for the murder of his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp in 2013, but for how long depends largely on how the judge will weigh the role of his disability in the killing.
WASHINGTON Deadly attacks in four countries linked to Islamic State show the limitations of U.S.-led efforts to loosen the group's grip in Syria and Iraq, and the challenge of stopping attacks that are not only globally dispersed but very different in their choice of targets, current and former U.S. officials said.
SAN FRANCISCO/DETROIT Tesla Motors alerted regulators to a fatality in one of its electric cars in partial self-driving Autopilot mode nine days after it crashed, the company said on Tuesday, defending its decision not to make the accident public before a federal investigation was announced.
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| Name | Yield | Change |
|---|---|---|
| GB 10YR |
+0.775
|
+0.004 |
| DE 10YR |
-0.184
|
-0.005 |
| JP 10YR |
-0.263
|
-0.017 |
| Name | GBP | USD | EUR |
|---|---|---|---|
| GBP | 1 | 0.7716 | 0.8524 |
| USD | 1.2960 | 1 | 1.1052 |
| EUR | 1.1723 | 0.9048 | 1 |
| Index | Last | Chg |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |
1,369.30
USD
|
+12.90
Exp: Jul16
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| Copper |
2.17
USD
|
-0.01
Exp: Jul16
|
| Brent Crude |
48.12
USD
|
+0.16
Exp: Jul16
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