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Chris Brown showed up to court to defend himself against his former housekeeper’s claims she was viciously mauled at his L.A. home ... but the case was declared a mistrial shortly after it started ... TMZ has learned. The trial started Monday after a jury was selected in the lawsuit brought by Maria Avila, the housekeeper who said she suffered emotional and ...

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The total value of machinery orders received by 280 manufacturers operating in Japan increased by 3.4% in April from the previous month on a seasonally adjusted basis. Private-sector machinery orders, excluding volatile ones for ships and those from electric power companies, increased a seasonally adjusted by 8.7% in April. tables charts

Commodity Futures Trading Commission chair Michael Selig weighed into the perpetual futures debate in a Monday appearance on CNBC’s “Fast Money,” defending his agency’s decision to approve the asset domestically. Selig said that incumbents will always fear the future, but that the commission is looking to onshore products that are being developed ...

The Federal Reserve's latest policy decision arrives at a pivotal moment for both the US dollar and USD/JPY. With the US Dollar Index pressing against its March high and speculative traders piling into bullish USD positions at the fastest pace in six years, a hawkish outcome could provide the catalyst for a fresh breakout. That would leave Japan's Ministry ...

Key facts: Figures compare the March 2026 quarter with the December 2025 quarter (unless otherwise stated). • New Zealand’s seasonally adjusted current account deficit was $4.6 billion. • The current account deficit for the year ended March 2026 narrowed to $16.3 billion (3.6 percent of gross domestic product (GDP)) compared with a $18.3 billion deficit for ...

Federal Reserve Chairman Kevin Warsh is floating major revisions to the central bank’s management of assets, inflation and public communications. Markets are pricing in higher odds for future rate hikes, rather than rate cuts as emphasized by Chair Warsh in confirmation hearings. CNBC’s Matt Peterson, Steve Liesman and Jeff Cox report.

Consumer confidence fell sharply over the past few months as the impacts from the war in the Middle East have rippled across the global economy through to wallets here in New Zealand. Our Westpac-McDermott Miller Consumer Confidence Index dropped 14.3 points in the June quarter to just 80.4. That’s the lowest level since 2023 (a level below 100 indicates ...

Markets are fully expecting a hold by the Riksbank on 17 June, and consensus is also unanimous. The question is whether policymakers will give any hints that justify the 23bp of tightening priced into the SEK curve by year-end. The determinants will be the tone of the statement, new rate projections and new inflation forecasts. We see a greater risk that ...

SpaceX will move forward with its $60 billion acquisition of artificial intelligence startup Cursor as Elon Musk’s space exploration and AI company seeks a competitive edge against rivals Anthropic and OpenAI after its Wall Street debut last week. SpaceX said in April that it had the rights to buy Cursor, or pay $10 billion to “work together” with the ...

API: Crude: -8.33M Cushing: -1.523M Gasoline: +2.479M Distillates: -0.461M SPR: -8.9M

European Central Bank Chief Economist Philip Lane said Tuesday that last week's 25bp rate hike was a straightforward decision given the inflation outlook and the Eurozone economy's resilience, but declined to say whether further tightening would follow. In an on-stage interview with Reuters, Lane said the ECB's decision to raise the deposit rate to 2.25% ...

When the Federal Reserve wraps up its policy meeting Wednesday, one important thing could be missing — a dot. The central bank’s Federal Open Market Committee is set to release its quarterly update of where individual officials expect interest rates to head this year and through 2028 and beyond. Markets closely parse the grid, known more commonly as the ...

The BoJ raised rates to 1%, the highest rate since 1995. Unlike previous hikes, markets were well prepared and the yen stayed steady following the meeting. In other news, the RBA kept rates on hold, although they left the door open for further hikes if they are needed. The Bank of Japan and the Reserve Bank of Australia both had rate meetings on Tuesday. ...

Iran Foreign Minister Araghchi: Negotiations Between US-Iran Will Start On Same Day The MOU Is Signed - After First Phase, Negotiations To Continue For 60 Days For A Final Agreement Which Will Include ‘Nuclear Issue And Lifting Of Sanctions’

Gold has staged an impressive recovery after plunging to a fresh yearly low earlier this month, with XAU/USD now reclaiming the yearly open and challenging the broader bearish structure. The rebound is beginning to build a stronger technical case that a more significant low may be in place, but key resistance levels still stand overhead. With the Federal ...

Iran seeks full assurance on access to funds in US deal - Iran's Tasnim cites Central Bank Chief Hemmati

A quiet migration is underway in prop trading. The same firms that rushed to register in the Comoros barely a year ago are now surfacing on the books of a different offshore regulator, the Financial Services Commission (FSC) of Mauritius. FundingPips, FundedNext's FNmarkets, Hola Prime and Finotive Markets have all secured Mauritius licences in recent ...

A majority of Federal Reserve policymakers now feel they will need to keep U.S. short-term borrowing costs on hold all year, projections due out on Wednesday are expected to show, with a small number seen penciling in a rate hike to stop a spike in inflation from getting entrenched in the economy. The anticipated adjustments to the Fed's so-called dot plot ...

*US-IRAN DEAL WILL ALLOW IRAN TO IMMEDIATELY SELL OIL: WSJ THE U.S. WILL ALLOW IRAN TO IMMEDIATELY BEGIN SELLING OIL AND FUEL UNDER THE DEAL TO END THE WAR, OFFERING TEHRAN AN EARLY FINANCIAL INCENTIVE TO WIND DOWN THE CONFLICT, PEOPLE FAMILIAR WITH THE AGREEMENT SAID. - WSJ THE PROVISION FOR WAIVERS OF SANCTIONS ON OIL SALES TAKES EFFECT IMMEDIATELY UPON THE SIGNING OF THE AGREEMENT THIS WEEK AND ALSO COVERS NECESSARY SERVICES INCLUDING BANKING, TRANSPORTATION AND INSURANCE TO FACILITATE THE SALES, THE PEOPLE SAID. - WSJ

A US-Iran deal aimed at ending the Middle East war will be signed at Switzerland’s mountainside Burgenstock resort on Friday, the Swiss foreign ministry said. Tehran and Washington announced Sunday they had agreed a memorandum of understanding aimed at ending the conflict, which broke out on February 28 with US-Israeli strikes on Iran and engulfed the ...

Firmer building permits and single-family starts are two reasons to dismiss the sharp plunge in overall housing starts in May. Starts sank 15.4% to 1.177 million annualized, the lowest level since the pandemic shutdowns. This followed a sharp downward revision to April's level, when starts fell 8.5%. However, most of the weakness in May was in volatile ...

The Bank of Japan raised its benchmark interest rate to 1% on Tuesday, citing challenges stemming from a weak Japanese yen and higher prices. The central bank’s increase in the uncollateralized overnight rate, by a quarter of a percentage point from 0.75%, puts it at a three-decade high. The central bank has been trying to normalize monetary policy lately ...

Kevin Warsh is poised to chair his first FOMC meeting, but the focus will be more on whether the statement retains its easing bias and what he says about how the Fed will operate moving forward than any immediate interest rate changes. FOREX.com's Global Head of Research Matt Weller breaks down the key news you need to know ahead of the US Open, as well as ...

Has the Reserve Bank of Australia really finished hiking rates, or are markets getting ahead of themselves? Matt Simpson, FOREX.com Market Analyst, breaks down why the RBA's decision to hold rates at 4.35% may matter less than the economic data due next week. With inflation still too high, growth slowing, and policymakers reluctant to signal victory, ...

ECB's Lane: I can see inflation in the pipeline ECB's Lane: The economy is resilient ECB'S LANE: RATE HIKE WAS “STRAIGHTFORWARD DECISION

G7 Summit LIVE: U.S. President Donald Trump arrives for the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France | World Leaders Arrive in France for G7 Summit | Trump at G7 Summit | Macron | CNBC TV18 EVIAN-LES-BAINS, FRANCE - U.S. President Donald Trump attends the G7 summit in Evian-les-Bains, France. Trump is expected to participate in a working session with G7 leaders ...

TRUMP: WILL HAVE STRAIT OF HORMUZ FULLY OPEN BY FRIDAY *TRUMP: RELATIONSHIP WITH IRAN IS NOW 'NORMALIZED' *TRUMP SAYS IRAN TALKS COULD GO LONGER OR SHORTER THAN 60 DAYS Trump: Will go over the Iran MOU with the media in a couple of days Trump: Hormuz will be toll-free when it opens permanently *TRUMP: SOON WE'LL BE ABLE TO DO INCREASED SANCTIONS ON RUSSIA *TRUMP: I WILL SEND THE IRAN DEAL TO CONGRESS

U.S. import prices increased 1.9 percent in May, the U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics reported today, following a 2.0-percent rise in April. Higher prices for fuel imports and nonfuel imports drove the advance in May. Prices for U.S. exports increased 1.3 percent in May, after rising 3.5 percent the previous month. Prices for U.S. imports advanced 1.9 ...

The U.S. Census Bureau and the U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development jointly announced the following new residential construction statistics for May 2026: Privately-owned housing units authorized by building permits in May were at a seasonally adjusted annual rate of 1,413,000. This is 0.7 percent below the revised April rate of 1,423,000 and is ...