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May 3 (Reuters) - Australian shares rose to a three-month
high on Thursday as investors cheered a weaker local currency,
while firmer commodities prices boosted materials.
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May 3 (Reuters) - Property and casualty insurer Lancashire
Holdings Ltd reported on Thursday a near 48 percent jump
in first-quarter pretax profit, as claims paid out were lower
than the premiums brought in.
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May 3 (Reuters) - British insurer esure Group Plc
on Thursday said claims related to a spell of extreme winter
weather resulted in higher-than-expected costs in its home
insurance business in the first-quarter.
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JOHANNESBURG, May 3 (Reuters) - Barclays Africa Group
, South Africa's No.2 lender by market value, dropped
KPMG as one of its external auditors on Thursday, joining a host
of local companies breaking ties with the firm caught up in an
influence-peddling scandal.
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May 2 (Reuters) - Amazon.com Inc said it has halted
planning for a new office building in Seattle and might
sub-lease rather than occupy another future tower downtown,
pending a city council vote on a proposed tax on top businesses.
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* Bank says could not confirm 19.8 mln account records
destroyed
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LONDON, May 2 (Reuters) - At a time when the impending
withdrawal of European Central Bank stimulus was expected to
hurt southern European bond markets, so-called "peripheral"
euro zone debt continues to outperform its higher-rated peers.
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* AIIB no threat, no reason to change ADB strategy - Nakao
(Recast, adds quotes, details)
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SYDNEY, May 3 (Reuters) - Australia's trade surplus swelled
to a 10-month peak in March as resource exports boasted a bumper
run, suggesting the economy sprang ahead in the first quarter
after a disappointing end to last year.
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* China to allow foreign investors in iron ore futures from
Friday
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