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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese announces a AU$110 million military aid package to Ukraine.
2023-06-26

The British government releases US$500 million of sanctioned Iranian assets after Iran releases the prisoners.
2022-03-16

China is threatening to impose bans on up to $6 billion of key Australian exports such as wine, copper, barley, coal, sugar, timber and lobster beginning Friday, straining trade relations between the two countries.
2020-11-3

Australia's Commonwealth Bank agrees to pay a fine of A$700 million for failing to disclose banking transactions above A$10,000.
2018-06-4

A London-based trader who traded on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange, Navinder Singh Sarao, accused of contributing to the 2010 Wall Street "flash crash" by placing bogus orders to spoof the market, fails in his legal bid to stop extradition and will now be sent to the United States to face trial where he is wanted by U.S. authorities on 22 criminal counts of wire fraud, commodities fraud, and market manipulation. A judge initially approved his extradition in March, and today his bid to launch an appeal against that decision was rejected, ending his 18-month legal fight. He will now be extradited within 28 days.
2016-10-14

Within hours of a government announcement that Kazakhstan will abandon its currency-band exchange-rate system to implement a free-floating exchange rate, the tenge loses 26% of its value against the US dollar.
2015-08-20

American multinational food corporation Tyson Foods agrees to buy Hillshire Brands for US$7.7 billion.
2014-06-9

American multinational private equity firm Kohlberg Kravis Roberts purchases American new media company Internet Brands for $1.1 billion.
2014-06-4

The Australian Dollar falls to its lowest level against the US Dollar since 2010.
2013-06-29

The Australian dollar reaches $1.10 in United States dollars, its highest level since the Australian dollar was floated in 1983.
2011-05-2