TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s core consumer inflation in April exceeded a central bank target of 2% for the first time in seven years, but only thanks to rising import costs, not the strong domestic demand that the central bank has been trying to kindle.FILE PHOTO: A shopper looks at packs of vegetables at a market […]

Denverites are trying to keep the city’s history alive by preserving its historic houses, maintaining them as inns, museums and more. The Mile High City is home to around 300 spaces listed on the National Register of Historic Places, with buildings, parks, cemeteries, bridges and districts making the list, according to History Colorado. However, a […]

ZURICH (Reuters) – Credit Suisse should start looking for a new CEO to replace Thomas Gottstein, top-ten shareholder Artisan Partners told Reuters, becoming the first major investor to publicly call for such a move at the scandal-hit Swiss bank.FILE PHOTO: Chief Executive Officer of Credit Suisse, Thomas Gottstein, speaks during the fourth annual Future Investment […]

FRANKFURT (Reuters) – European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde has given national central bank chiefs a bigger say in policy meetings, asking her own board to speak less and set aside more time for debate, sources familiar with the process said.FILE PHOTO: President of European Central Bank Christine Lagarde addresses a news conference following the […]

HONG KONG (Reuters) – Asian shares edged higher on Tuesday despite data reinforcing investor fears the global economic recovery may be more fragile than expected, even as inflationary pressures remain high.Blank prices are displayed in the stock quotation boards at the Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) after the TSE temporarily suspended all trading due to system […]

OPINION: There were more datapoints this week suggesting the public of New Zealand and its Government are currently inhabiting different planets. Going on the statements from the Beehive, ministers are clearly focused on growing the public service, doling out a big climate change slush fund, taking the long handle to the public’s preferred means of […]

Warning: This article discusses suicide and could be distressing for some people. Two property buyers lost an appeal against a real estate agent and her manager that they had not been told about a suicide at a place they bought. The two complained the agent had only told them of a “sudden death” but did […]

A Dallas-based developer that proposed an apartment project in the heart of Cherry Creek last year has paid $29 million for the land. SW Cherry Creek Owner LLC purchased 219-255 Detroit St. in simultaneous transactions with multiple sellers. The combined site is 0.72 acres, meaning the buyer paid about $928 a square foot based on the land. […]

A developer planning nine west Auckland townhouses is offering to pay $300/week off buyers’ mortgages in a move one financier has called “a sales gimmick”. Sam Mishriki, managing director of Orchard 10, has made the two-year offer amounting to $31,200/townhouse to each potential buyer of yet-to-be-built two-level places planned for 10 Orchard St, Avondale. “… […]

Tourism Minister Stuart Nash is taking the ”New Zealand is open” message to Australia this week but travel and tourism groups say it’s more a case of”not quite.” This country’s pre-departure Covid test requirement for incoming passengers continues to be an impediment, they say. Nash is leading a delegation to one of the first major […]