RIO DE JANEIRO - Brazilian police stopped three U.S. Olympic swimmers from boarding a flight home to question them about inconsistencies in their accounts of being robbed at gunpoint in Rio de Janeiro.
The first of 26 people on trial for their roles in a weeks-long takeover of an Oregon wildlife refuge in January has been sentenced to 2-1/2 years in federal prison, the Oregonian newspaper reported.
LOS ANGELES SolarCity Corp on Wednesday said it would cut operating costs, including slashing its chief executive's salary, to bring expenses in line with its reduced solar installation outlook.
BERLIN/ANKARA German Interior Minister Thomas de Maiziere on Wednesday defended a leaked government report alleging Turkey was a hub for Islamist groups, a charge that has further strained tensions with Ankara, a key partner in efforts to stem mass migration.
WASHINGTON German auto supplier Robert Bosch GmbH was a "knowing and active participant" in a decade-long scheme by Volkswagen AG to evade U.S. emissions laws, according to lawyers for U.S. owners of polluting VW diesel vehicles.
SEOUL North Korea's deputy ambassador in London has defected with his family to South Korea, making him the highest-ranking Pyongyang diplomat ever to flee the isolated regime for the democratic South, South Korea said on Wednesday.
CARACAS Venezuelan police crushed and chopped up nearly 2,000 shotguns and pistols in a Caracas city square on Wednesday, as the new interior minister relaunched a long-stalled gun control campaign in one of the world's most crime-ridden countries.
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| Name | Yield | Change |
|---|---|---|
| US 10YR |
+1.537
|
-0.024 |
| DE 10YR |
-0.057
|
-0.010 |
| JP 10YR |
-0.085
|
-0.010 |
| Name | USD | EUR | JPY |
|---|---|---|---|
| USD | 1 | 1.1311 | 0.0100 |
| EUR | 0.8841 | 1 | 0.0088 |
| JPY | 99.8900 | 113.0000 | 1 |
| Index | Last | Chg |
|---|---|---|
| Gold |
1,353.60
USD
|
+10.90
Exp: Aug16
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| Copper |
2.16
USD
|
+0.01
Exp: Aug16
|
| Crude Oil |
46.75
USD
|
-0.04
Exp: Aug16
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