NZ dollar rises vs US ahead of Bernanke speech

U.S. stocks opened higher Tuesday, with more U.S. Federal Reserve officials due to deliver speeches during the day. Major stock indices ended lower on Monday as Chicago Fed President Charles Evans, a voting member of the Federal Open Market ...

European stocks are set to edge lower on Tuesday as investors await the release of the FOMC minutes and a speech from Fed Chairman Ben Bernanke before the Joint Economic Committee of Congress on Wednesday for cues on the Fed's stance on continuing ...

Yesterday, on the Senate floor, Richard Durbin, the Illinois Democrat, gave a nine-minute speech about the continuing gun violence in the months since Newtown, and the Senate's inability to pass a universal background check bill. To illustrate the ...

Adam Kokesh has promoted a variety of causes over the past six years, including peace in Iraq and free speech. His latest idea is a march into the District by 1,000 people carrying loaded rifles. 1 / 11 Rate this Photo: 1 2 3 4 5 Buy this Photo ...

Four Welsh Conservative MPs are now backing an amendment criticising the Queen's Speech for not including a commitment to an EU referendum. Carmarthen West and South Pembrokeshire MP Simon Hart and Monmouth MP David Davies join Guto Bebb and Alun ...

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The ABC will never see its own Leftist bias while it's unable to detect that same bias in others: In a speech to the independent think tank Per Capita at Canberra's National Portrait Gallery, the Prime Minister has confirmed that by the end of this ...

The mystery scar on deputy speaker Nigel Evan's head was not caused by a reiki massage as the embattled Tory MP has claimed, according to the alternative therapist who treated him. Evans was when he appeared publicly to declare his shock at the ...

) A MODEST SPEECH FROM HER MAJESTY "The Queen will open a new session of Parliament by announcing a comparatively modest legislative agenda after Downing Street pared back its proposed list of Bills. "Amid complaints from Tory MPs that the ...