Baidu, owner of China's biggest online search engine, is seeking a $US1 billion loan as the Wall Street Journal says Alibaba Group will pay $US1 billion for a controlling stake in Singapore's Lazada.
Investors aren't hearing reassuring words from Federal Reserve chief Janet Yellen and instead are focusing on three key risks likely to roil markets in coming months.
Argentina is set to return to the international bond market for the first time in 15 years, aiming to raise as much as $US12 billion after a long fight with creditors.
Jamie Dimon said he's concerned demand for Treasuries will decline and the Federal Reserve will raise interest rates faster than people expect.
The IMF says global holdings of the $A jumped 34 per cent last year, a vote of confidence in the currency that RBA governor Glenn Stevens doesn't need right now.
Capital Economics says it's highly unlikely Australia is about to suffer a debt crisis and recession.
Wall Street's top banks held firm to their expectation for a rate lift in June and expect a total of two increases this year, a survey show...
Bill Gross is wrapping up his best quarter since taking over the Janus Global Unconstrained Bond Fund.
Treasuries fell, led by 30-year bonds, as traders look to US employment data for the next clue to the Fed's interest-rate path.
Ireland sold its first so-called century bond, less than three years after it regained economic sovereignty by exiting an international bail...
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