Stocks slip as Wall Street waits

A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York, U.S., on Friday, Nov. 11, 2016. U.S. ...

The three major indexes closed higher for the second week on Friday, but investors are still waiting for positive signs from a Trump agenda.

BHP will provide a "price support mechanism" to ensure that the project can meet its minimum carbon credit requirement ...

BHP backs new forests bond

BHP will stump up $US12 million to back a world-first "forests bond" that has attracted investors including Australian insurance giant QBE and JPMorgan.

Rate fears 'exaggerated': Fed's Evans

Chicago Federal Reserve Bank boss Charles Evans reluctantly accepts a December rate hike would be "reasonable" but suggests there is no dang...