• Reuters

    Steady dollar sends yen to the brink of 160

    The dollar was firm on Wednesday and trading on the precipice of the 160 yen barrier as investors turned cautious and counted down to the release of U.S. price data at the end of the week. At 159.71 per dollar, the yen's level has markets on alert since that is only a whisker shy of where Japanese authorities likely stepped in to buy yen in April. A surprise jump in Canadian inflation that showed up in data released on Tuesday also injected some nerves into otherwise placid foreign exchange trade, sending the Canadian dollar briefly spiking to a three-week high.

  • The Independent

    Friendly’s and Hershey’s ice creams among nearly 70 products recalled over risk of listeria contamination

    Recall impacted over a dozen brands but FDA says no illnesses yet reported from potential contamination

  • The Telegraph

    Julian Assange: Free-speech crusader or threat to the West?

    Julian Assange has been one of the more divisive figures of modern times. To his supporters, the WikiLeaks founder is a champion of free speech and press freedom; a crusader for truth, justice and accountability, who defied establishment efforts to keep the public in the dark about important secrets. “A hero for the ages,” in the words of Matt Kennard, the co-founder of Declassified UK.