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Amber PlumDeputy Business Editor

Amber Plum has been Deputy Business Editor at The Australian since 2018, after joining the masthead in 2016. She was previously a European correspondent and deputy editor at Business Spectator.

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Malaysia gets new bank chief

Malaysia’s central bank governor has been replaced amid the contentious 1MDB scandal.

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$100 Australian dollar notes pop out of a wallet with credit cards, pictured in Brisbane, Tuesday, Aug. 20, 2013. (AAP Image/Dan Peled) NO ARCHIVING

Qld leads insovency rise

Personal insolvencies rose in the first quarter of 2016, with the highest number in Queensland.

Markets

A man looks at an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo, Monday, April 25, 2016. Asian stocks fell across the board Monday ahead of policy decisions by the U.S. Federal Reserve and the Bank of Japan as well as major earnings reports and economic data from Japan and China expected later in the week. (AP Photo/Koji Sasahara)

Asian shares mixed, caution reigns

Regional stockmarkets have seen a measure of reluctance ahead of this week’s central bank meetings.

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(FILES) This file photo taken on July 27, 2010 shows a person using a petrol pump in a BP filing station in Peckham, south London. BP fell into a hefty loss during the first quarter, hit by low crude prices and costs related to the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill, the British energy giant said on April 26, 2016. BP announced a net loss of $583 million (517 million euros) for the first three months of the year, which compared with a profit after tax of $2.6 billion during the first quarter of 2015. / AFP PHOTO / CARL COURT

Oil prices lift on softer greenback

Crude is being propped up by currency weakness ahead of the Federal Reserve’s meeting.

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Stacks of Australian one dollar coins. Focus on front coin.

Dollar drifts as Fed eyed

The local unit has slipped as investors hold out for the Federal Reserve’s update.

Economics

A demonstrator holding a Greek flag joins a protest against Greece's creditors in Athens, Monday, April 4, 2016, as Greece's government started new talks with bailout creditors amid a dispute over a wiretapped and leaked conversation between foreign officials involved in the Greek bailout negotiations. The main sticking points are mandated pension cuts, tax reforms and future cuts Greece must make to meet bailout targets. The country has depended on bailouts since 2010. (AP Photo/Lefteris Pitarakis)

Greece fails to strike debt deal

Athens has failed to broker a debt deal with its lenders, despite some progress, the IMF says.

Markets

Dollar capped by oil’s fall

A strong greenback and lower oil price has held the local unit close to US77.5c.

Markets

A general view taken on April 16, 2016 shows the Shuaiba oil refinery south of Kuwait City. Kuwaiti oil workers plan to go on strike on April 17, 2016 in protest to what they call the government's plan to cut their annual benefits and bonuses. / AFP PHOTO / YASSER AL-ZAYYAT

Crude prices drop after Kuwait

Brent crude slips more than 2 per cent as Kuwait workers end a three-day strike.

Technology

Huawei plans $US2bn bond offer

ANZ Bank is among those likely to manage the telco giant’s offering as it lifts its challenge to Apple.

Markets

Generic pictures of Australian notes and coins.

Dollar drifts lower on China

The local unit has reversed the day’s gains, amid profit taking and Chinese jitters.

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