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The anonymous 'meme-lord' who's got Wall Street wired

Financial Times: Litquidity’s viral posts are comedic cocaine to finance high-flyers.

Financial storm bears down on US commercial real estate

Financial Times: Long-awaiting reckoning arrives as building loans come due.

PwC parachutes in veteran to run scandal-hit Australian arm

Financial Times: After tax leaks scandal, consulting firm seeks to rebuild reputation.

Sticky inflation adversary prompts call to cut public spending

Financial Times: Are governments playing too fast and loose with fiscal policy?

EU to look at manipulating weather to address climate change

Financial Times: Commission braves climate storms by wading into geo-engineering debate.

Taxi test for bonds signals end of the ‘Tina’ era

FT: ‘There is no alternative to equities' mantra fades as fixed income's popularity rises.

Hello Foods receivership: Creditors claim $20m, liquidators called in

"We lost a lot of money."

Heavy traffic index up - but 'real' recession still expected

Are we there yet? 'Muddlling' economy a sign of colliding forces, bank says.

Reddit stands firm in clash with users as blackout on forums escalates

Financial Times: Social media platform and its moderators are in a stand-off.

Investment scam warning over ‘interest rates comparison’ site

Some victims have lost hundreds of thousands of dollars to such scams, FMA says.

‘Housing market found a base’: What you need to know about new REINZ data

Level of sales remains low but volumes rose in each of the past three months. What next?

Three areas where REINZ sees recovery: House price changes

Auckland is now at $995,000, the third month in a row its median is below $1m.

Fed pauses rate rise campaign but signals more to come

First reprieve since US central bank embarked on aggressive monetary tightening programme.

GDP preview: Did we avoid recession? Economists make their calls

Data this week will reveal how the economy performed in the first quarter of the year

Lower inflation on food prices ‘a long way away’, economists say

Annual food price inflation is still close to 30-year highs.

ComCom warns HSBC over home loan and overdraft contracts

The bank self-reported the breaches.