Early in February this year, the Reserve Bank of Australia made the surprising announcement that it would keep interest rates steady for the time being instead of the rate cut that many economists and analysts had predicted in these slight rocky economic conditions. The RBA signalled that it remained optimistic about the future of the economy and Australia’s strong positioning in booming sectors,... 

EBay has announced that it will open a pop-up store in London to attract consumers and get them to shop online.  The shop will be located on Dean Street in London’s West End and will be open from December 1 to December 5. Two other pop-up stores will be located in New York and San Francisco.  These pop-up stores will have cafés set up alongside the storefronts, food trucks, and free Wi-Fi.  The... 

A federal judge has rejected the Securities and Exchange Commission’s $285 million settlement plan with Citigroup Inc. over a mortgage-bond deal.  The SEC accused Citigroup of failing to disclose to investors that it had a role in selecting the investments included in a $1 billion mortgage-bond deal called Class V Funding III.  The company also reportedly failed to disclose that it retained... 

Jefferies Group Inc. has hired no less than seven UBS bankers in the past two months.  Many of the new hires come from the Hong Kong division of UBS and follows the hiring of Ren Wang to be the company’s Asia president.  Wang will start in Hong Kong next week. People with knowledge of the matter said two executive directors at UBS, Ronald Tam and Dai Qiang, were hired as managing directors for... 

At least thirteen American soldiers and four Afgan nationals were killed on Saturday when a Taliban car bomber attacked an armored bus in Kabul, a U.S. military official said, marking the single most deadly attack on American troops in the country’s capital since the war began in 2001. The attack follows recent attacks on the American Embassy in Afghanistan and NATO’s headquarters in the country... 

Each week, Mike Florio of ProFootballTalk hosts a podcast listing the hottest coaching seats in the NFL. This week, not surprisingly, PFT listed Jaguars Head Coach Jack Del Rio. “(Del Rio) is the odds on favorite to be the first guy fired during the season,” said Florio. He also added Del Rio should be “biting his fingernails right now.” Here’s the full list: 5) Jason... 

JACKSONVILLE — Peter King of CNN-SI tweeted yesterday that Jaguars cornerback Rashean Mathis could be on the trading block. Mathis, the Jaguars all-time interception leader, was drafted by the team in 2003. He and Greg Jones are the only Jaguars originally brought in by Del Rio that are still on the club’s roster. Mathis made the Pro Bowl in 2006 after a stellar campaign with eight interceptions.... 

JACKSONVILLE — Blaine Gabbert’s first NFL start didn’t go too bad, but in the end, the Jaguars weren’t able to make enough plays to beat the Panthers. An ultra-conservative game plan that led to 22 of 24 plays at one point being runs in the second half, and the coaching staff’s insistence on sitting on a two-point lead, were largely to blame. Here’s how the Jaguars...