While lawmakers continue to fight over how to fix the ailing U.S. Postal Service, the agency's money problems are only growing worse.

Woodside Petroleum Ltd.'s (WPL.AU) giant Pluto project, at one time plagued by cost blowouts and delays, has gotten off to a flying start that's enabled the Australian oil company to ramp up its annual production guidance.

China's biggest four banks issued around CNY50 billion ($7.9 billion) in new yuan loans in the first half of July, double that of the same period last month, the state-run Shanghai Securities News reported Thursday, citing unnamed sources.

Despite rising sales, Capital One Financial (NYSE:COF) reported falling profit in the second quarter.

Standard Chartered Bank Korea was visited by anti-trust agency officials Wednesday as part of an investigation into possible collusion on certificate of deposit rates by brokerages or banks, a spokeswoman for the company said Thursday.

Bank Of Ayudhya PCL (BCP.TH) - Bangkok Figures in Thai baht Second Quarter to June 30: 2012 2011 Net Profit THB3,698,538,000 THB2,971,867,000 Earnings per share 0.61 0.49 Six Month to June 30: 2012 2011 Net Profit THB7,128,620,000 THB5,780,013,000 Earnings per share 1.17 0.95 All figures are

CIMB Bank is seeking to price a five-year benchmark dollar bond to yield around 200 basis points over comparable Treasurys, according to a term sheet seen by Dow Jones Newswires Thursday.

Strong corporate earnings in the U.S. helped push Asian stocks higher Thursday while the Australian dollar reached an 11-week high against the greenback in overnight trading.

Hong Kong stocks rebounded in early trading Thursday, with telecommunication and financial sectors among the leaders after a strong performance on Wall Street led by technology counters.