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Jeff Mason is a White House Correspondent for Reuters and the 2016-2017 president of the White House Correspondents’ Association. He was the lead Reuters correspondent for President Barack Obama's 2012 campaign and interviewed the president at the White House in 2015. Jeff has been based in Washington since 2008, when he covered the historic race between Obama, Hillary Clinton and John McCain. Jeff started his career in Frankfurt, Germany, where he covered the airline industry before moving to Brussels, Belgium, where he covered the European Union. He is a Colorado native, proud graduate of Northwestern University and former Fulbright scholar.
Twitter handle: @jeffmason1
Australians' trust in U.S. sinks to lowest in over decade amid Trump presidency
SYDNEY Australians' trust in the United States as a global power is at its lowest in over a decade, and they have more confidence in the leaders of China and India than they do in President Donald Trump "to do the right thing regarding world affairs", according to survey released on Wednesday.
Asian business sentiment edges up to hit seven-year high - Thomson Reuters/INSEAD
(This March 21 story removes incorrect statement in last paragraph that the auto sector matched its highest reading ever.)
Amazon sells Australians a way to beat geoblock with Prime
SYDNEY Amazon.com Inc began offering its paid subscription service in Australia on Tuesday, wooing premium users with a way around the geoblock on its offshore websites that has drawn criticism in the world's 12th-biggest economy.
Chinese ride-sharing giant Didi picks Australia for first Western foray
SYDNEY/SHANGHAI Didi Chuxing Technology Co Ltd, the Chinese ride-sharing company that bought the mainland operations of Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL], will begin offering its service this month in Australia, its first foray in a Western-style country. | Video
Australian regulator sues Westpac for staffer's poor financial advice
SYDNEY An Australian regulator filed a lawsuit against No. 2 lender Westpac Banking Corp over a financial planner it alleges gave poor advice for years, upping its scrutiny of a sector already under fire amid an embarrassing public inquiry.
Chinese ride-sharing giant Didi picks Australia for first Western foray
SYDNEY, June 15 Didi Chuxing Technology Co Ltd, the Chinese ride-sharing company which bought the mainland operations of Uber Technologies Inc, said it will begin offering its service this month in Australia, its first foray in a Western country.
Australian lender Prospa in last-minute listing delay on regulator queries
SYDNEY Small business lender Prospa Group delayed a listing at the eleventh hour on Wednesday after a regulator questioned its loan terms, in a sign scrutiny was increasing across every corner of Australia's scandal-ridden financial sector.
Australia charges former local heads of Citi, Deutsche, ANZ in cartel case
SYDNEY Australian authorities have charged the former local bosses of Citigroup Inc and Deutsche Bank AG with "criminal cartel offences" over a $2.3 billion stock issue, one of the country's biggest cases of alleged white-collar crime. | Video
Global airlines slash profit outlook as fuel costs jump
SYDNEY Global airlines on Monday slashed their forecast for industry profits in 2018 on a spike in fuel costs, while warning higher interest rates and a host of geopolitical tensions would add to operating risks. | Video
Qantas plans to change Taiwan website reference, but says needs time
SYDNEY Australia's Qantas Airways Ltd said it plans to change its website to refer to Taiwan as a Chinese territory, not an independent nation, but that it needed extra time to comply with the request from Beijing.
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