The central bank decides to raise its short-term policy rate to 1% from 0.75% by a 7-1 vote
The firms are catching up with early movers that have recently been logging record premiums
Oil prices, which settled at a three-month low overnight, reflected the cautious stance, with Brent crude futures up 51 cents, or 0.6 per cent, at US$83.74 a barrel.
The company is eliminating just under 1% of its workforce

















