Category: FinanceAsia
Asian markets suffer fresh losses on trade war fears
Most Asian markets extended last week’s worldwide losses as investors fret that Donald Trump’s controversial tariffs on $60 billion of Chinese goods will spark a [...]
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Asian stocks fall for 3rd day on US-China trade tensions
Asian stocks fell for a third day Monday amid mounting fears about US-Chinese trade tensions. KEEPING SCORE: The Shanghai Composite Index lost 1.6 percent to 3,100.91 points [...]
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Asian markets tumble with Wall St as Trump sparks trade war fears
Asian markets plunged Friday following a sell-off in New York as Donald Trump sparked fresh trade war fears by imposing huge tariffs on Chinese imports and Beijing unveiled [...]
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Phan Van Khai, First Vietnamese prime minister to Visit Washington, Dies at 84
Phan Van Khai was born on December 25, 1933, in the Cu Chi District of HCM City, then called Saigon, according to the Vietnamese news media. He later studied economics and [...]
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Asian shares mixed after Fed raises interest rates
Shares were mixed in Asia on Thursday after US stock indexes finished with small losses following the Federal Reserve’s interest rate hike. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s [...]
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Asian markets tumble with Wall St as Facebook breach hits tech
The sharp morning sell-off in Asian markets Tuesday eased later in the day but investors remain on edge ahead of a key Federal Reserve policy meeting. Regional equities [...]
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Asian shares track US tech slump, focus on Fed meeting
Asian shares skidded Tuesday following an overnight decline on Wall Street after Facebook reported its worst loss in four years. Investors are awaiting the first Federal [...]
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Asian markets mixed following Wall Street gains
Asian stock markets were mixed Monday following Wall Street’s gain and China’s appointment of a new central bank governor and other top economic officials. [...]
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GLOBAL MARKETS-Asia gets the jitters as Fed meeting looms
Asian share markets got off to a hesitant start on Monday for a week in which the Federal Reserve is likely to deliver a hike in US interest rates and perhaps signal that as [...]
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Tokyo stocks hit by Abe worries, Asian dealers await Fed
Tokyo sank on Monday as Japanese prime minister Shinzo Abe’s political future hangs in the balance over a cronyism scandal, while Asian traders moved cautiously before [...]
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Asian markets mixed after week of fluctuation
Asian investors remained on edge Friday as the curtain came down on another volatile week for markets with fears of a global trade war playing off against a positive economic [...]
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Asian markets extend losses as trade war fears return
Asian markets staged a recovery from early losses Thursday but investors stayed cautious as trade war fears return to the fore, with worries Donald Trump will go full-steam [...]
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Asian shares slip on US protectionism fears
Asian shares faltered on Wednesday amid fears of rising US protectionism as President Donald Trump fired his Secretary of State, regarded as a moderate in his administration, [...]
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Asian shares tumble after Tillerson exit, Wall Street drop
Asian shares fell Wednesday, taking their cue from a dip on Wall Street after the abrupt departure of US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson. Concern over tariff hikes announced [...]
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Asia shares mixed on trade outlook, tighter China oversight
Asian markets mostly rose but investors moved cautiously Tuesday as the recent global rally lost steam, while trade tensions returned and markets look ahead to the release of [...]
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