Category: FinanceAsia
HSBC names veteran banker head of Asia belt and road initiative
HSBC Holdings Plc said on Monday it had appointed its Malaysia CEO to the newly created position of head of Belt and Road initiative in Asia Pacific, as it bets on [...]
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Asia stocks post slim gains as investors eye trade tensions
Asian markets are modestly higher as investors watch developments in the simmering trade dispute between the US and China. KEEPING SCORE: Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 [...]
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Asian markets fluctuate, dealers track China-US trade dispute
Asian markets rose on Monday as fears about a potentially catastrophic China-US trade war were tempered by hopes the two sides will be able to hammer out an agreement. US [...]
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Asian markets rise amid uncertainty over US-China trade spat
Asian stock markets rose Monday amid uncertainty about an escalating US-Chinese tariff dispute after President Donald Trump said a settlement was possible but his advisers [...]
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Asian stocks tread water ahead of US jobs data
Asian stocks opened flat on Friday as traders digested the latest developments in the US-China trade spat and eyed all-important US jobs data later in the day. Tokyo stocks [...]
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Asian stocks broadly higher as trade fears ease
Asian stocks were mainly higher during the opening skirmishes Thursday, taking their cue from a stronger session on Wall Street as investors judged recent trade war fears [...]
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Threat from online and mobile fraud growing in Asia-Pacific: Experian
The threat from online and mobile fraud is growing in Asia-Pacific, with digital financial services firms in China, Hong Kong, and Indonesia now among the least trusted by [...]
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Asia shares try to bounce with Wall St, but trade fears lurk
Asian share markets faltered on Wednesday as simmering fears of a Sino-US trade war overshadowed a bounce on Wall Street and left investors reluctant to take positions in [...]
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Asia shares unnerved by trade tension, shrug off Wall St bounce
Asian share markets faltered on Wednesday as simmering Sino-US trade tensions overshadowed a bounce on Wall Street and left investors reluctant to take positions in anything. [...]
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Asia’s cryptocurrency arbitrage boom fizzles, but profits persist
When China closed its local cryptocurrency exchanges late last year, an underground ecosystem of bitcoin “mules” and peer-to-peer platforms sprung up to allow [...]
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Asian markets mostly higher in muted Easter holiday trading
Asian markets were mostly higher in muted trading Monday, as Hong Kong and Australian markets were closed for Easter, and Wall Street and other global markets have been [...]
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Tokyo drives Asia stocks higher in light holiday trade
Tokyo stocks led Asian markets higher on Monday, shrugging off disappointing business confidence data to climb slightly higher in thin holiday trade. With no direction from [...]
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Asia markets drift higher even after China rolls out tariffs
Asia Pacific stocks finished the first trading day of the quarter on a weaker note as markets reversed gains seen earlier in the day. Markets also digested new tariffs on US [...]
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Tokyo stocks lead Asia higher in thin holiday trade
Japanese stocks led the way in Asia on Friday, climbing higher following a rally on Wall Street but the majority of Asian markets were closed for the Easter holiday. Easing [...]
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Asia markets see more losses as Easter break approaches
Asian stocks fluctuated on Thursday as a volatile week draws to an early close in many markets, while bubbling trade tensions and another painful day for Wall Street [...]
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