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Most markets advance after tech-fuelled Wall St surge
Feb 02, 2024 (AFP)
Disappointment over the Federal Reserve's warning this week that borrowing costs would not likely be cut in March was tempered by the knowledge they are all but...
Banking tycoon Bao Fan steps down as head of China Renaissance
Feb 02, 2024 (AFP)
Bao rose to fame as a key player in the emergence of some of the country's biggest tech giants, supervising blockbuster IPOs and the landmark 2015 merger betwee...
China economic slowdown to persist through 2028: IMF
Feb 02, 2024 (AFP)
The world's second-largest economy last year saw some of its slowest growth in decades, as a debt crisis in the property sector added to geopolitical tensions a...
Most Asian markets retreat as Fed crushes March rate cut hope
Feb 01, 2024 (AFP)
The downbeat sentiment was compounded by disappointing earnings from US titans Microsoft and Alphabet, which pummelled the tech sector, while investors were als...
Asian markets swing as traders eye Fed, US jobs and earnings
Jan 31, 2024 (AFP)
A key Treasury auction, US jobs figures and earnings from some of the world's biggest companies including Apple and Amazon were also in view this week. That all...
China factory activity shrinks for fourth straight month
Jan 31, 2024 (AFP)
The purchasing managers' index (PMI) -- a key measure of factory output -- came in at 49.2 percent in January, according to China's National Bureau of Statistic...
Asian markets swing as traders eye Fed, jobs and earnings
Jan 31, 2024 (AFP)
A key Treasury auction, US jobs figures and earnings from some of the world's biggest companies including Apple and Amazon were also in view this week. That all...
Oil rises on fresh Middle East fears, equities advance
Jan 29, 2024 (AFP)
The drone strike on a base in Jordan -- which came days after Yemen's Huthi group struck a vessel in the Red Sea -- ramped up tensions in the region and stoked ...
Hong Kong court orders liquidation of China's Evergrande
Jan 29, 2024 (AFP)
Once China's biggest real estate firm, its astronomical debt of more than $300 billion had become emblematic of a years-long crisis in the country's property ma...
China announces fresh bailouts for ailing property sector
Jan 26, 2024 (AFP)
Troubles in the property industry have been one of the main headwinds facing the world's second-largest economy, with a government clampdown on excessive borrow...
China's Xi hails ties with France in face of global 'uncertainties'
Jan 26, 2024 (AFP)
Speaking in a video message to a reception in Beijing on Thursday evening, Xi said six decades of diplomatic relations had served "world peace, stability and de...
Asian equity rally fades despite Wall St records sparked by US data
Jan 26, 2024 (AFP)
The tepid display came despite more record finishes for the Dow and S&P 500 in New York fueled by forecast-beating US growth data and news that a key inflation ...
Shanghai, Hong Kong rally on China stimulus hopes, Asian markets mixed
Jan 25, 2024 (AFP)
Another record close for the S&P 500 on Wall Street provided a positive lead for investors, while a string of data including on US economic growth and jobs coul...
China warns EU's economic image 'at stake' after new trade curbs
Jan 25, 2024 (AFP)
"The EU's image in the fields of economics and international trade is at stake," foreign ministry spokesman Wang Wenbin said, urging the EU against "taking anti...
Shanghai, Hong Kong rally on China stimulus hope, equity markets mixed
Jan 25, 2024 (AFP)
Another record close for the S&P 500 on Wall Street provided a positive lead for investors, while a string of data including on US economic growth and jobs coul...
China to cut amount banks hold in reserve to boost lending
Jan 24, 2024 (AFP)
The decision comes as the world's second-largest economy faces multiple headwinds, including a prolonged crisis in the property sector, sluggish domestic consum...
Hong Kong leads most Asian markets higher on China support hopes
Jan 23, 2024 (AFP)
The surge came after another record day on Wall Street where optimism about the outlook for the US economy has taken the place of expectations for a string of i...
Amazon's French warehouses fined over employee surveillance
Jan 23, 2024 (AFP)
Amazon France Logistique monitored the work of employees in particular through data from scanners used by the staff to process packages, according to the agency...
Poland, Ukraine leaders meet to renew diplomatic ties amid deal on trucker protests
Jan 22, 2024 (UPI)
The two leaders met in what was Tusk's first visit to Ukraine days after Poland's government negotiated a suspension of a border blockade by Polish truckers, wi...
Most Asian markets rise after Wall St record
Jan 22, 2024 (AFP)
A surge in tech titans including Apple, Amazon, Nvidia and Facebook parent Meta pushed the S&P 500 to its first new all-time high since early 2022 thanks to bet...
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