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Signs of firm US recovery trigger market gains
Evidence that the U.S. economic recovery is firmly on track drove markets higher on Friday, adding to the cheer from good economic indicators out of ...
HK clamps down on cross-border baby formula trade
Hong Kong announced measures Friday to curb the amount of baby formula that mainland Chinese visitors are buying as anger grows at shortages in the ...
Asia stock markets mixed on US jobless data
Asian stock markets were mixed Friday after a weak jobs report from the U.S. unnerved some investors, although losses were stanched by Wall Street's ...
Asia stocks fall after US shows 4Q contraction
An unexpected contraction in the U.S. economy at the end of 2012 sent Asian stock markets into retreat Thursday. The U.S. economy shrank in the fourth ...
Asia stocks up on strong US earnings
Asian stock markets rose Wednesday after strong U.S. corporate earnings led investors to ignore sagging consumer confidence. Japan's Nikkei rose 1.
Asia stocks rise as Wall Street flirts with highs
Asian stock markets posted modest gains Tuesday as the feel-good factor lingered from near-record highs on Wall Street and signs of an upswing in U.S.
Asia stocks up slightly on strong US earnings
Asian stock markets posted slight gains Monday after strong U.S. earnings pushed Wall Street indexes to multi-year highs, though Japan's Nikkei dipped ...
Karnow, Vietnam reporter-historian, dies at age 87
Stanley Karnow, the award-winning author and journalist who wrote a definitive book about the Vietnam War, worked on an accompanying documentary and ...
Markets higher on good news from Europe, Japan
Positive economic news from the European Central Bank and Germany, combined with promises of more monetary easing in Japan, helped stock indexes in ...
Survey finds China manufacturing hits 2-year high
China's manufacturing crept higher in January to the fastest pace in two years, a survey showed Thursday, in another sign the world's second-biggest ...
Asia stocks gain as China manufacturing improves
Asian stock markets were mostly higher Thursday, supported by Congress averting a U.S. government default and a pickup in China's manufacturing in ...
China elder Jiang Zemin takes a public step back
Influential Chinese ex-President Jiang Zemin has been moved down the top leadership's pecking order — at least in public — as the ruling Communist ...
Asia stocks fall before BOJ meeting ends
Asian stock markets fell Tuesday as traders waited for Japan's central bank to announce stimulus measures after wrapping up a two-day policy meeting.
Markets struggle to hold onto gains
Global stock markets struggled to hold onto gains made Friday, when strong Chinese economic figures and signs of a U.S. recovery buoyed investor ...
As Tibet burns, China makes arrests, seizes TVs
Chinese authorities are responding to an intensified wave of Tibetan self-immolation protests against Chinese rule by clamping down even harder — ...
Asia stocks rise as US, China economies improve
Asian stock markets rose Friday after signs that the U.S. economic recovery is gaining traction and a rebound in China's growth emboldened investors ...
Unpopular HK leader tries to soothe housing anger
Hong Kong's unpopular Beijing-backed leader said he'll make it a priority to solve the city's housing crisis, trying to soothe widespread discontent ...
Asia stocks mixed, Nikkei falls as yen slide halts
Japan's benchmark stock index toppled off a 32-month high Wednesday after the yen's slide went into reverse. Other benchmarks were mixed as investors ...
Asia stocks gain on Bernanke comments, weaker yen
Asian stocks posted modest gains Tuesday after Fed chief Ben Bernanke said the central bank's bond buying is providing crucial support for the U.S.
China mulls hiking investment quota for foreigners
China's securities watchdog is considering substantially raising the quota that foreign institutions are allowed to invest in the country's stock ...
Asia stocks higher on China recovery optimism
Asian stock markets rose Monday on optimism that China's economic recovery is firmly taking root. Many analysts expect China's fourth quarter and 2012 ...
Markets temper enthusiasm after Japan stimulus
World markets see-sawed Friday between hope and concern for the world economy, as investors weighed a massive spending package meant to reinvigorate ...