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Asian markets mixed as rate hike woes offset China tech hopes
Jun 07, 2022 (AFP)
A spike in US Treasury yields took the wind out of the sales for Wall Street, with focus now on the release of inflation data from the United States and China a...
European stock market plans tech-only index
Jun 07, 2022 (AFP)
Euronext announced 108 firms will be part of its Euronext Tech Leaders "segment", an initiative that has drawn comparisons to the Nasdaq in New York, an exchang...
Asian markets mixed as US jobs data give Fed room to hike rates
Jun 06, 2022 (AFP)
US traders took flight after the closely watched non-farm payroll figures Friday, which showed a slowdown in hiring but still with more new posts created than e...
Stocks, oil prices rise on China boost
Jun 06, 2022 (AFP)
London's stock market, reopening after a British public holiday to mark Queen Elizabeth II's Platinum Jubilee, shrugged off news that embattled British Prime Mi...
Markets mixed as US jobs data give Fed room to hike rates
Jun 06, 2022 (AFP)
US traders took flight after the closely watched non-farm payroll figures Friday, which showed a slowdown in hiring but still with more new posts created than e...
Asian markets track Wall St up before jobs data, oil holds gains
Jun 03, 2022 (AFP)
A below-forecast reading on US private jobs offered some support to New York, even as inflation and interest rate hike concerns remained major headaches. While ...
EU seeks to unblock stalled trade deals
Jun 03, 2022 (AFP)
Following a meeting of trade ministers of the 27 member states, EU trade commissioner Valdis Dombrovskis said there "was a very broad consensus" that the bloc n...
Calls for ILO mission to China to probe labour abuse charges
Jun 02, 2022 (AFP)
The ILO's main annual assembly in Geneva gathered representatives of countries, labour and employers who voiced alarm at charges, vehemently denied by China, of...
Asian markets drop on recession fears, output report hits oil
Jun 02, 2022 (AFP)
However, price pressures were eased by a more than two percent drop in crude following a report saying Saudi Arabia had indicated it was willing to pump more if...
Beijing sets up $120 bn credit line to drive infrastructure
Jun 02, 2022 (AFP)
Growth has slowed sharply in recent months as the Communist leadership sticks to a strategy of quashing virus clusters with mass tests and lockdowns -- forcing ...
Asian markets mixed on inflation worry, oil edges up after drop
Jun 01, 2022 (AFP)
Oil edged up after seeing a sharp drop earlier on reports that OPEC was considering suspending Russia from an output deal, which observers said could allow prod...
Asian markets mixed on inflation worry, oil bounces after drop
Jun 01, 2022 (AFP)
Oil rallied after seeing a sharp drop earlier on reports that OPEC was considering suspending Russia from an output deal, which observers said could allow produ...
Shanghai euphoria tempered by deep wound to China's economy
Jun 01, 2022 (AFP)
Sales are on "a very serious downward slope" and layoffs are imminent at his factory, owner Zhou told AFP, asking for his company to remain unidentified. The fi...
Markets mixed as inflation, rate worries temper rally
May 31, 2022 (AFP)
But optimism was boosted by data indicating an improvement in China's crucial manufacturing sector, helped by the easing of some strict Covid containment measur...
China factory activity shrinks at slower pace in May
May 31, 2022 (AFP)
The Purchasing Managers' Index (PMI) -- a key gauge of manufacturing activity -- edged up to 49.6, officials said, from April's 47.4, which was the worst readin...
Asian markets swing on new inflation, rates concerns
May 31, 2022 (AFP)
With Wall Street closed for a holiday there were few catalysts to help extend the gains enjoyed in recent days, allowing inflation and borrowing costs to take c...
Asian markets extend Wall St rally as China eases curbs
May 30, 2022 (AFP)
The gains extended a positive end to last week for global equities with some commentators saying there was a growing hope that the months-long sell-off may have...
US extending tariff exemptions on medical products from China
May 27, 2022 (AFP)
The exclusions from import duties, which were set to expire Tuesday, "cover 81 medical-care products needed to address the Covid-19 pandemic," USTR said. The ex...
Germany denies China investment guarantees over rights concerns
May 27, 2022 (AFP)
The decision was the "first time an investment guarantee has not been given on human rights grounds", the minister told Welt am Sonntag weekly. Habeck did not n...
Asian markets track Wall St higher, tech leads Hong Kong rally
May 27, 2022 (AFP)
The positive mood put the region on course to end the week on a healthy note, and came after Federal Reserve minutes indicated the US central bank could take a ...
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