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Asian shares mostly up on optimism about US-China trade war
Associated Press, Published on 27/08/2019
» TOKYO: Asian shares mostly rose Tuesday as investors found reason to be cautiously optimistic again about the potential for progress in the costly trade war between the US and China.
Asian shares tumble as US-China trade war renews uncertainty
Associated Press, Published on 26/08/2019
» TOKYO: Asian shares tumbled Monday after the latest escalation in the US-China trade war renewed uncertainties about global economies, as well as questions over what President Donald Trump might say next.
Malaysia says revised China deal shows costs were inflated
Associated Press, Published on 15/04/2019
» KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysia's prime minister said Monday a Chinese company building a rail link across the Southeast Asian nation will jointly help to manage and operate the network, part of revised deal that will get the stalled project off the ground at a lower cost and ease strained relations.
Dow, S&P 500 at record highs
Associated Press, Published on 21/09/2018
» Wall Street delivered another set of milestones Thursday as a wave of buying sent US stocks solidly higher, driving the Dow Jones Industrial Average above the all-time high it closed at in January.
US says UN approves new N.Korea sanctions
Associated Press, Published on 31/03/2018
» WASHINGTON: The United States said Friday it has secured the support of the UN Security Council for a new package of sanctions designations that target smuggling at sea by North Korea.
China fears trade war, appeals for support
Associated Press, Published on 26/03/2018
» BEIJING: A top Chinese official warned Sunday that a "trade war" would harm all sides but gave no indication of Beijing's possible next move in a spiralling dispute with President Donald Trump over steel and technology.
Stock turbulence continues, New York down again
Associated Press, Published on 08/02/2018
» NEW YORK: It was another shaky day on Wall Street as indexes rallied in the morning, bobbed up and down for much of the day, then sank in the last few minutes of trading. Energy companies dropped along with oil prices and technology companies also declined.
Asian shares mirror Dow comeback, dollar steady
Associated Press, Published on 07/02/2018
» TOKYO: Asian shares saw a broad rebound on Wednesday, mirroring the bounce-back rally on Wall Street, though gains were in a modest range and most benchmarks gave up some gains after opening sharply higher.
US stock rally turns 567 point loss into 567 point gain
Associated Press, Published on 07/02/2018
» NEW YORK: US stocks rallied Tuesday as a late surge helped them regain almost half their losses from the day before, when they had their biggest plunge in 6-1/2 years. That came at the end of a day of heavy trading and huge swings for the market.
China's trade growth cools in December
Associated Press, Published on 12/01/2018
» BEIJING: China's trade growth cooled in December in a possible sign of weaker global and domestic demand, but last year's total exports rose 7.9% over 2016 while imports were up 15.9%.