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Markets rise as deaths slow in hotspots: Virus update
Published on 06/04/2020
» Germany and Spain reported lower numbers of new cases, a tentative sign that lockdown measures are easing the outbreak.
Point of view
Business, Published on 27/10/2018
» On Oct 24, the S&P 500 registered a month-to-date return of -8.8%, the worst monthly showing since February 2009 (the bottom of the financial crisis), wiping out the entire year-to-date gain.
Not the time to sell
Business, Published on 21/07/2018
» The SET index touched an all-time-high intra-day peak of 1,852 points at the end of February this year. By the end of June, it was 14% off that peak, falling to around 1,600. One of the chief culprits was extreme foreign fund outflows.
Merkel, Juncker fight the dreamers
News, Leonid Bershidsky, Published on 08/07/2016
» It is increasingly clear that the European Union (EU) is about to waste the crisis brought on by the UK's withdrawal vote. The leaders of the nation states have no stomach for any meaningful reform of EU institutions, the bureaucrats in Brussels are forced to take a back seat, and federalist dreamers are unceremoniously shunted aside.
Asia markets up, Europe stocks advance
Published on 19/05/2015
» HONG KONG — Asian markets mostly rose following a record close on Wall Street, and European stock markets rose at the start of trading.
Asia stocks hit by Greek fears
Published on 10/02/2015
» HONG KONG — Asian markets slipped Tuesday on renewed fears Greece will default on its debt obligations, but Shanghai rallied on fresh easing hopes after Chinese data showed inflation at its lowest level in more than five years.