Articles by Elaine Kurtenbach
World shares jumped on Thursday, with Tokyos Nikkei 225 gaining almost 6% to a new record as investors waited to see if the U.S. and Iran will strike a deal allowing tankers to deliver crude from theοΏ½...
Shares were mixed in Europe and Asia on Monday, with big gains for computer chipmakers and other tech stocks after Fridays rally on Wall Street.
Oil prices rebounded and Brent crude climbed more thοΏ½...
BANGKOK (AP) World markets began 2026 with gains, with benchmarks in Britain and South Korea hitting records as optimism over the future of artificial intelligence carried over into the new year.
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The Bank of Japan raised its key policy rate to a 30-year high on Friday to help curb inflation, as widely expected, and financial markets took the move in stride.
The 0.25 percentage point hike tooοΏ½...
The Bank of Japan raised its key policy rate to a 30-year high on Friday in a widely anticipated move that could rattle world markets.
The two-day BOJ policy meeting wrapped up with the 0.25% hike οΏ½...
NEW YORK (AP) Wall Street is rising at the start of a week full of economic reports that could drive where interest rates, and thus stock prices, go. The S&P 500 rose 0.3% in early trading MondayοΏ½...
A quarterly survey of major Japanese manufacturers released Monday shows business sentiment improving to its best level in four years, even after President Trump raised tariffs on goods from the U.S.οΏ½...
BANGKOK (AP) Shares fell Monday in Asia and the price of bitcoin sank as traders braced for an interest rate hike by the Bank of Japan, expected later in the week.
Tokyos Nikkei 225 index shed 1.3% οΏ½...
BANGKOK (AP) Paramount Skydance says the Chinese gaming and social media giant Tencent Holdings withdrew from its bid to buy Warner Bros Discovery to avert a possible national security review.
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NEW YORK (AP) U.S. stock indexes are drifting following mixed profit reports from big companies and updates on the economy that appeared to keep alive hopes for another interest rate cut next month. οΏ½...
