15 h. ago Asian shares advance as details awaited on progress in China

Asian shares are higher after two days of trade talks between China and the U_S_ made what the U_S_ side said was “substantial progress.”

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4 d. ago Asian shares trade higher after Wall Street climbs moderately as Fed holds rates steady

Asian shares are rising moderately after a lackluster finish on Wall Street, with most shares ticking higher after the Federal Reserve left its main interest rate unchanged, as was widely expected

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1 week ago Asian shares rise after gains on Wall Street as corporate profits pile higher

Shares are mixed in Asia after U.S. stocks rose again as companies reported stronger-than-expected profits

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1 week ago Asian American veterans share emotional stories 50 years after Vietnam war: ‘Looking like the enemy’

In one video, a former marine describes how a sergeant hit him on his first night in Vietnam because he assumed he was Vietnamese

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1 week ago Asian American veterans share emotional stories 50 years after Vietnam War

Five decades after the end of the U.S.-led war in Vietnam, Asian American and Pacific Islander veterans are reflecting on the life-changing ordeal that was at time made more complicated by their race

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1 week ago Asian shares advance after a quiet day on Wall St, despite tough talk on tariffs

Asian shares are mostly higher after U.S. stocks drifted to a mixed, quiet finish ahead of a busy week of corporate earnings and economic data

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2 w. ago Asian shares inch higher as uncertainty over US tariffs persists

Asian markets have inched higher as investors wait to see what comes of negotiations over U.S. President Donald Trump’s tariffs

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2 w. ago Asian shares jump on hopes tariff war may subside and Trump won't fire Federal Reserve chief

Asian shares are mostly higher, with markets showing relief after President Donald Trump indicated he won’t dismiss the head of the U.S. Federal Reserve

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2 w. ago Asian shares trade mixed amid investor worries after Wall Street tumble

Asian shares are trading mixed amid global skepticism about U.S. investments and President Donald Trump’s trade war

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3 w. ago Asian markets are mixed as US tech companies are due to release earnings

Asian shares are mixed following the Easter weekend holiday, with some markets still closed

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3 w. ago Asian markets are mostly higher as Wall Street is stuck in trade war doldrums

Asian shares are mostly higher after a bumpy ride on Wall Street

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3 w. ago Asian shares mark moderate gains in the face of anxiety over Trump's trade war

Asian shares are mostly higher despite continued fretting over President Donald Trump’s trade war, with all eyes on the negotiations that just began between the administration and Japan

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3 w. ago Asian shares sell off as US curbs on Nvidia chip sales to China fuel trade fears; UK inflation slows to 2.6% – business live

Gold surges nearly 2% to new record high; UK food inflation slows and fuel prices fall while clothes prices riseFinancial markets are betting on an interest rate cut from the Bank of England meeting at its May meeting, estimating an 86% probability.They have fully priced in three quarter-point rate reductions this year.A sharp pickup in inflation from April is all but guaranteed. Ofgem’s 6.4% increase to its price cap, after a large fall last year, means we expect the energy component will add 0.7ppts to CPI inflation in April. A significant increase in water bills means the contribution from the core goods category is also set to rise. In addition, we expect businesses to pass on some of the increase in labour costs caused by the recent rises in employers’ National Insurance Contributions (NICs) and the National Living Wage onto consumers. Inflation is likely to peak in the autumn, before starting to cool as the contribution from the energy category fades.The MPC has lowered Bank R...

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3 w. ago Asian shares fall after a quiet day on Wall St, but Nvidia hit by US ban on exporting AI chip

Markets are mostly lower in Asia after a rare quiet day for financial markets worldwide

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3 w. ago Asian shares are mostly higher after Trump eases some of his tariffs on electronics, for now

Asian shares have mostly gained, echoing a rally on Wall Street after President Donald Trump relaxed some of his tariffs, for now at least, and as stress from within the U.S. bond market seems to be easing

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