Asian stocks extend winning run Sydney Morning Herald | Asian stocks rose, with a regional benchmark index poised for its longest streak of weekly advances in a year, as lower Italian and Spanish borrowing costs added to optimism Europe’s debt crisis may be contained. | Canon Inc., a camera maker that gets a third of its sales in Europe, climbed ...
Tycoon prods Taiwan closer to China The Washington Post | TAIPEI, Taiwan — Shortly before Taiwan’s presidential election last weekend, Tsai Eng Meng, a local billionaire who spends most of his time in China, jumped on his Gulfstream 200 corporate jet and flew home to cast his vote. | More than...
World view: Closer China ties part of waiting game Otago Daily Times | The most important thing in Taiwanese politics is always left unsaid. When I interviewed Ma Ying-jeou in 2008, just before he won the presidency for the first time, he was happy to talk about the details of his plans for better relations with the P...
Rupee to lead Asian currencies' rebound in 2012 The Times Of India SINGAPORE/BANGKOK: Asian currencies will rebound this year led by India's rupee, the worst performer in 2011, said Oversea-Chinese Banking, the most-accurate forecaster for the region in the past six quarters. | The rupee will advance 5.1% to 50.5 pe...
Asian stocks extend winning run Sydney Morning Herald | Asian stocks rose, with a regional benchmark index poised for its longest streak of weekly advances in a year, as lower Italian and Spanish borrowing costs added to optimism Europe’s debt crisis may be contained. | Canon Inc., a camera maker ...
US dollar drops to 14-year low Ghana Business News | The dollar fell to a 14-year low against the yen, sending metals higher. Japanese exporter shares dropped and Chinese banking stocks declined to a two-week low. | The yen strengthened 0.9 percent versus the dollar to 86.56 at 1:40 p.m. in Hong Kong...
Asia stocks fall as commodity prices decline Ghana Business News | Asia’s benchmark stock index fell from a three-week high and commodities prices declined after Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S. Bernanke said “significant” challenges remain to revive the world’s biggest economy. | The MSCI Asia Pacific Inde...
Most stock markets on holiday in Asia; Kospi down Kansas City Star | BANGKOKMajor stock indexes in South Korea and Taiwan fell Monday, while most other major Asian stock markets were closed for an extended New Year's holiday. | South Korea's Kospi, which lost 11 percent of its value last year, was marginally lower at 1,825.37. Financials led the decline, Yonhap News reported, with Woori Finance Holdings losing 1.9...
