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Today: January 23, 2025
Today: January 23, 2025
ELAINE KURTENBACH

ELAINE KURTENBACH

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Stock market today: Asian shares slip following a weak close on Wall Street

Shares are mostly lower in Asia after Wall Street’s rally ran out of momentum

Stock market today: Asian shares slip following a weak close on Wall Street
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Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly lower, with markets in Japan and US closed

Shares are mostly lower in Asia after a modest advance on Wall Street that kept the market on track for a fourth straight weekly gain

Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly lower, with markets in Japan and US closed
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Stock market today: World shares are mixed, with markets in Japan and US closed for holidays

Shares are mixed in Europe and Asia after a modest advance on Wall Street that kept the market on track for a fourth straight weekly gain

Stock market today: World shares are mixed, with markets in Japan and US closed for holidays
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Stock market today: Asian shares mostly higher ahead of consumer confidence and price data

Shares are mixed in Asia after Wall Street benchmarks edged lower as investors looked ahead to updates on inflation and how American consumers are feeling about the economy

Stock market today: Asian shares mostly higher ahead of consumer confidence and price data
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Stock market today: Asian shares mostly higher ahead of US price update, OPEC+ meeting

Asian shares are mostly higher ahead of the release of U.S. consumer inflation data

Stock market today: Asian shares mostly higher ahead of US price update, OPEC+ meeting
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Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly up as weak jobs data back hopes for an end to rate hikes

Asian shares have advanced after most stocks slipped on Wall Street following a mixed set of reports on the U.S. economy

Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly up as weak jobs data back hopes for an end to rate hikes
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Stock market today: Asian shares slide after retreat on Wall Street as crude oil prices skid

Shares have fallen in Asia after a retreat on Wall Street as crude oil prices slipped on expectations that supply might outpace demand

Stock market today: Asian shares slide after retreat on Wall Street as crude oil prices skid
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Asia lags behind pre-pandemic levels of food security, UN food agency says

The U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization says that hunger remains a chronic problem in Asia

Asia lags behind pre-pandemic levels of food security, UN food agency says
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Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed ahead of the Fed's decision on interest rates

Asian shares are mixed after Wall Street rose to its highest level since early 2022, slightly below its record high, after a report showed inflation in the United States is behaving pretty much as expected

Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed ahead of the Fed's decision on interest rates
Asia|Economy|News

Chinese leaders consider next steps for economy as debt and deflation cloud outlook for coming year

State media say Chinese leaders have wrapped up a two-day annual meeting to set economic priorities for the coming year

Chinese leaders consider next steps for economy as debt and deflation cloud outlook for coming year
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Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly higher after the Dow hits a record high, US dollar falls

Shares are mostly higher in Asia after a powerful rally across Wall Street sent the Dow Jones Industrial Average to a record high as the Federal Reserve indicated that interest rate cuts are likely next year

Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly higher after the Dow hits a record high, US dollar falls
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Stock market today: Asian markets churn upward after the Dow ticks to another record high

Asian shares have churned higher after the Dow Jones Industrial Average climbed to another record high

Stock market today: Asian markets churn upward after the Dow ticks to another record high
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Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed. Japan's central bank keeps its monetary policy unchanged

Asian shares are mixed after a seven-week winning streak on Wall Street cooled

Stock market today: Asian shares are mixed. Japan's central bank keeps its monetary policy unchanged
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Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly higher after a rebound on Wall Street

Shares are mostly higher in Asia after several strong profit reports helped Wall Street claw back most of its sharp loss from day before

Stock market today: Asian shares are mostly higher after a rebound on Wall Street
Business|Economy|Europe|Technology

Chinese automaker BYD plans a new EV plant in Hungary as part of its rapid global expansion

Chinese automaker BYD plans to build a new electric vehicle plant in Hungary, its first car factory in Europe, as part of its rapid global expansion

Chinese automaker BYD plans a new EV plant in Hungary as part of its rapid global expansion
Asia|Business|Entertainment|Technology

China approves 105 online games after draft curbs trigger massive losses

China's authority in charge of press and publications has approved 105 online games, saying it fully supports the industry after newly proposed curbs caused massive losses for major game companies

China approves 105 online games after draft curbs trigger massive losses
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Stock market today: Asian shares power higher following slight gains on Wall Street

Asian shares have powered higher after Wall Street logged modest gains in this holiday-shortened week

Stock market today: Asian shares power higher following slight gains on Wall Street
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US companies are picky about investing in China. The exceptions? Burgers and lattes

It was a tumultuous 2023 for the Chinese economy

US companies are picky about investing in China. The exceptions? Burgers and lattes
Business|Finance|Stock Markets

Stock market today: Trading on Wall Street muted as the end of the year approaches

Premarket trading on Wall Street was mixed on what’s expected to be another quiet day between the Christmas and New Year holidays

Stock market today: Trading on Wall Street muted as the end of the year approaches
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Stock market today: Asian stocks mixed in muted holiday trading as 2023 draws to a close

Asian shares are mixed in muted trading on the last trading day of the year

Stock market today: Asian stocks mixed in muted holiday trading as 2023 draws to a close
Asia|Economy|News|World

Chinese factory activity slows in December in a 3rd straight month of contraction

A survey of factory managers in China shows manufacturing contracted in December in the latest sign the world's second-largest economy remains sluggish

Chinese factory activity slows in December in a 3rd straight month of contraction
Asia|News|World

New Year’s Day quake in Japan revives the trauma of 2011 triple disasters

The powerful earthquake that shattered the peace of New Year’s Day in central Japan did not spur the kind of tsunamis that scoured the northeastern Pacific coast in 2011

New Year’s Day quake in Japan revives the trauma of 2011 triple disasters
Asia|News|Technology|Travel

Successful evacuation from burning Japan Airlines jet highlights dogged devotion to safety

The swift and safe evacuation of a Japan Airlines jet that caught fire after hitting a Coast Guard aircraft while it was landing Tuesday at Tokyo’s Haneda airport reflects the carrier's dogged dedication to safety, born of hard experience

Successful evacuation from burning Japan Airlines jet highlights dogged devotion to safety
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Stock market today: Asian shares advance following Wall Street rally led by technology stocks

Asian shares have advanced after Wall Street rallied to claw back almost all the losses from its slow start to the year

Stock market today: Asian shares advance following Wall Street rally led by technology stocks
Asia|News|World

Taiwan's election is shaped by economic realities, not just Beijing's threats to use force

Beijing's threat to use force to claim the self-governed island of Taiwan isn't just about missiles and warships

Taiwan's election is shaped by economic realities, not just Beijing's threats to use force

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