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Most Asian equities rose on Thursday after US Federal Reserve boss Jerome Powell suggested any increase in consumer prices caused by tariffs would likely be short-lived, even as the central bank slashed its growth outlook and...

Alibaba shares surged more than seven percent in Hong Kong trade on Thursday after the Chinese tech giant launched an artificial intelligence model it says can compete with DeepSeek, this year’s surprise tech star. Investors have...

Asian markets climbed on Thursday after US President Donald Trump announced a one-month tariff delay on auto imports from Mexico and Canada. The White House announced Wednesday an exemption on any autos coming through the North...

Asian markets were mostly up on Wednesday as investors weighed bullish growth targets announced by China despite its sluggish economy and the looming prospect of a global trade war. Global stocks had tumbled Tuesday after China,...

European stock markets rebounded on Wednesday after a top US official signalled that President Donald Trump could dial down huge tariffs on Canada and Mexico this week. The Paris stock exchange gained 1.3 percent while Milan...

Shares in CK Hutchison soared 25 percent in Hong Kong on Wednesday after it agreed to sell its lucrative Panama Canal ports to a US-led consortium under fierce pressure from US President Donald Trump. The firm...

European stock markets retreated at the open Tuesday as US President Donald Trump kickstarted tariffs on Canada, Mexico and China, with the possibility that similar levies could hit Europe. London’s FTSE 100 index shed 0.6 percent...

Asian markets tumbled on Tuesday after US President Donald Trump heaped tariffs on Chinese imports and warned levies on Mexico and Canada could not be averted. Japan’s Nikkei and Hong Kong’s Hang Seng saw the biggest...

Wall Street stocks fell Thursday, prolonging a difficult spell as the market was pressed by Donald Trump’s new trade threats and disappointment with Nvidia’s earnings. Despite Nvidia’s outstanding earnings, the artificial intelligence company’s stock ended the...

Asian markets mostly rose Monday as investors assessed the global economic outlook while Donald Trump pushes ahead with his trade war. Trading floors have been hit by uncertainty since the US president returned to the Oval...