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By Karen Lema. MANILA (Reuters) - Developing Asia will likely clock up its weakest growth in nearly six decades this year, the Asian Development Bank (ADB) said on Thursday, as measures to contain the contagious novel coronavirus hammer economic activity. |
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BANGKOK Shares fell Thursday in Asia after another day of wobbly trading on Wall Street as markets eased off the accelerator following their big rally. Japan’s Nikkei 225 shed 0.3% to 22,394.45 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong also fell 0.3%, to 24,407.59. South Korea’s Kospi slipped 0.2% to 2,137. |
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(Reuters) - Elmo, Cookie Monster and Muppets from Asia and the Middle East are joining forces for a special episode of "Sesame Street" aimed at helping kids cope with a world turned upside down by the coronavirus pandemic. "Elmo's World News," airing over the next few weeks in 13 languages across.... |
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BANGKOK (AP) Shares fell Thursday in Asia after another day of wobbly trading on Wall Street as markets eased off the accelerator following their big rally. Japan's Nikkei 225 shed 0.3% to 22,394.45 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong also fell 0.3%, to 24,407.59. South Korea's Kospi slipped 0.2% to 2,137. |
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BANGKOK (AP) — Shares fell Thursday in Asia after another day of wobbly trading on Wall Street as markets eased off the accelerator following their big rally. Japan's Nikkei 225 shed 0.3% to 22,394.45 and the Hang Seng in Hong Kong also fell 0.3%, to 24,407.59. South Korea's Kospi slipped 0.2% to 2,137. |
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(Bloomberg) -- A hiring slowdown at banks in Asia is beginning to thaw, driven by demand for coders.Lenders including DBS Group Holding Ltd., Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. and Citigroup Inc. are adding workers to their tech departments in the region despite the economic downturn. |
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Microsoft has warned that Singapore suffered from more drive-by download attacks than any other country in the Asia-Pacific region last year. In these attacks, hackers install malware on their unsuspecting victims' computers. The tech giant released its annual security threat report yesterday. |
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Researchers on Tuesday announced the first drug shown to save lives among severely ill coronavirus patients, offering hope even as infection rates rose in Africa and Asia, and there were worrisome upticks of contagion in countries that had largely contained the virus. |
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(Bloomberg) — Asian stocks were poised for a muted open after gains fizzled in U.S. equities and Treasuries and the dollar ended flat, with investors continuing to weigh an increase in coronavirus cases against optimism about stimulus measures. Futures in Japan were little changed, while contracts ticked lower in Hong Kong and Australia. |
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(Bloomberg) -- Asian stocks were poised for a muted open after gains fizzled in U.S. equities and Treasuries and the dollar ended flat, with investors continuing to weigh an increase in coronavirus cases against optimism about stimulus measures. Futures in Japan were little changed, while contracts ticked lower in Hong Kong and Australia. |
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Two feature film projects and three documentaries are to receive grant funding from the Bangkok-based Purin Pictures fund. Unusually, the fund made no post-production disbursements. Receiving $15,000 each, the three features are: Indonesian director Mouly Surya ’s “This City Is A Battlefield”; and.... |
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Director of the Middle East and Central Asia Department at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) Jihad Azour has said that the IMF is currently working on Egypt’s request for a loan under the stand-by agreement (SBA), and is designing a program for such a loan for consideration by the IMF’s Executive Board. |
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Singapore. SINGAPORE has come in second in Asia and 18th worldwide on a ranking of the simplest places to do business, beating countries such as India, China and Korea. The Republic lost out to Hong Kong for the top Asia spot on this year's Global Business Complexity Index, released... |
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The Indian army in a statement said "the violent face-off took place" on Monday night during "the de-escalation process" in the Galwan Valley. It said there were casualties "on both sides". China has not officially commented on the casualty figures on its side. |
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The Indian army in a statement said "the violent face-off took place" on Monday night during "the de-escalation process" in the Galwan Valley. It said there were casualties "on both sides". China has not officially commented on the casualty figures on its side. |
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Stocks closed mostly lower on Wall Street Wednesday, ending a three-day winning streak for the market after another day of wobbly trading. Losses in financial, energy and industrial companies outweighed gains in technology companies and elsewhere in the market. Stocks in Asia and Europe made modest gains, while Treasury yields edged lower. |
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African Swine Fever Spreading in Nigeria -- Market Talk. 12:11 ET - Cases of African swine fever, the disease that devastated hog herds in southeast Asia, have popped up with increasing frequency in Western Africa, the World Organization for Animal Health, or OIE, says. |
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The S&P 500 dipped 0.4% to break a three-day winning streak, after bouncing between small gains and losses for much of the day. Stocks in Asia and Europe made modest gains, while Treasury yields edged lower.
Markets have been trending upward this week amid hopes that the worst of the recession may.... |
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The S&P 500 dipped 0.4% to break a three-day winning streak, after bouncing between small gains and losses for much of the day. Stocks in Asia and Europe made modest gains, while Treasury yields edged lower.
Markets have been trending upward this week amid hopes that the worst of the recession may.... |
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(From an editorial) It is abundantly clear that in the endless roll of humanity this is pre-eminently the day of the white man, who, in addition to the dutiful discharges of his ever-increasing borders of traditional notoriety, is now feverishly engaged in the equally self-imposed, if not.... |
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SINGAPORE, NETRALNEWS.COM - Citi announced that it has raised USD 1 million in Asia Pacific in an effort to support the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) to address COVID-19 challenges across the region. The fund-raising was a joint effort by several Markets and Securities Services.... |
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BERLIN, June 17 (Xinhua) -- Daimler Buses expanded its southeast Asia business and would start selling chassis by Mercedes-Benz in Vietnam, the German carmaker announced on Wednesday. The buses sold in Vietnam would be adapted to local conditions and use chassis produced in a Mercedes-Benz plant in.... |
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Indian banks, including State Bank of India, Bank of Baroda and ICICI Bank, have established a presence in mainland China Shanghai and Beijing in line with a rise in bilateral trade and investments. At Hong Kong, an important financial centre in Asia, Indian banks have had business operations for decades. |
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Abraham Denmark, Asia Program Director: "This will likely be a watershed moment in India-China relations and the geopolitics of the Indo-Pacific. We’ve already seen the deadliest clash on the China-India border in over 50 years, both countries are led by men who have embraced nationalism, and both.... |
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