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SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The world's biggest asset manager, BlackRock Inc , called out oil stocks, domestic tourism and debt in China and India as investment opportunities in its Asia outlook on Wednesday. The manager of $6.5 trillion in assets expects it may be 2022 at the earliest before.... |
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) — South Korea on Wednesday reported 49 new cases of COVID-19, continuing a weekslong resurgence of the virus as the government defended its decision to reopen schools despite health risks. The figures announced by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on brought national totals to 11,590 cases and 273 deaths. |
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BENGALURU (Reuters) - Indian shares on Wednesday added gains for a sixth straight session and crossed the 10,000 mark for the first time since March, as Asia's third-largest economy gradually comes out of the coronavirus lockdowns and risk appetite picks up in global markets. The NSE Nifty 50 bluechip index |
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Agriculture is able to stabilize the economies of Central Asia during the coronavirus pandemic. Sergei Zorya, World Bank’s Senior Agricultural Economist, believes. According to him, the COVID-19 pandemic did not lead to a significant destabilization of world food markets. |
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BlackRock focuses on China credit, oil and travel in Asia. Contributed by NAMPA / Reuters. SINGAPORE, June 3 (Reuters) - The world's biggest asset manager, BlackRock Inc, called out oil stocks, domestic tourism and debt in China and India as investment opportunities in its Asia outlook on Wednesday. The manager of $6. |
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By YURI KAGEYAMA. TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares rose Wednesday after Wall Street extended its gains for the third straight day, driven by optimism over economies reopening from shutdowns to stem the coronavirus pandemic. Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 1.1% to 22,581.19 in morning trading. Australia’s S&P/ASX 200 rose 0. |
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) South Korea on Wednesday reported 49 new cases of COVID-19, continuing a weekslong resurgence of the virus as the government defended its decision to reopen schools despite health risks. The figures announced by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on brought national totals to 11,590 cases and 273 deaths. |
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The number of Covid-19 patients has now increased to 3,083. A 32-year-old male student who returned from Saudi Arabia on May 25 in a group of 39 passengers - of whom seven were infected - was also found to have contracted Covid-19. He tested negative on the first day of his state quarantine on May 25, but later became ill with 37. |
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BANGALORE, India June 3, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- TUV Rheinland India's Bangalore testing laboratory has received the recognition by the Bureau of Indian Standards (BIS) under the Compulsory Registration Scheme (CRS) for applicable IS standards to offer an additional range of testing services which.... |
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The figures announced by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on brought national totals to 11,590 cases and 273 deaths. All but one of the new cases were reported from the densely populated Seoul metropolitan area, where hundreds of infections have been linked to entertainment.... |
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The spring started out rosy for the Indian arm of ClearScore, a company that offers online credit scores and loans. Within weeks, the coronavirus pandemic had taken hold, drastically changing the picture for the online lending industry in Asia. “In the second week of March, we were talking about.... |
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CANBERA (dpa-AFX) - Asian stock markets are rising on Wednesday, extending gains from the previous session following the positive cues overnight from Wall Street amid optimism about an economic recovery and on hopes of more stimulus measures. Investors shrugged off worries about the spreading civil protests in the U. |
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SEOUL, South Korea (AP) - South Korea on Wednesday reported 49 new cases of COVID-19, continuing a weekslong resurgence of the virus as the government defended its decision to reopen schools despite health risks. The figures announced by the Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention on brought national totals to 11,590 cases and 273 deaths. |
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Asian stock are rising on Wednesday, extending gains from the previous session following the positive cues overnight from Wall Street amid optimism about an economic recovery and on hopes of more stimulus measures. Investors shrugged off worries about the spreading civil protests in the U.S. |
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Members of the Philippine Coast Guard prepare for the arrival of migrant workers returning from Hong Kong at the Ninoy Aquino International Airport in Parañaque City, May 13, 2020. Basilio H. Sepe, ABS-CBN News/File.
SYDNEY/TAIPEI Airlines, airports and insurers across Asia are bracing for the.... |
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WASHINGTON (AP) — At least a quarter of the coronavirus deaths in the United States were among nursing home residents, a new report said, a disclosure that came as restrictions eased Monday from Asia to Europe to the United States even as U.S. protests against police brutality sparked fears of new outbreaks. |
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TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares rose Wednesday after Wall Street extended its gains for the third straight day, driven by optimism over economies reopening from shutdowns to stem the coronavirus pandemic. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 1.1% to 22,581.19 in morning trading. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 0. |
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By Jamie Freed and Ben Blanchard. Airlines, airports and insurers across Asia are bracing for the prospect of unusually high damage as the region's tropical storm season begins, as hundreds of aircraft grounded by the coronavirus pandemic can't be moved easily. |
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TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares rose Wednesday after Wall Street extended its gains for the third straight day, driven by optimism over economies reopening from shutdowns to stem the coronavirus pandemic. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 1.1% to 22,581.19 in morning trading. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 0. |
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By Stanley White. The dollar fell against most Asian currencies on Wednesday as prospects of more government stimulus and a global economic recovery emboldened investors to step up holdings of riskier assets. The Australian dollar surged to a five-month high against the dollar, as funds headed.... |
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Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) President Jin Liqun has appointed three members to the Bank's inaugural Sanctions Panel. Ms. Enery Quinones, an external member, was appointed Chairperson, Dr. Shoaib Suddle was appointed as an external member and Ms. Nicolette De Witt, an AIIB senior legal consultant, was appointed as an internal member. |
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By Jamie Freed and Ben Blanchard. SYDNEY/TAIPEI (Reuters) - Airlines, airports and insurers across Asia are bracing for the prospect of unusually high damage as the region's tropical storm season begins, as hundreds of aircraft grounded by the coronavirus pandemic can't be moved easily. |
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By Jamie Freed and Ben Blanchard. SYDNEY/TAIPEI (Reuters) - Airlines, airports and insurers across Asia are bracing for the prospect of unusually high damage as the region's tropical storm season begins, as hundreds of aircraft grounded by the coronavirus pandemic can't be moved easily. |
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TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares rose Wednesday after Wall Street extended its gains for the third straight day, driven by optimism over economies reopening from shutdowns to stem the coronavirus pandemic. Japan's benchmark Nikkei 225 gained 1.1% to 22,581.19 in morning trading. Australia's S&P/ASX 200 rose 0. |
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MANILA (PHILIPPINE DAILY INQUIRER/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - With the nation seemingly stuck in crisis mode, lurching from one disaster to another since the year began, one may think Congress would be feverishly at work tackling issues crucial to public welfare and well-being before it adjourns this week. |
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