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Markets track Wall St rally as traders weigh Russia sanctions
Feb 25, 2022 (AFP)
Russian President Vladimir Putin's decision to send troops into Ukraine sent shockwaves through Asian and European markets and pushed oil past $100 for the firs...
Oil breaks $100, havens rally, equities drop as Russia enters Ukraine
Feb 24, 2022 (AFP)
Markets have been hammered this week after the Kremlin recognised two breakaway regions in eastern Ukraine and said it would provide "peacekeepers" to the regio...
EU wants human rights, climate checks on supply chains
Feb 23, 2022 (AFP)
Those that fail to comply would face fines imposed by the EU member country they have business in. EU justice commissioner Didier Reynders said that while compa...
Hong Kong unveils $22 bn budget for virus plagued economy
Feb 23, 2022 (AFP)
While rival finance centres emerging from pandemic isolation and reopening to the world, Hong Kong has found itself overwhelmed by the highly infectious Omicron...
Markets rise, oil flat after Russia sanctions but traders on edge
Feb 23, 2022 (AFP)
However, trading floors remain on edge after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his forces into Ukraine to secure the self-declared Donetsk and Lugansk re...
Most Asian markets rise after Russia sanctions but nerves on edge
Feb 23, 2022 (AFP)
However, trading floors remain on edge after Russian President Vladimir Putin ordered his forces into Ukraine to secure the self-declared Donetsk and Lugansk re...
Equities tumble, oil rallies on red-hot Ukraine tensions
Feb 22, 2022 (AFP)
Investors were sent running after Putin recognised the independence of two rebel-held areas of Donetsk and Lugansk and sent in "peacekeeping" forces. The move c...
HSBC announces $1 bn share buyback as 2021 profits double
Feb 22, 2022 (AFP)
The lender endured a tumultuous 2020 like the rest of the banking sector as the virus outbreak rocked the economy just as it embarked on a restructuring program...
Norway to back EU sanctions on Russia
Feb 22, 2022 (AFP)
"The situation in Ukraine... is at a dramatic level," Prime Minister Jonas Gahr Store told journalists in Oslo. "Yesterday was a turning point," he said, in ref...
EU agrees sanctions that will 'hurt' Russia
Feb 22, 2022 (AFP)
The 27 members of the EU unanimously agreed the measures at an informal meeting in Paris on the sidelines of an international forum, EU foreign policy chief Jos...
HSBC announces $1 bn share buyback as annual profits double
Feb 22, 2022 (AFP)
The lender endured a tumultuous 2020 like the rest of the banking sector as the virus outbreak rocked the economy just as it embarked on a restructuring program...
Asian markets mixed, oil drops on Biden-Putin hope
Feb 21, 2022 (AFP)
Warnings from US officials that Russia could invade its neighbour imminently have sent markets spiralling in the past week and sent crude surging towards $100 a...
Asian markets drop as Ukraine fears return, oil extends losses
Feb 18, 2022 (AFP)
While tensions in Eastern Europe continue to absorb most of the attention, oil extended losses as traders grow increasingly optimistic of a deal on Iran's nucle...
EU challenges China at WTO over patents as feud deepens
Feb 18, 2022 (AFP)
EU-China ties have become increasingly fractious and the latest salvo comes just weeks after Brussels opened a separate case at the WTO over accusations that Be...
Chinese tech giant Tencent opposes US fake goods label
Feb 18, 2022 (AFP)
WeChat and e-commerce site AliExpress were among those put on the list by the US Trade Representative (USTR) on Thursday spotlighting markets Washington says "e...
Markets edge higher as traders key eye on Ukraine, Fed
Feb 17, 2022 (AFP)
Meanwhile, oil prices slipped on further signs of a breakthrough in Iran nuclear talks. Global equities were sent plunging and crude surged after a top US offic...
US cites China's AliExpress, WeChat for selling counterfeit goods
Feb 17, 2022 (AFP)
The list, released by the US Trade Representative (USTR) on Thursday, shines a light on markets Washington says "engage in, facilitate, turn a blind eye to, or ...
Most Asian markets up as traders eye Ukraine, Fed eases rate fears
Feb 17, 2022 (AFP)
Meanwhile, oil prices tumbled more than two percent on further signs of a breakthrough in Iran nuclear talks. Global equities were sent plunging and crude surge...
'No basis': Beijing dismisses US's WTO criticism
Feb 17, 2022 (AFP)
The commerce ministry's retort came a day after Washington said China, 20 years after its accession, had not adopted the rules of the WTO, retaining and expandi...
China needs to be 'more active' in G20 debt relief effort: Yellen
Feb 17, 2022 (AFP)
In an interview with AFP, Yellen acknowledged the Group of 20's initiative to help debtor nations "has not been going very rapidly," and the United States "woul...
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