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TOKYO (AP) — Asian shares mostly rose Tuesday, as investors kept their eyes on potentially market-moving reports expected later this week.Japan’s benchmark Nikkei 225 jumped 1.3% to 38,442.28 in…

Asian shares advanced on Thursday even after sinking technology stocks sent Wall Street lower in the S&P 500’s worse losing streak since the start of the year. U.S. futures were lower, while…

South Korea is trying to pull a Japan, setting its stock market afire with corporate governance reform. Korea has a tougher hill to climb. Wednesday’s legislative elections probably won’t make progress any easier. The opposition…

BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mixed Thursday after U.S. stocks fell on worries that what had seemed like a blip in the battle to bring down inflation may be a troubling trend.Oil prices edged…

WASHINGTON -- Ever since the Federal Reserve signaled last fall that it was likely done raising interest rates, Wall Street traders, economists, car buyers, would-be homeowners — pretty much everyone — began obsessing over a single…

NEW YORK (AP) — The judge in Donald Trump’s April 15 hush-money criminal trial declared his daughter off-limits to the former president’s rancor on Monday, expanding a gag order days after Trump…

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There seems to be a bizarre disconnect between the surging U.S. stock market and the sad state of American politics. Winston Churchill supposedly quipped, “Americans always do the right thing, after they have tried…

It’s time to say hail to the chief. Presidents Day honors those who have held the office of U.S. president, although it originally marked the birthday of our first president, George Washington (and is still …

Updated Jan. 14, 2024 12:01 am ETTAIPEI—For eight years, China has raged against Taiwan’s ruling party, accusing it of pursuing a separatist agenda that must be confronted with economic muscle and shows of military might.On Saturday,…