Finance

Hong Kong Stocks Start With Losses

Hong Kong stocks opened sharply lower on Wednesday as investors returned from a one-day break to track hefty losses on W... Read more

US Stock Markets Close Lower After Fed Comments

Wall Street stocks finished sharply lower on Tuesday following hawkish comments from a top Federal Reserve official that... Read more

Amazon Cues Up Satellites To Rival Musk's Starlink

Amazon has secured rocket launches with three companies, the company said on Monday, as it spends billions on putting to... Read more

Twitter To Name Top Shareholder Musk To Board

Tesla boss Elon Musk vowed on Tuesday there would be "significant improvements” at Twitter, after the micro-blogging s... Read more

World Bank: Ukraine Shocks To Drag On Asian Economies

Disruptions to supplies of commodities, financial strains and higher prices are among impacts of the crisis in Ukraine t... Read more

Musk's Twitter 'like' Boosts Wall Street

Wall Street's main indexes rose on Monday, boosted by megacap tech and growth stocks and a surge in Twitter after Elon M... Read more

Musk Buys 9pc Stake In Twitter, Tipped To Go 'active'

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has taken a 9.2 percent stake in Twitter, purchasing approximately 73.5 million shares, according to... Read more

Australia, India To Seal Trade Pact

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison said a trade agreement with India due to be signed on Saturday represented “o... Read more

Wall Street Gains After Good Jobs Data

US equities closed the first session of the second quarter higher on Friday after data showed American businesses adding... Read more

US Economy Added 431,000 Jobs In March: Govt

The United States added 431,000 jobs in March and the unemployment rate fell to 3.6 percent, bringing the labour market ... Read more

Mainland Stocks Rise Amid Stimulus Hopes

Mainland stocks ended higher on Friday, with property developers leading the gains on expectations of more economic stim... Read more

US Stocks End Downcast Q1 On Losing Note

Wall Street stocks dropped on Thursday in a weak finale to a downcast quarter during which equities retreated on worries... Read more

Wall Street Heads For Worst Quarter Since 2020

US stocks fell on Thursday on worries about the raging conflict in Ukraine and the promise of US interest rate hikes, pu... Read more

Retail Sales Sink Amid Fifth Covid Wave

New government figures released on Thursday showed that the value of total retail sales in February snapped 12 months of... Read more

US Stocks Dip On Ebbing Hopes For Ukraine Peace Talks

Wall Street stocks declined on Wednesday, as doubts about the prospects for a meaningful Ukraine-Russia peace accord sna... Read more