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• World economies divided on interest rate cuts
TOKYO - Hopes for a coordinated interest rate cut among the world's major economies to ease a global credit crunch have been anything but in sync the last couple days in Asia. While the Reserve Bank of Australia cheered regional markets Tuesday by ...
• Asia stocks off 5 percent as global crisis spirals
HONG KONG - Asian stocks dropped by around 5 percent on Monday, led by exporters, and the yen surged to a 2-year high against the euro as investors doubted a scattered European response to the financial crisis and a $700 billion U.S. bank bailout ...
• Wall Street opens higher after global rout
In Asia, the Nikkei 225 closed 3.58 percent lower, responding to a turbulent session Monday on Wall Street, where the Dow Jones industrials skidded as much as 800 points before closing with a loss of 370. Europe markets were mixed after being up ...
• Oil rebounds after falling to 8-month low
SINGAPORE - Oil prices rebounded to around $90 Tuesday in Asia after plunging to an 8-month low Monday on concerns a significant slowdown in global economic growth will undermine demand for crude. “Prices have moved so far, so fast,” said David ...
• Markets in Europe, Asia post healthy gains
LONDON - European and U.S. markets brushed aside earlier losses in Asia and weaker than expected U.S. jobs data to post healthy gains Friday. Investors were eager to see the government’s plan to buy up the bad mortgage-related debt on US banks ...