TOKYO (AP) – Asian stocks fell on Friday when reports showed layoffs of US workers persist at high levels after the US economy contracted at an annual rate of nearly 33% in the spring, the worst quarter on record. The earnings reports, an indicator of how well companies are handling …
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NEW YORK, July 29 (Reuters) – Asian stocks were due to follow an optimistic Wall Street session on Thursday after the Federal Reserve kept interest rates at very low levels, while the US dollar fell to a low of two years. The Fed on Wednesday repeated a promise to use …
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LONDON (Reuters) – European stocks rose on Wednesday, but a resurgence of COVID-19 cases kept investors cautious as they awaited news of the latest US Federal Reserve policy meeting. FILE PHOTO: People pass the offices of the London Stock Exchange Group in the city of London, Great Britain, on December …
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PYEONGCHANG, South Korea / TOKYO (Reuters) – The Japanese government reacted angrily on Tuesday to a statue in South Korea that appears to represent Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, kneeling and bowing to a seated “woman of comfort”, a euphemism for women forced to work in Japan’s war brothels. Japan’s …
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