Hong Kong shares kicked off Wednesday with a small loss following a mildy positive lead from Wall Street ahead of an expected Federal Reserve rate increase decision later in the day. The Hang Seng Index eased 0.36 percent to 21,026. Mainland markets are closed for a public holiday. (AFP)
Toyota City, Japan, Jan 18, 2022 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – At Toyota, we have made repeated adjustments to our production plans due to a parts shortage resulting from the spread of COVID-19, causing various inconveniences to our customers and all parties concerned. We would like to express our gratitude to everyone involved for […]
China’s economy grew 4.0 percent in the fourth quarter from a year earlier, faster than expected but its weakest expansion in one-and-half years, National Bureau of Statistics data showed on Monday. Gross domestic product (GDP) had been forecast to expand 3.6 percent from a year earlier, according to a Reuters poll of analysts, slowing from […]
US stock markets wrapped up the first week of the new year with daily and weekly losses as investors worried about looming US interest-rate hikes and unfolding Omicron news. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq ended down on Friday, with the latest US jobs report underscoring investor worries that the Federal Reserve will aggressively hike interest […]
Comments from the Federal Reserve chief signaling the US central bank could hike rates sooner than expected sent New York stock indices sharply lower on Tuesday. The benchmark Dow Jones Industrial Average finished with a 1.9 percent loss at 34,484. The broad-based S&P 500 also fell 1.9 percent to 4,567, while the tech-rich Nasdaq Composite […]
Wall Street’s main indexes rose on Tuesday to record highs as a strong earnings season continued to lift sentiment for equities, while investors were looking ahead to the outcome of a critical Federal Reserve meeting. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq notched record closing highs for a fourth straight session, while the Dow Jones Industrial Average […]
Wall Street stocks finished lower on Friday and cut into the week’s gains, after the US government reported disappointing hiring data in September, even as the unemployment rate edged downwards. The United States added only 194,000 jobs last month, less than half the number expected by analysts due to declining public sector staffing and lacklustre […]
TOKYO, Aug 3, 2021 – (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) – Showa Denko (SDK; TSE:4004) announces that it revises its forecast of consolidated business results for the first half of the year ending on December 31, 2021 and that for the full year ending on December 31, 2021, both of which were announced on July 8, […]
US stocks finished higher on Thursday, after the Labour Department reported fewer new claims for unemployment benefits last week as the economy bounces back from the Covid-19 pandemic. The data was the latest sign the world’s largest economy is roaring back as businesses reopen and authorities ease restrictions imposed last year to fight the virus. […]
LONDON, Jan 26, 2021 – (ACN Newswire) – The latest Advertising Association/WARC Expenditure Report expects the UK’s ad market to grow by 15.2% this year, an upgrade of 0.8 percentage points from the last forecast in October 2020. The preliminary estimate for growth in 2020 now stands at -7.9% with adspend of GBP 23.17bn – […]