All posts tagged "Asia"

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  Trump oversells results of ‘tremendous’ trip

  He also reached back to earlier travels to make his case.

  • Posted November 20, 2017
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  Trump returns to GOP panic. Will he try to push Moore out?

  Republicans have pushed publicly and privately for Moore to get out of the race.

  • Posted November 15, 2017
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  1st senior Chinese official visits Washington in Trump era

  BEIJING — China is sending its first senior official to visit the United States since President Donald Trump took office, amid uncertainties over trade relations and new security tensions in east Asia. The Foreign Ministry said State...

  • Posted February 27, 2017
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  North Korean Economics 101: How Much is a Dollar Worth?

  Most North Koreans don't have foreign currency to begin with and don't shop in upscale stores, so the system is fairly invisible most of the time

  • Posted February 6, 2017
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  Trump Plan for Tax on Mexico Exports Raises Eyebrows in Asia

  "It would be important to exchange opinions to accurately convey the reality and establish a steady relationship"

  • Posted January 27, 2017
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  Asian Stocks Up After Dow Breaks Through 20,000 Milestone

  Asian shares advanced Thursday as investors cheered the Dow Jones industrial average's first ever close above the 20,000 milestone

  • Posted January 26, 2017
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  US Stock Indexes Close Slightly Lower; Oil Prices Slide

  Energy companies led U.S. stock indexes slightly lower Monday as the price of crude oil fell. Real estate, phone companies and other high-dividend stocks did better than the rest of the market as bond yields headed lower,...

  • Posted January 23, 2017
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  World’s primates facing extinction crisis, new report says

  The decline has been blamed on human activities including hunting, mining and oil drilling

  • Posted January 18, 2017
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  Obama’s vow to lift economic sanctions welcomed in Myanmar

  YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — Myanmar economists and businessmen on Thursday welcomed President Barack Obama’s announcement that the U.S. will lift economic sanctions and restore long-lost trade benefits to the Southeast Asian country as it emerges from half...

  • Posted September 15, 2016
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  ASB Says Developing Asian Economies to Grow 5.6 % in 2016

  MANILA, Philippines – The Asian Development Bank said Monday it had cut its 2016 growth projection for developing economies in Asia and the Pacific to 5.6 percent, down from its earlier forecast of 5.7 percent, but added...

  • Posted July 18, 2016