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Asian markets stories: 70 news summaries

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Euro Stocks, US Futures Rise, Asia Dips

Big exporters still trembling over possible US slowdown

Aug 29, 07 7:44 AM CDT
(Newser) - European stocks and US futures advanced overnight, as traders waxed optimistic that the credit crisis won't spread to affect the broader economy. But Asian markets are more concerned about the general prospect of a US slowdown—which could hit Asia's export-heavy economy hard. More »

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stocks • global economy • US economy • Asian markets • credit crisis • European markets

World Markets Climb After Countrywide Stock Sale

US futures also up
as worries cool

Aug 23, 07 9:21 AM CDT
(Newser) - Markets climbed worldwide after Bank of America invested $2 billion in Countrywide, giving the mortgage lender a desperately needed injection of cash and proving some appetite is left as subprime mortgages continue to rot. Barclays in the U.K., Mitsubishi in Japan, and Countrywide itself in Europe all saw major... More »

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Bank of America • mortgage • futures market • Asian markets • Countrywide • European markets

Asian Markets Soar After
 Fed's Rate Cut

Stocks see biggest jump in 5 years as panic
gives way to optimism

Aug 20, 07 1:00 AM CDT
(Newser) - The global equities sell-off ground to a halt today as Asian stocks had their biggest gains in five years. Responding to Friday’s cut in the US Federal Reserve’s discount rate, Japan’s Nikkei 225, Hong Kong's Hang Seng and South Korea's Kospi indexes all saw huge gains as... More »

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South Korea • Japan • Federal Reserve • Hong Kong • stocks • Singapore • Nikkei • Hang Seng • Asian markets • global market • Kospi index

Asian Traders Sweat New Dive

Fourth day of losses hits markets

Aug 16, 07 11:57 PM CDT
(Newser) - Despite a late Wall Street rally yesterday, Asian stocks plummeted for the fourth day in a row—driven as much by panic as by any other factor. Toyota, Canon and Mitsubishi all slipped badly, along with the Morgan Stanley Capital International Asia-Pacific Index, which was off 1.8 percent, and... More »

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Toyota • stocks • Nikkei • Asian markets • Canon • Mitsubishi

'Blood Hits Streets' as Asian Markets Plunge

Continuing credit woes trigger steepest dive
in six years

Aug 16, 07 4:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - Asian stock markets continued to slide today, pounded by fears of a global credit squeeze, recording their most precipitous drop in five years, Reuters reports. South Korea's Kospi index skidded 6.9 percent as major corporations and financial institutions took horrific beatings. Australia's Rams Home Loans Group revealed it can't... More »

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stock market • Toyota • Asia • Asian markets • global credit • Kospi index • Samsung • Bank Mizuho

Stocks Drop, Market Awaits Fed Cuts

Dow sinks below
13,000 as credit
tremors continue

Aug 15, 07 4:18 PM CDT
(Newser) - Major indexes sank again after a volatile day, as analysts continue to speculate on a possible interest-rate cut. The New York Fed put about $7 billion into the system with an overnight repurchase agreement, which put an early bounce in the Dow before it lost 167.45 later in the... More »

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stock market • Federal Reserve • subprime mortgages • Nasdaq • markets • Asian markets

Risk-Averse
Euro Markets
Retreat

Subprime mortgage damage, uncertainty continue to spread

Aug 15, 07 7:42 AM CDT
(Newser) - European markets plunged today over worries about the spreading subprime mortgage crisis. Analysts downgraded UBS and Deutsche Bank, which dropped, and all 14 open Western European exchanges lost ground, echoing the Asian markets' earlier retreat. "There's a lot of uncertainty about what's going on and who has lost money... More »

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stock market • Credit Suisse • subprime mortgages • Deutsche Bank • UBS • Asian markets • European markets

Credit Fears Sink Asian Markets

Nikkei drops as subprime crisis
rocks world

Aug 15, 07 3:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Global credit turmoil rocked Asian markets today, pushing Japan’s Nikkei to 2007 lows, as US and Canadian firms struggled to meet payments and Wal-Mart and Swiss Bank UBS released disappointing forecasts. Through it all the Yen rose, as risk-averse investors turned to some safe havens in Japan, Reuters reports. More »

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Japan • Toyota • subprime mortgages • Sony • Nikkei • yen • Asian markets • credit market • Bank of Japan • Wal-Mart

Japan Pumps Cash Into Market

Interest rate hikes unlikely

Aug 13, 07 12:16 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Bank of Japan pumped $5.1 billion into the Japanese financial system today as the  global credit crunch continued to ripple through the Asian markets, Bloomberg reports. Adding to the jitters, Japan's growth is slowing more markedly than economists predicted; the world's second-largest economy expanded by only 0.5%... More »

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stock market • Japan • Bank of America • subprime mortgages • finance • GDP • Nikkei • Asian markets • Bank of Japan • global credit • Japanese economy

Credit Fears Rock Asian Markets

Subprime mortgage crisis ripples across Pacific

Aug 10, 07 5:51 AM CDT
(Newser) - Asian stocks nosedived today as market fears triggered by the US subprime mortgage crisis rippled across the globe. The steepest drop in 5 months echoed upheaval spreading outward from Wall Street, with Toyota and Samsung leading a retreat by large exporters hurt by fears that the lending catastrophe and resultant... More »

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Asia • subprime mortgages • stocks • market • Nikkei • BNP Paribas • Asian markets

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