LONDON (Reuters) – Delaying remaining elements of new global bank capital rules for a year will give lenders in Britain time to focus on dealing…
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Hong Kong February home prices fall the most in 15 months as coronavirus spreads
HONG KONG (REUTERS) – Hong Kong private home prices in February posted the biggest monthly decline since November 2018, falling 2.1 per cent as the…
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Asia shares suffer virus chills, central banks offer what they can
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares slid on Monday and oil prices took another tumble as fears mounted that the global shutdown for the coronavirus could…
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Hong Kong politician arrested for 'sedition' over Facebook post
HONG KONG (AFP) – Hong Kong police on Thursday (March 26) arrested an opposition politician under a colonial-era sedition law for allegedly sharing the identity…
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Asia shares dive with S&P 500, bond yields fall anew
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares slid on Monday as more countries all but shut down in the fight against the coronavirus, threatening to overwhelm policymakers’…
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Dollar surges, stocks fall as ECB fails to stop panic
SINGAPORE (Reuters) – The dollar surged, bonds plunged and global markets struggled to find their footing on Thursday as the European Central Bank’s latest promise…
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Unemployment plagues Hong Kong as city loses freest economy crown to Singapore
HONG KONG – Labour woes in the city, which was dealt a double whammy first by months-long protests and now the coronavirus outbreak, are expected…
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Stocks plunge as Fed's emergency rate cut fails to calm panic
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Stock markets and the dollar fell heavily on Monday, after emergency rate cuts in the United States and New Zealand failed to…
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Financial markets wilt, stocks plunge as Trump stuns with Europe travel ban
TOKYO (Reuters) – Financial markets reeled on Thursday as stocks dived and oil slumped after U.S. President Donald Trump took the dramatic step of banning…
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Coronavirus shock and oil price fall pummel world stocks
LONDON (Reuters) – Global stocks plunged on Monday and prices for crude oil tumbled as much as 33% after Saudi Arabia launched a price war…
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World stocks sink on coronavirus shock, oil price crash
SYDNEY/HONG KONG (Reuters) – Global share markets plunged on Monday as panicked investors fled to the safety of bonds and the yen to hedge the…
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World shares trampled in coronavirus panic, oil prices plunge
SYDNEY (Reuters) – Global share markets tumbled on Monday as panicked investors fled to bonds to hedge the economic shock of the coronavirus, and oil…
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Hong Kong broadcaster TVB axes satire show that drew police chief's ire
HONG KONG (BLOOMBERG) – Hong Kong’s dominant broadcaster cut a current affairs programme that had satirised the police amid a citywide shortage of protective gear…
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Stock sell-off rolls to Asia, bonds rally on virus risk
TOKYO (Reuters) – Asian shares fell on Friday following another Wall Street rout as disruptions to global business from the coronavirus beyond China worsened, stoking…
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