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Culture vultures and collectors alike are set to alight in Hong Kong for Art Basel’s first foray into Asia. Full News here – Scene Asia » Hong Kong

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BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed in holiday-thinned trading Friday as investors digested a slew of disappointing economic data and corporate results from the U.S. Applications for unemployment benefits jumped to their highest level in six weeks, the U.S. Labor Department reported Thursday, while manufacturing slowed in the mid-Atlantic region. The bright spot [...]

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* Premiums at all-time highs in Hong Kong, Singapore * Tokyo premiums highest since early 2011, tracking HK * Supply of kilobars tight in Asia (Adds quotes, background) By Lewa Pardomuan SINGAPORE, May 16 (Reuters) – Premiums for gold bars rallied to all-time highs in Hong Kong and Singapore on Thursday after bullion's steepest drop [...]

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BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday following dour European economic data that dampened hopes of a recovery there anytime soon. However, losses were limited by another record session on Wall Street. The European Union statistics office said Wednesday that nine of the 17 countries that use the euro are in recession, including [...]

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How does Asia fare in this year’s Cannes Film Festival lineup? Not bad, as it turns out, with Japan’s Takashi Miike, Jia Zhangke of China and Hong Kong’s Johnnie To set to hit the red carpet with their latest films. Full News here – Scene Asia » Hong Kong

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BANGKOK (AP) — Enthusiasm on Wall Street sparked by another positive report on the U.S. economy helped push most Asian stock markets higher Wednesday. The National Federation of Independent Business reported a slight improvement in confidence among small business owners in the U.S. in April. That helped boost the Dow Jones industrial average to close [...]

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BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets were powered higher Wednesday by an improvement in China’s trade and yet another record-busting session on Wall Street. The Dow Jones industrial average closed above 15,000 for the first time ever Tuesday, driven by optimism that the U.S. economy will keep gaining momentum. There was also good news from [...]

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BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets rose Friday, finding renewed strength from a fall in U.S. jobless benefit claims and an interest rate cut by the European Central Bank intended to boost the region’s ebbing economy. Investors jittery over the state of the U.S. economy took heart from a U.S. Labor Department report that said [...]

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BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets fell Wednesday in holiday-thinned trading after the pace of China’s manufacturing growth slowed in April, raising fears of a weaker recovery in the world’s second-largest economy. The China Federation of Logistics and Purchasing said its purchasing managers’ index fell to 50.6 in April from 50.9 in March on a [...]

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BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets fell Thursday as accumulating evidence of weakness in the global economy kept investors on the sidelines. Markets were also weighed down by some disappointing U.S. corporate earnings and worries about a possible drop in demand for Apple’s iPod and iPhone. Japan’s Nikkei 225 index fell 0.4 percent to 13,330.27. [...]

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Today, the Honourable Christian Paradis, Minister of Industry, concluded a week-long visit to Tokyo and Hong Kong, where he met with business and government leaders to promote Canada as an important trading partner and an attractive destination for foreign investment. "Economic Action Plan 2013 marks the next chapter in our government's commitment to bolster confidence, [...]

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BANGKOK (AP) — Asian stock markets mostly gained Wednesday on the heels of a record high on Wall Street as traders waited for the latest Federal Reserve meeting minutes for insight into the U.S. economy’s prospects. Japan’s stock market continued to rise on a wave of enthusiasm for the Bank of Japan’s aggressive new approach [...]

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BANGKOK (AP) — Weak economic reports on hiring and service industry growth in the U.S. sent Asian stock markets lower Thursday. The Institute for Supply Management said that its index of non-manufacturing activity grew at a slower rate in March, reaching its lowest level in seven months. The index, which covers companies that employ 90 [...]

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Sotheby’s and three Asian auction houses expect to sell more than $ 300 million in art, antiques, wine and jewelry this week in Hong Kong. Full News here – Scene Asia » Hong Kong

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