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Tokyo stocks open higher after Wall St rally

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Tokyo stocks opened higher Friday, a day after plunging 3.7 percent, with sentiment buoyed by a…

Trade ministers, without US and China, call for urgent WTO reforms

  by Michel Comte Agence France Presse OTTAWA, Canada (AFP) -- An overhaul of global trade is urgently needed, 13…

Tokyo’s Nikkei closes down 3.7% as global markets plunge

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Tokyo's Nikkei plunged more than 3.7 percent on Thursday, after a punishing session on Wall Street…

Puma lifts 2018 outlook after jump in quarterly profits

FRANKFURT AM MAIN, Germany (AFP) -- German sportswear group Puma raised its 2018 outlook Thursday after a stronger-than-expected third quarter,…

Microsoft quarterly profit soars on cloud services

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Microsoft on Wednesday said its profit in the recently ended quarter soared on the…

Tesla reports ‘historic’ profitable quarter

SAN FRANCISCO, United States (AFP) -- Electric car maker Tesla on Wednesday reported a "historic" profitable quarter driven by demand…

Asian markets suffer fresh losses, energy firms tank

HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Asian equities fell again Wednesday extending the previous day's geopolitics-fuelled sell-off, with energy firms taking…

Starbucks opens first sign language store in US

WASHINGTON, United States (AFP) -- Rebecca Witzofsky, a 20-year-old deaf student at Gallaudet University in Washington, and her hearing friend…

Tokyo’s Nikkei index drops 2.67% amid global risk worries

TOKYO, Japan (AFP) -- Tokyo's benchmark Nikkei index dropped 2.67 percent on Tuesday amid lingering worries over geopolitical risks and…

Asian markets resume downward spiral as geopolitical fears set in

HONG KONG, China (AFP) -- Asian markets mostly fell Tuesday as geopolitical risks pile up, from US tensions with Russia…

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