Jan. 23, 2025 04:23 AM EST
BANGKOK (AP) — The Chinese government is trying to encourage people to spend more by ensuring that share prices will rise, ordering pensions and mutual funds to invest more in domestic stocks to help jolt its languid markets out of the doldrums.
Officials told reporters in Beijing...
Jan. 21, 2025 17:28 PM EST
NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks rose Tuesday after more companies said they made bigger profits at the end of last year than analysts expected and as Treasury yields eased.
The S&P 500 climbed 0.9%, while many markets around the world took only tentative steps following Donald...
Jan. 08, 2025 05:04 AM EST
BANGKOK (AP) — China’s leaders are bracing for shocks to the economy from higher tariffs threatened by U.S. President-elect Donald Trump once he takes office.
To help rev up an economy bogged down by a property crisis and disruptions during the pandemic, the ruling Communist...