potential they could be pardoned after Trump's inauguration. Attorneys for Christopher Carnell, a

Rob Carnell, chief Asia economist for ING.... He noted that after previous shutdowns, factories

The Shanghai Composite gave up earlier gains, losing nearly 0.1% to 3, 588.78.... The tech sector is viewed as a high-growth area of the market, which tends to do better when inflation is low.In energy trading, benchmark U.S. crude rose 97 cents to$ 74.44 a barrel in electronic trading on the New York Mercantile Exchange.... It gained 49 cents to$ 73.47 on Wednesday....

TOKYO--Japan’s economy grew at an annual rate of 1.3% in the last quarter, raising hopes for a gradual recovery from the painful impact of the coronavirus pandemic. The Cabinet Office reported Monday seasonally adjusted gross domestic product, or GDP, the sum of the value of a nation’s products and services, grew 0.3% in April-June, marking a reversal from the 0.9% contraction in the previous quarter for the world’s third-largest economy. The annualized rate is how much the economy would have gr

SINGAPORE: Asian shares were mostly higher on Friday as investors hoped U.S. jobs data due later might sway the Federal Reserve to slow its current aggressive pace of interest rate hikes over the coming months. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 0.56%, riding a strong Wall Street close overnight.... Japan's Nikkei was up 1.2%, and shares in Seoul were up 0.46%, while Australia's resource-heavy index was up 0.79%. European STOXX 50 futures rose 0.76%. Markets in Ch

TOKYO--Japan’s exports fell 0.8% last month from a year earlier, with steep declines in shipments to China and the rest of Asia, its largest regional market.... Imports sank nearly 18%, the Japanese Finance Ministry said in preliminary data released Wednesday.... That left a trade deficit of 930.5 billion yen($ 6.3 billion) in August, for the second straight month of red ink, it said....

That included 5, 987 cases in Shanghai, only 329 of which exhibited symptoms. China’s case numbers in its latest infection surge are low compared with other major countries.... But the ruling Communist Party is enforcing a “ zero-tolerance ” strategy aimed at isolating every infected person. Advertisement Some 9.1 million of Shanghai’s 26 million people had undergone virus testing by Wednesday, according to health officials.... Bus service into and out of the city was suspended earlier....

Global trade has remained a tailwind for economic growth, even as shipping costs remain elevated. The relatively steady expansion in the world’s second-largest economy is a boon for the rest of Asia, much of which relies on China as its top trading partner.... The gauge has been in expansion since May 2020. China’s official manufacturing PMI was little changed at 50.9 in June, marking a 16th straight month of expansion, the National Bureau of Statistics said Wednesday.... That matches the Bank

SINGAPORE: Asian shares inched higher on Friday, while the dollar retreated from a one-month peak as investors assessed U.S. economic data that largely showed a resilient labour market and awaited a crucial non-farm payrolls report due later in the day. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.28%, but was on course to clock a weekly loss of 2%, its worst run in more than a month. Futures indicated European stocks were set for a higher open, with Eurostoxx 50 futures up

SINGAPORE: Asian shares inched higher on Friday, while the dollar retreated from a one-month peak as investors assessed U.S. economic data that largely showed a resilient labour market and awaited a crucial non-farm payrolls report due later in the day. MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan rose 0.28%, but was on course to clock a weekly loss of 2%, its worst run in more than a month. Futures indicated European stocks were set for a higher open, with Eurostoxx 50 futures up