Key Overnight Developments • Yen Slumps as Carry Trades Follow Stocks Higher in Asian Trade • Japanese Exports Slow as European, Chinese Demand Weakens • Australian Producer Prices Post Largest Increase in a Year in Q2 Critical Levels The Euro and the B

Key Overnight Developments • Yen Slumps as Carry Trades Follow Stocks Higher in Asian Trade • Japanese Exports Slow as European, Chinese Demand Weakens • Australian Producer Prices Post Largest Increase in a Year in Q2 Critical Levels The Euro and the B

Asian stocks rose, driving the MSCI Asia Pacific Index to its third straight weekly advance, as commodity prices climbed and US companies from AT&T to United Parcel Service raised profit forecasts. BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, the world's biggest and third-biggest mining companies,

Asian stocks rose, driving the MSCI Asia Pacific Index to its third straight weekly advance, as commodity prices climbed and US companies from AT&T to United Parcel Service raised profit forecasts. BHP Billiton and Rio Tinto, the world's biggest and third-biggest mining companies,

Asian stocks rose, driving the MSCI Asia Pacific Index higher for a second straight day, after Apple reported better-than-estimated earnings and commodity prices advanced. Samsung, which supplies semiconductor chips for Apple products, increased 1.8 per cent in Seoul. BHP Billiton

Asian stocks rose, driving the MSCI Asia Pacific Index higher for a second straight day, after Apple reported better-than-estimated earnings and commodity prices advanced. Samsung, which supplies semiconductor chips for Apple products, increased 1.8 per cent in Seoul. BHP Billiton

Crude oil declined for a fourth day in New York after confidence among US consumers slumped, adding to concerns a recovery in fuel demand may falter in the biggest energy-consuming nation. Oil dropped after the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary consumer sentiment

Crude oil declined for a fourth day in New York after confidence among US consumers slumped, adding to concerns a recovery in fuel demand may falter in the biggest energy-consuming nation. Oil dropped after the Thomson Reuters/University of Michigan preliminary consumer sentiment

Asian stocks fell on Monday as a sharp drop in US consumer sentiment added to worries that its economic recovery is losing momentum, with the cautious tone also pulling the euro from two-month highs. The MSCI index for Asian stocks outside Japan dropped 1 per cent, its worse daily

Asian stocks fell on Monday as a sharp drop in US consumer sentiment added to worries that its economic recovery is losing momentum, with the cautious tone also pulling the euro from two-month highs. The MSCI index for Asian stocks outside Japan dropped 1 per cent, its worse daily

Asian stocks remained under pressure as worries about a US economic slowdown persisted, even as a spate of Chinese data pointed to only a mild cooling in that economy. China's annual economic growth eased to 10.3 per cent in the second quarter from 11.9 per cent in the first quarter, a

Asian stocks remained under pressure as worries about a US economic slowdown persisted, even as a spate of Chinese data pointed to only a mild cooling in that economy. China's annual economic growth eased to 10.3 per cent in the second quarter from 11.9 per cent in the first quarter, a

Asian stocks rose after the world’s biggest chipmaker reported record second-quarter sales and Singapore raised its economic growth forecast for the third time this year, driving optimism the global economy is recovering. Samsung, Asia’s biggest maker of semiconduct

Asian stocks rose after the world’s biggest chipmaker reported record second-quarter sales and Singapore raised its economic growth forecast for the third time this year, driving optimism the global economy is recovering. Samsung, Asia’s biggest maker of semiconduct

Asian stocks advanced as gains in metal prices bolstered mining companies and a weakening yen boosted Japanese exporters of cars and electronics. Rio Tinto, the world's third-largest mining company, rose 1.1 per cent in Sydney and Newcrest Mining, Australia's biggest gold producer,

Asian stocks advanced as gains in metal prices bolstered mining companies and a weakening yen boosted Japanese exporters of cars and electronics. Rio Tinto, the world's third-largest mining company, rose 1.1 per cent in Sydney and Newcrest Mining, Australia's biggest gold producer,

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