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A currency trader passes by the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), left, and the foreign exchange rate between U.S. dollar and South Korean won at the foreign exchange dealing room of the KEB Hana Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Thursday, March 9, 2023. Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday after Wall Street steadied following a plunge on worries about more U.S. interest rate hikes. (AP Photo/Ahn Young-joon)

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Asian stocks mixed after Wall St steadies amid rate fears
By JOE MCDONALD - AP Business Writer
Wed,03/08/23-12:47AM , 55 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday after Wall Street steadied following a plunge on worries about more U.S. interest rate hikes.

Shanghai and Seoul declined. Tokyo and Hong Kong advanced. Oil prices edged lower.
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Chinese Premier Li Keqiang speaks during the opening session of China's National People's Congress (NPC) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, Sunday, March 5, 2023. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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China sets this year's economic growth target at 'around 5%'
By JOE MCDONALD - Associated Press
Sat,03/04/23-7:13PM , 41 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — China’s government announced plans for a consumer-led revival of the struggling economy as its legislature opened a session Sunday that will tighten President Xi Jinping’s control over business and society.
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A person wearing a protective mask walks in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Friday, March 3, 2023, in Tokyo. Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher Friday after a Federal Reserve official raised hopes the U.S. central bank might not step up its anti-inflation fight as much as feared. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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Asian stocks follow Wall St up on interest rate hopes
By JOE MCDONALD - AP Business Writer
Wed,03/01/23-11:22PM , 60 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street higher Friday after a Federal Reserve official raised hopes the U.S. central bank might not step up its anti-inflation fight as much as feared.

Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney advanced. Oil prices retreated.
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People wait for a traffic light to change in front of an electronic stock board showing Japan's Nikkei 225 index at a securities firm Thursday, March 2, 2023, in Tokyo. Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday after signs of enduring upward pressure on American prices added to expectations of higher interest rates for longer. (AP Photo/Eugene Hoshiko)

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Asian stocks mixed after Wall St falls on inflation fears
By JOE MCDONALD - AP Business Writer
Wed,03/01/23-1:18AM , 62 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday after signs of enduring upward pressure on American prices added to expectations of higher interest rates for longer.

Shanghai and Seoul advanced while Tokyo and Hong Kong declined. Oil prices edged higher.
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