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Traders work on the floor at the New York Stock Exchange in New York, Wednesday, July 27, 2022. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig)

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Asian shares, oil prices mostly higher after Fed rate hike
By ELAINE KURTENBACH - AP Business Writer
Wed,07/27/22-4:46AM , 189 Reads
BANGKOK (AP) — Shares were mostly higher in Asia on Thursday after the Federal Reserve ratcheted up its campaign against surging inflation by raising its key interest rate three-quarters of a point.
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A person walks past an electronic board showing the Nikkei 225 stock index at a securities company in Tokyo, Friday, July 22, 2022. Asian shares were mostly higher on Friday after another day of gains on Wall Street amid a deluge of news about the economy, interest rates and corporate profits. (AP Photo/Shuji Kajiyama)

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Asian shares mostly higher after further gains on Wall St
By ELAINE KURTENBACH - AP Business Writer
Thu,07/21/22-1:23AM , 221 Reads
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were mostly higher on Friday after another day of gains on Wall Street amid a deluge of news about the economy, interest rates and corporate profits.

Tokyo, Hong Kong and Sydney advanced while Seoul and Shanghai declined. U.S. futures edged lower while oil prices rose.
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A currency trader walks near the screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Wednesday, July 20, 2022. Asian shares advanced Wednesday after Wall Street rallied to its best day in more than three weeks as companies reported strong profits for the past quarter. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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Asian markets climb, tracking profit-driven gains on Wall St
By ELAINE KURTENBACH - AP Business Writer
Tue,07/19/22-1:26AM , 694 Reads
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares advanced Wednesday after Wall Street rallied to its best day in more than three weeks as companies reported strong profits for the past quarter.
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A vender waits for customers at a vegetable market place in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, June 10, 2022. Some 1.6 billion people in 94 countries face at least one dimension of the crisis in food, energy and financial systems, according to a report last month by the Global Crisis Response Group of the United Nations Secretary-General. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

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Sri Lanka's crisis rings alarm for other troubled economies
By ELAINE KURTENBACH - AP Business Writer
Tue,07/05/22-11:21PM , 315 Reads
BANGKOK (AP) — Sri Lanka is desperate for help with weathering its worst crisis in recent memory. Its schools are closed for lack of fuel to get kids and teachers to classrooms.
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