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AP correspondent Damian Troise reports on The AP Market report PM Wednesday.

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Stock market today: Asia follows Wall St lower after the US government's credit rating was cut
By JOE MCDONALD - AP Business Writer
Wed,08/02/23-1:37AM , 69 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets followed Wall Street lower on Thursday after Fitch Ratings cut the United States government's credit rating.

Tokyo's market benchmark fell almost 1.5%. Shanghai, Hong Kong and Seoul declined. Oil prices edged higher.
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A man tour by a deserted shopping mall in Beijing on Thursday, July 27, 2023. Chinese leader Xi Jinping’s government is promising to drag the economy out of a crisis of confidence aggravated by tensions with Washington, wilting exports, job losses and anxiety among foreign companies about an expanded anti-spying law.(AP Photo/Andy Wong)

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Skepticism prevails as Chinese leaders promise to back private businesses to spur slowing economy
By JOE MCDONALD - AP Business Writer
Sun,07/30/23-10:29PM , 175 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — The Fangbiaogan Real Estate Agency in the southern city of Nanning is still waiting for China’s post-COVID rebound.
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French Finance Minister Bruno Le Maire, left and Chinese Vice Premier He Lifeng shake hands after a joint press conference at the end of the 9th China-France High Level Economic and Financial Dialogue held at the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing, Saturday, July 29, 2023. (AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

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France's Le Maire presses China on market access and lobbies for electric car investment
By JOE MCDONALD - AP Business Writer
Sun,07/30/23-12:42AM , 203 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — The French finance minister said Sunday he pressed Chinese leaders to open their markets wider to foreign companies and lobbied for investment in France’s electric car industry, as the European Union’s second-largest economy followed Washington in reviving post-COVID economic talks amid tension over Beijing’s surging trade surplus
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Earning reports are giving markets a boost. The AP's Seth Sutel reports.

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Stock market today: Asian markets decline ahead of what traders hope will be final Fed rate hike
By JOE MCDONALD - AP Business Writer
Tue,07/25/23-1:12AM , 90 Reads
BEIJING (AP) — Asian stock markets retreated Wednesday after Wall Street hit a 15-month high ahead of a Federal Reserve meeting that traders hope will end with the final increase in this interest rate cycle.

Shanghai, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Seoul declined. Oil prices retreated.
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