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Asset-rich insurers get call for support

Business | Insurance
2008-6-30

TAIWAN'S authorities are encouraging insurance companies, which have a total of NT$8 trillion (US$263 billion) in assets, to buy Taiwanese stocks as part of measures to help support the market. Board members of...

Good news across Asia

Business | Securities
2008-4-12

ASIAN stocks rose yesterday, led by technology and financial companies, after Elpida Memory Inc raised some prices and China Merchants Bank Co said it expects first-quarter profit to increase more than 140 percent. ...

Asia shares offer potential

Business | Securities
2008-1-28

A SELL-OFF in Asian stocks this year has created "opportunities" to buy shares cheaply in a region where economies are expected to outperform the rest of the world, Fidelity Investments' Kathryn Matthews said. "We're...

Banks and brokerages lead climb in Asia

Business | Securities
2008-1-25

ASIAN stocks rose for a second day, led by banks and securities companies, as China grew more than 11 percent and United States law makers said they were close to agreement on an economic stimulus package. Macquarie...

Exporters boost Asian stocks

Business | Securities
2004-3-3

ASIAN stocks rose yesterday, paced by exporters such as Kyocera Corp, after a US manufacturing report showed that growth in the world's largest economy is adding jobs.

Asian stocks gain

Business | Securities
2003-6-30

ASIAN stocks had their biggest quarterly gain in three-and-a-half years as the region's markets bounced back from the impact of war in Iraq, a weak global economy, and the SARS virus.