Asian markets up on growth reports China Daily 2010-09-06 11:41:30.0Anna Kitanaka and Norie KuboyamaAsian markets up on growth reportsAsian markets,MSCI11022307Markets2@webnews/enpproperty--> TOKYO - Asianstocks rose, lifting the MSCI Asia Pacific Index to its biggest weekly increase in three, as Japan said it's ready to act to rein in the yen...
Asian-Americans Climb Fashion Industry Ladder The New York Times The mood was set early at the American fashion awards ceremony at Lincoln Center in June, an event often likened to the Oscars of the fashion world, with a guest list that included celebrities like Sarah Jessica Parker and Gwyneth Paltrow and almost every top designer. Tim Sloan/Agence France-Presse...
Asian-Americans Climb Fashion Ladder The New York Times The mood was set early at the American fashion awards ceremony at Lincoln Center in June, an event often likened to the Oscars of the fashion world, with a guest list that included celebrities like Sarah Jessica Parker and Gwyneth Paltrow and almost every top designer. Tim Sloan/Agence France-Presse...
Cops: Criminals target Asian business owners MSNBC Levittown — Large quantities of cash in the home and a reluctance to call police are believed to be the lures for the home invasions. Business owners of Asian descent from Philadelphia and surrounding suburban counties are being targeted by armed robbers who invade their homes and hold them up...
Oil lingers near $75 in Asia as stock markets gain Herald Tribune BANGKOK - Oil prices lingered near $75 a barrel Friday in Asia, largely holding onto a big gain the day before as investors put a positive spin on U.S. economic reports and Asian stockmarkets rose. AC = 1234 --> Benchmark oil for October delivery was down 30 cents at $74.72 a barrel at midday Bangkok time in electronic trading on the New YorkMercantile Exchange. The contract rose $1.11 to settle at $75.02 on...
Asia stocks rise on slight improvement in US data Herald Tribune TOKYO - Most Asianstockmarkets climbed Friday as investors took heart from a slight improvement in U.S. economic indicators amid lingering worries over the pace of the global economic recovery. AC = 1234 --> But gains were modest across the region as investors took a wait-and-see stance ahead of closely-watched U.S. employment figures due out Friday. The jobless rate for August is expected to rise to 9.6 percent...
Multi-agency effort targets crimes against Asian businesses Philadelphia Daily News By Kathleen Brady Shea Inquirer Staff Writer The first clues came from thugs' confessions. They were targeting homes of Asian American businesspeople because of two assumptions. They keep their savings at home, the bandits told authorities. And they don't call 911. Those perceptions, accurate or not, have made the region's Asian American entrepreneurs magnets for "heinous and violent" home invasions,...
Most Asian stocks rise on improving US data Herald Tribune TOKYO - Most Asianstockmarkets climbed Friday as investors took heart from improving U.S. housing and jobs data amid lingering worries over the pace of the global economic recovery. AC = 1234 --> But gains were modest across the region as investors took a wait-and-see stance ahead of closely-watched U.S. employment data due out Friday. The jobless rate for August is expected to rise to 9.6 percent from 9.5 percent...
