Asian stock markets plunged Thursday as unexpected interest rate cut in South Korea fueled concerns over global economic slowdown and the Federal Reserve offered no strong hints about another round of quantitative easing.
South Korea's central bank cut the interest rate Thursday for the first time in over three years in a move to stimulate the faltering economic growth of the country.
Most Asian markets fell Thursday as investor worries about worsening global economic downturn strengthened following unanticipated interest rate cut in South Korea.
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Most Asian markets fell Wednesday amid investor concerns about the euro zone?s debt burden to worsen global economic downturn.
The late King Hussein of Jordan titled his autobiography ?Uneasy Lies the Head.? That could be the title Thorsten Heins, CEO of Research in Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM), the ailing BlackBerry developer, could use for his book, too.
North Korea's now got its own version of the loveable Disney pantheon, but the phenomenon is revealing of much more than Americanization across the globe.
In the event Park Geun-hye becomes president, she will be the first woman leader of the country, an unprecedented event in the region (neighbors China and Japan have never had a female as head of state, either).
Most Asian markets fell Tuesday amid investor concerns about the intensifying debt crisis looming over the euro zone and the worsening global economic downturn.
Park Ji-Sung has been unveiled as a Queens Park Rangers player, with speculation also linking Nani with a move away.
Apple and Samsung, two of the leading manufacturers of mobile devices and electronics, have been engaged in a patent war concerning the companies' two respective tablets. A judge in the United Kingdom has ruled the Korea-based company's Galaxy Tab does not infringe on Apple's iPad design, according to the Verge.
Asian markets fell Monday as investor sentiment turned negative with economic data from Japan and the U.S. indicating the faltering economic growth.
Consider BlackBerry developer Research in Motion (Nasdaq: RIMM): is it in a ?death spiral? or a tarnished diamond that with better management can be revived for a bright future?
Most Asian markets rose this week as investor confidence was boosted by expectations of stimulus measures from central banks globally to regain the economic growth momentum.
Orders for dozens of fighter jets worth as much as $200 million each don't happen often. When they do, manufacturers fight tooth and claw, and that's just what's happening in South Korea.
Asian markets fell Friday as central bank measures in Europe and China could not allay investor concerns about the intensifying debt crisis looming over the euro zone and the worsening global economic downturn.
Samsung is the number one brand among Asian consumers, according to the Campaign Asia-Pacific 2012 Asia's Top 1000 Brands report.
Asian markets fell Thursday with the revival of investor concerns about the euro zone?s debt crisis intensifying and the economic downturn deepening.
Chinese, Indian and Japanese navies in the Gulf of Aden show a sense of pragmatism and cooperation among their forces, but wariness of China's military is unlikely to lift anytime soon in East Asia.
The European Parliament rejected Wednesday the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement, or ACTA, an international treaty that aims to standardize intellectual property and copyright enforcement efforts digitally and physically across signatory countries.
Asian markets rose Wednesday as investors continued to be hopeful that central banks all over the world would soon announce stimulus measures to tackle the weakening global economy.
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