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A woman walks past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index at Hong Kong Stock Exchange Thursday, April 7, 2022. Asian shares tracked a retreat on Wall Street after details from last month’s Federal Reserve meeting showed the central bank plans to be aggressive in fighting inflation. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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Asian shares track Wall St retreat on interest rate worries
By ELAINE KURTENBACH - AP Business Writer
Wed,04/06/22-12:26AM , 365 Reads
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares tracked a retreat on Wall Street after details from last month’s Federal Reserve meeting showed the central bank plans to be aggressive in fighting inflation.

The Fed comments added to investor unease over the war in Ukraine, coronavirus outbreaks in China and persistent high inflation.
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Sri Lankans protest demanding president Gotabaya Rajapaksa resign in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Monday, April 4, 2022. Sri Lanka's president on Monday invited all political parties represented in Parliament to accept ministries after his Cabinet resigned amid public protests over the country's worst economic crisis. Disruptions to supplies of commodities, financial strains and higher prices are among the shocks from the war in Ukraine that will slow economies in Asia in coming months, the World Bank says in a report released Tuesday, April 5, 2022. (AP Photo/Eranga Jayawardena, File)

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World Bank says war shocks to drag on Asian economies
By ELAINE KURTENBACH - AP Business Writer
Mon,04/04/22-10:26PM , 399 Reads
BANGKOK (AP) — Disruptions to supplies of commodities, financial strains and higher prices are among the impacts of the war in Ukraine that will slow economies in Asia in coming months, the World Bank says in a report released Tuesday.
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Currency traders gesture as they talk each others near the screens showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI), right, at a foreign exchange dealing room in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, April 5, 2022. Shares fell Tuesday in Asia and oil prices advanced after a tech-driven rally on Wall Street. Trading was light with many regional markets including those in China closed for holidays. (AP Photo/Lee Jin-man)

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Oil prices up, Asian shares slip after tech rally on Wall St
By ELAINE KURTENBACH - AP Business Writer
Mon,04/04/22-12:09AM , 460 Reads
Shares fell Tuesday in Asia and oil prices advanced after a tech-driven rally on Wall Street. Trading was light with many regional markets including those in China closed for holidays.
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A woman walks past a bank's electronic board showing the Hong Kong share index in Hong Kong Tuesday, March, 29, 2022. Asian shares are higher after an advance on Wall Street ahead of another round of talks between Russia and Ukraine. (AP Photo/Vincent Yu)

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Asian shares higher ahead of Russia-Ukraine peace talks
By ELAINE KURTENBACH - AP Business Writer
Sun,03/27/22-10:59PM , 395 Reads
BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares were higher Tuesday after an advance on Wall Street ahead of another round of peace talks between Russia and Ukraine.

Crude oil prices fell further after sinking 7% on Monday.
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