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Stocks in Asia rise, yen wobbles after volatile start to week

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Asian stocks inched higher on Tuesday as investors awaited a slew of economic data, corporate earnings and the U.S. Federal Reserve’s policy meeting, while the yen was slightly weaker a day after suspected intervention rescued it from 34-year lows. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was 0.36% higher, set to clock in a … Read more

Tech pulls down Asia stocks, dollar gains on inflation data

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Asian stocks slumped on Friday, tracking tech-led declines on Wall Street overnight after hotter-than-forecast U.S. inflation knocked back bets for how soon and often the Federal Reserve will cut interest rates. U.S. benchmark bond yields held near the 4.3% level they reached on Thursday for the first time this month, following their biggest jump in … Read more