Tag: Financial markets

Asian markets dip after Wall Street had its worst week in nearly 18 months

HONG KONG -- Asian stocks fell Monday after another rout hit Wall Street on Friday, as a highly anticipated update on the U.S....

Google faces new antitrust trial after ruling declaring search engine a monopoly

ALEXANDRIA, Va. -- One month after a judge declared Google's search engine an illegal monopoly, the tech giant faces another antitrust lawsuit that...

Asian shares trade mixed amid caution ahead of key US employment report

TOKYO -- Asian shares traded mixed Friday ahead of a highly anticipated U.S. jobs report that’s expected to influence how the U.S. Federal...

Funeral business' slow but inevitable march attracts investors to these stocks

NEW YORK -- Death and taxes, the saying goes, are the only certainties in life. If so, funeral companies like Houston's Service Corporation...

Asian stocks mixed after Wall Street extends losses as technology and energy stocks fall

HONG KONG -- Asian markets were mixed Thursday following a global sell-off a day earlier, as Wall Street declined in the technology, energy...

Asian stocks decline, following Wall Street's drop on worries about the economy

HONG KONG -- Asian stocks tumbled Wednesday after Wall Street had its worst day since early August, with the heavyweight Nvidia falling 9.5%,...