In Asia Monday Hong Kong’s Hang Seng Index gained 1.3% and Japan’s Nikkei 225 Index advanced 0.9%, buoyed by retail gains in the U.S. over the Thanksgiving weekend. But in China the Shanghai Composite Index slid 0.2% as investo…
Shoppers spent a total of $45 billion over the Black Friday weekend, with the average shopper increasing spending by 6.4%.
A total of 212 million shoppers visited stores and websites over the weekend, compared with 195 million last year, the National…
Black Friday has come and gone and the holiday shopping season is off and running. In addition to keeping on eye on how retailers are doing, there will be plenty of economic data for analysts and investors to peruse on this wee…
One thing investors are probably thankful for is that this holiday-shortened trading week is finally over. The U.S. stock market logged just a half day Friday but not before posting more deep and broad-based losses, as European sovereign debt fears con…
Shares in Asia slid lower Friday as investors reacted to Chinese government moves to tighten credit and clamp down on inflation. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng Index fell 0.8% to 22,877, and in China, the Shanghai Composite sank 0…