Cnooc, China’s most visible offshore oil producer, announced record-high net profits for 2010, helping to send Asian oil shares higher.
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Japan’s markets got a slight reprieve today as the yen slipped a bit after hitting a record high yesterday. While the lower value helped exporters recover from severe losses earlier in the trading session, the country has a lon…
Asian markets closed lower Wednesday as investors focused on rapidly rising oil prices, which broke the $100-per-barrel mark in response to growing tensions in the Middle East. In Japan the Nikkei 225 Index slid 2.4%, Hong Kong…
It was a good month for auto sales despite inclement weather across much of the country and surging oil prices. Cars sold near an annual pace of 13 million vehicles. That would make February the best on record since the “cash f…
Investors piled into Chinese stocks after news broke that China’s GDP surpassed Japan’s for 2010, making the People’s Republic the world’s second largest economy after the U.S. The Shanghai Composite climbed 2.5% and in Hong Ko…