5+ day, 1+ hour ago   (406+ words) PHILIPPINE STOCKS climbed further on Wednesday as bargain hunting and foreign buying continued to lift the market, although gains were limited as investors stayed cautious amid uncertainties. The Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) rose by 0.17% or 10.54 points to close at…...

6+ day, 3+ hour ago   (402+ words) OTTAWA — Canada’s retaliatory tariffs on US goods took effect just after midnight on Tuesday as Prime Minister Mark Carney increased economic pressure on his country’s biggest trading partner after negotiations collapsed last month, intensifying an 18-month-old trade war. The counter-tariffs…...

3+ week, 12+ hour ago   (669+ words) THE ONE-TIME billionaire who came to personify the boom and bust of China’s property market was sentenced to life in prison last week by a Chinese court. But the collapse of the sector, entering its sixth year, remains a drag…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (303+ words) Vietnam retained its crown as Southeast Asia’s fastest-growing major economy in the second quarter, with Thailand the laggard, as tech and energy dictated varied fortunes across the region. Malaysia and Singapore were the second- and third-quickest expanding, helped by robust…...