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China Merchants Bank shares plunged the most in seven years after a report that said a bank executive was helping officials with an inquiry.
Traders bought the yen on Kuroda's comment, and helped push the dollar down by 0.22% to 126.28 yen on Monday
Unexpectedly strong GDP data for the first quarter of 2022, not heavily affected by China's worse Covid-19 outbreak in two years, also fails to lift the market
Brokerage and data provider E-House China said it continues to explore ways to secure the requisite funds to repay the 2022 Notes on the maturity date
Ride-hailing firm says it won't apply to list shares on any other stock exchange before the delisting of its American Depositary Shares from NYSE is complete.
Beijing's bid to hasten economic growth and raise funds to finance infrastructure may provide a boost to the emerging market for Reits
China's central bank said on Friday it will cut the amount of cash banks must hold as reserves, releasing about 530 billion yuan (over $83bn) in liquidity to bolster economic growth
Russia made a payment last week on two sovereign bonds in roubles rather than dollars, so it may be considered a default if not "cured" by May 4, rating agency says
China’s central bank kept its policy rates unchanged despite the hopes of investors worried about the economic cost of China's zero-Covid policy
Investment banking fees were down 43% at Citigroup, 37% at Morgan Stanley and 36% at Goldman as dealmaking appeared to sputter
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