Economic, Financial news

* FTSE urofirst up 0.3 pct, bounces off 3-week closing low * Euro STOXX 50 up 0.3 pct as bargain hunters...

US stocks surged higher Tuesday as favorable sentiment towards equities more than compensated for a mixed bag of economic indicators....

By Chikako Mogi TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares fell and the euro was capped on Tuesday as investors contemplated potential...

By Chikako Mogi TOKYO (Reuters) - The euro and Asian shares rose on Monday after Cyprus did a last-ditch deal...

HONG KONG (AP) -- Japanese stocks tumbled Friday as investors were disappointed by a lack of specifics from the new...

* China manufacturing growth picks up in March * Cyprus scrambles to avert financial meltdown * U.S. crude stocks fall...

BANGKOK (AP) -- Asian stock markets were mixed Wednesday after Cypriot lawmakers rejected a tax on bank deposits that would...

By Chikako Mogi TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares rebounded on Tuesday from the previous session's steep falls -- although losses...

Asian markets tumbled on Monday and the euro sank as eurozone fears returned on news that Cyprus was planning to...

By Chikako Mogi TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares shrugged off three days of losses on Friday as global risk sentiment...