Defiant Harvard Stubbornly Demands To Keep Shunning Asian Students
Estimated Reading Time: 3 minutes Ivy League President Digs in Against Supreme Court Examining Race-Based Preferences Remember how last summer’s horrifying Atlanta spa shooting deaths of eight people, including six Asian women, spurred a season of #StopAsianHate sentiment to empower and protect Asian Americans? Harvard forgot all that very quickly. You see, Harvard doesn’t like […]
Asian Stocks Decline as Chip Selloff Gains Steam: Markets Wrap – Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) — Asian shares fell on Thursday as worries over tightening U.S. restrictions on semiconductor sales to China deepened a global sell-off in technology shares. Most read articles on Bloomberg Stocks in Japan and South Korea fell, with the Tokyo Stock Exchange down 1.5%, weighed down by a stronger yen and heavy selling by chipmakers […]
I’m Trying to Be More Asian and Less White
Estimated Reading Time: 2 minutes That’s what Coca-Cola wants me to do. A diversity training program at Coca-Cola gives pointers on how to be less white. I’m going to take it to heart and try to be more Asian, in ways that I’ll describe momentarily. First, as background, the program said that the way to be […]
Asian shares fall as China drags, dollar in demand By Reuters – Investing.com
Stella Chiu SYDNEY (Reuters) – Asian shares fell on Tuesday as investors pondered a possible Donald Trump victory and its impact on China, while the dollar rose for a second straight day despite dovish comments from the Federal Reserve that raised expectations of a U.S. interest rate cut this year. MSCI’s broadest index of Asia-Pacific […]
Reflections on Asian and Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage Month
Estimated Reading Time: 5 minutes How the pendulum of race has swung from one extreme to another. The month of May was “Asian and Asian Pacific Islander American Heritage Month.” Although that jumble of words was repeated for thirty-one days, l still don’t know what the words mean. I could ask an in-law who was born […]
Asian stocks sink as tech profit-taking overshadows rate cut cheer – Investing.com
Investing.com — Most Asian stocks fell on Friday, with tech-heavy indexes dropping sharply as profit-taking hurt technology shares despite a weak U.S. inflation reading that boosted optimism for interest rate cuts. Regional stocks largely tracked Wall Street’s overnight decline, falling nearly 2 percent as profit-taking hit big technology stocks, especially chipmakers and artificial intelligence stocks. […]
Asian Tech Stocks Drop as Yen Whipsaws After Rally: Markets Wrap – Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) — Asian tech stocks fell on Friday, echoing Wall Street’s declines, while the yen was shaky, as slowing U.S. inflation prompted investors to pull out of big tech companies. Most read articles on Bloomberg On Thursday, the Nasdaq 100 Index fell 2.2% after slowing inflation data that supports a rate cut, while an index […]
Biden admin slaps restrictions on releasing migrants from Central Asian country amid terror concerns: report
The Biden administration has reportedly imposed new restrictions on the release of migrants from at least one Central Asian country into the interior amid ongoing fears about terrorism. New York Post This week, Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) reported that it had received orders not to release any immigrants from Tajikistan, and if it did, […]
Asian Currencies in Focus as Japan Warns on Yen: Markets Wrap – Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) — An index of Asian currencies fell for a third straight session to kick off a week that includes inflation data that may offer insight into the outlook for global interest rates, while the yen steadied after Japan’s top currency policymaker doubled down on intervention. Most read articles on Bloomberg Regional indexes also fell, […]
Asian Stocks Eye Early Gains as Rate Cut Bets Firm: Markets Wrap – Yahoo Finance
(Bloomberg) — Asian stocks rose on Monday as a weak reading of the Federal Reserve’s preferred inflation gauge spurred hopes of an interest rate cut. Most read articles on Bloomberg Australian, Japanese and Hong Kong shares rose, while Indian stock futures surged after exit polls showed a landslide victory for Prime Minister Narendra Modi’s party. […]