Asian stocks lower as US, NKorea nuclear tensions rise

The Shanghai Composite Index lost 0.2 percent to 3,273.71 and ... FED WATCH: Investors looked ahead to an appearance Thursday by Bill Dudley, president of the U.S. Federal Reserve Bank of New York, for signs of the Fed's outlook on the economy. ( read original story ...)

China Factory Inflation Holds Up on Steady Demand, Capacity Cuts

"The rise in PPI suggests that corporate profitability should continue improving in the coming months, especially for upstream industries," said David Qu, a Shanghai-based market economist at Australia & New Zealand Banking Group Ltd. "With the authorities ... ( read original story ...)