Philadelphia Daily News Asia stocks rise on slight improvement in US data | JOE McDONALD | The Associated Press | BEIJING - Most Asian stock markets climbed Friday as investors took heart from a slight improvement in U.S. economic indicators amid lingering worries over the ... (photo: AP)
The Street Asian Shares Higher; Nikkei Rises 0.6% Gains were modest across the region as investors waited for U.S. employment figures due out later Friday. August's jobless rate is expected to rise to 9.6% from 9.5% in July, according to a survey of ... (photo: AP / Katsumi Kasahara)