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Obama pushes back on discredited claims that the bailed-out, profitable automaker would send production to China.

The U.S. stock index futures point to a lower open Thursday ahead of the Labor Department's weekly jobless claims data, Institute of Supply Management’s Manufacturing Purchasing Managers’ Index data and Automatic Data Processing’s National Employment Report.

Asian stock markets were mixed Thursday after the official data showed that Chinese manufacturing activity expanded for the first time in three months.

Asian shares fell Thursday as China's official and private sector manufacturing PMIs confirmed a recovering growth trend, but that failed to convince investors the slowdown was bottoming out.

China's manufacturing activity in October expanded after last two months of contraction giving indication that the country’s economy is reviving the growth momentum.

Cultivation of opium poppy (used to produce heroin) is steadily increasing in Myanmar, the world's second-largest producer of the plant.

Beijing initially imposed the rule to curb a population explosion, but the rule is broadly unpopular among the public.

Many railways officials have been detained in connection with a comprehensive series of corruption probes.

The wife of North Korean leader Kim Jong-un has reappeared in public, after being absent from the public eye for almost two months, according to the state media.

Japan’s manufacturing activity contracted in October to an 18-month low, increasing concerns about the slowdown in the economic growth of the world's third largest economy.

A new Romney ad claims Chrysler might move Jeep production to China, but is that true? Chrysler and Democrats disagree.

Japan’s industrial output dropped in September compared to the previous month in an indication of the faltering economy of the country and soft global demand.

Meteor Entertainment raised $18 million in a second round of funding, a strong endorsement of the potential for freemium video games.

In another chapter of the spy war with Beijing, Taiwan has arrested at least three retired military officials for allegedly passing military defense secrets to mainland China.

Violence continued on the fourth day of the so-called cease-fire between the Syrian military and opposition forces.

As Japanese auto companies have been hit by a Chinese boycott, all eyes look to Ford and GM for guidance in this week's earnings.

Australia has unveiled a major pivot to Asia policy plan describing Asia’s return to global leadership as “unstoppable.”

The standoff in the eastern Chinese city of Ningbo continued for the fourth day Monday, even after the local government cancelled plans to expand a petrochemical complex giving in to the protestors’ demand, news agencies reported.

Japan’s retail sales rose less than expected in September indicating that consumer spending, which accounts for the majority of overall economic activity, continues to falter.

Asian stock markets mostly advanced Monday as better-than-expected reading on the U.S. economic activity data lifted sentiment.

More than 22,000 people — majority from Muslim communities — have been rendered homeless in western Myanmar, the U.N. said Sunday even as President Thein Sein admitted that an unprecedented wave of sectarian violence has targeted the nation’s Rohingya Muslims destroying several villages and townships.