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Asian markets gained in the week with investor sentiment turning positive as a rise in the U.S. retail sales and industrial production indicated an improvement in the growth prospects of the world’s largest economy.

Tim Tebow, the man responsible for Tebowing, has won the trademark for it.

Mostly in their 60s, moderately reformist and all about the economy -- it's steady as she goes for China's new crop of ruling party bosses.

Indian and Chinese media commentaries on the eve of the 50th anniversary of the 1962 Sino-Indian border war, most of them jingoistic recounts of the modernization of their respective nation’s military, while panning each other for the geopolitical skirmishes, suggest that half a century has healed almost nothing.

Asian stock markets mostly declined Friday as the disappointing quarterly earnings from the U.S. blue chips and an unexpected jump in initial jobless claims weighed on the sentiment.

Despite a sequential growth of 4 percent, the Asia Pacific (excluding Japan) PC market shrank 5 percent annually last quarter (2012 Q3) to 31.4 million units, falling short on IDC's initial forecasts, according to a latest International Data Corp report.

The top after-market NYSE gainers Thursday were Meritor, Inc, Orient-Express Hotels Ltd, NCR Corp, McClatchy Co and Capital One Financial Corp. The top after-market NYSE losers were VOC Energy Trust, Chipotle Mexican Grill, Calgon Carbon Corp, Albemarle Corp and Shutterstock, Inc.

The World Trade Organization forbade China Thursday to impose duties on certain U.S. steel exports, in a case affecting Ohio and Pennsylvania.

Gaomi, China, the hometown of Nobel-winning novelist Mo Yan, will get a $107 million makeover to create a 'Culture Experience Zone.'

A new American Express Global Business Travel survey says prices are headed up in three of the four 'BRIC' countries.

Japan's main opposition leader Shinzo Abe has irked China and South Korea by visiting a shrine honoring convicted war criminals. The brouhaha could embroil the U.S., as well

U.N. Special Envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is urging the Syrian regime and rebels to respect a cease-fire during the Muslim Holiday Eid al-Adha.

The slow decline in Chinese economic growth has "bottomed out" and is turning, economists said Thursday.

The British government has reported a rise in human trafficking, particularly from East and Southeast Asia, Eastern Europe, Sub-Saharan Africa.

A White House-ordered review has found no clear evidence for the allegation that Huawei Technologies Ltd has spied for the Chinese government, Reuters has reported.

Asian stock markets advanced Thursday as concerns over a sharper slowdown in the world's second largest economy eased after China reported the third quarter economic activity data in line with expectations.

The U.S. stock index futures point to a lower open Thursday ahead of the Labor Department's weekly jobless claims data.

Crude oil prices advanced slightly and hovered above $92 a barrel in Asia Thursday as better-than-expected economic reports from the U.S. and China eased concerns over the global growth slowdown.

Asian stocks gained Thursday with investor sentiment turning positive as data from China showed that the world’s second largest economy grew as expected in the third quarter, decreasing the concerns about the rapidly worsening economic conditions.

According to the official data released Thursday, China’s industrial production rose in September compared to that in the previous month, indicating an upswing in the manufacturing output.