Asia

Shares of Wynn Resorts climbed more than 4.5% on Friday as investors cheered strong Macau sales and analysts unleashed a slew of upbeat notes. 

China replaces the U.S. as the world’s largest ice cream market.

Asia saw the wealth of its billionaires jump by 13% in 2013, making it the world’s fastest-growing region for the ultra rich.

General Motors announced it will stop manufacturing in Australia by the end of 2017 due to the country's elevated currency and relatively small market. 

GM plans to move its international headquarters from Shanghai to Singapore, as the largest U.S. automaker shakes up its operations abroad.

The Australian surfwear company will enter 10 days of exclusive talks with a consortium led by its former U.S. boss.

Japan’s Fast Retailing reportedly walked away from talks to buy private-equity owned J. Crew after buyout negotiations became public.

Marking the private-equity giant’s ever investment in Japan, KKR unveiled a deal to acquire Panasonic Healthcare from Panasonic for $1.7 billion.

Sony Corp Chief Executive Offer Kazuo Hirai is seeking to cure a TV business that has lost $7.8 billion over a decade by isolating it to speed up decisions on future strategy.

General Electric said it will record a $1.7 billion charge as it meets refund obligations related to the 2008 sale of its Japanese consumer loan business to Shinsei Bank.

Sony rallied on a report that it has hired investment bankers to review a hedge-fund plan to sell part of its entertainment unit.

A massive earthquake in Nepal has exposed the woeful state of its medical facilities as hospitals struggle to treat vast numbers of injured with limited supplies and staff.

The big media focus this weekend will be the historic two-day summit between U.S. President Barack Obama and China President Xi Jinping.

Gambling against the U.S. dollar could be a losing bet. 

General Electric Co said on Tuesday that it will move 500 U.S. power turbine manufacturing jobs to Europe and China because it can no longer access U.S. Export-Import Bank financing after Congress allowed the agency's charter to lapse in June.

The Bank of Japan ramped up its aggressive stimulus campaign on Friday, adding negative interest rates on central banks deposits to its massive asset-buying programme, stunning financial markets that expected no action or a moderate increase in asset purchases.

Early calculations will likely put Super Typhoon Haiyan's economic toll far below those of storms in more affluent areas, but don't let numbers fool you.

Top officials expressed concern about the violence of recent fluctuations with the Yen, but there are no overt worries about the level of the currency.

As we look for the big potential stories for 2014, Japan one again comes to the forefront. 

New economic data out of China underlines the fact that the Chinese economy may be cooling down. The inflation rate rose more than expected to 2.7 percent in June, up from 2.1 percent in May.