Asia

SEOUL - Thousands of trainee doctors in South Korea returned to work on Tuesday after ending a more than two-week strike as the country continued to post three-digit rises in new daily coronavirus infections.

Downturn figure was worse than initially estimated just last month

Samsung Electronics announced Monday it would stop production at its only television factory in China by the end of November.

TOKYO - SoftBank Group Corp (9984.T) shares fell 5% in early trading on Monday as the conglomerate’s big bets on equity derivatives tied to listed technology companies made investors uncomfortable.

SYDNEY - Asian shares started Monday on the backfoot as investors grapple with sky-high valuations against the backdrop of a global economy in the grip of a deep coronavirus-induced recession while oil prices dropped sharply.

Investors watching the vertigo-inducing rise -- and this week's fall -- of technology stocks are buzzing about a single trade, a giant but shadowy bet on Silicon Valley big enough to pull the market up with it.

Serbia and Pakistan are among the new countries agreeing to Phase 3 trials, as the two companies seek more data overseas amid dwindling new cases in China.

Economists forecast that the U.S. economy created 1.4 million jobs in August

Investors will also get to digest reports on July’s trade balance and the ISM’s non-manufacturing PMI for August

E-cigarette maker JUUL Labs Inc. is planning a new round of layoffs and considering halting sales across Europe and Asia, according to an email to staff from CEO K.C. Crosthwaite Wednesday obtained by FOX Business.

The Indian e-commerce company Flipkart launched a wholesale service for small businesses on Wednesday.

New Zealand’s justice minister says his country is being bombarded by an unprecedented wave of cyberattacks targeting entities such as banks and its stock market, in what intelligence officials suspect is part of a global campaign. 

Traders will examine the latest ADP report on private sector hiring

Samsung heir Lee Jae-yong was indicted Tuesday on charges of stock price manipulation and other financial crimes.

SEOUL - Measures imposed in South Korea to blunt a surge in coronavirus cases will hurt Asia’s fourth-biggest economy, the government warned on Tuesday, after unprecedented restrictions went into effect in Seoul and surrounding areas.