Commodities

___ Apple to build new Austin hub, expand in other tech hotbeds AUSTIN, Texas (AP) — Apple is building a $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas.

Shares rose in Asia on Thursday after a strong overnight finish on Wall Street.

___ Trump comments upend US approach to Huawei, trade talks WASHINGTON (AP) — The United States and China have taken pains this week to emphasize that their trade talks are entirely separate from the U.S. case against a top Chinese technology executive.

Stock markets around the world jumped Tuesday on hopes that trade tensions between the world's largest economies may ease after U.S. and Chinese officials spoke on the phone.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.

Asian markets were mixed Tuesday in narrow trading on doubts that U.S. and China can manage to resolve their festering trade dispute.

Major global stock indexes are mostly lower Monday morning, though losses are milder than last week's rout.

___ Brexit deal in turmoil as May postpones Parliament vote LONDON (AP) — Facing almost certain defeat, British Prime Minister Theresa May has postponed a vote in Parliament on her Brexit deal, saying she would go back to European Union leaders to seek changes to the divorce agreement.

U.S. stocks fell in morning trading Friday, adding to modest losses from a day earlier.

___ US hiring slower but steady as employers add 155K jobs WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers pulled back on hiring in November, adding just 155,000 jobs.

OPEC countries are mulling a possible cut to oil production in an attempt to stabilize prices as they meet for a second straight day.

Asian shares are moderately higher as worries over U.S.-China trade friction were calmed by conciliatory comments from Beijing.

U.S. stocks tumbled in early trading Thursday following a sell-off in overseas markets, knocking more than 450 points off the Dow Jones Industrials Average.

___ Stocks plunge again as Huawei arrest renews China tensions NEW YORK (AP) — U.S. stocks clawed most of their way back from a deep slide Thursday that at one point had wiped out the market's gains for the year.

Asian stock prices skidded Thursday following the arrest of a senior official at Chinese telecoms equipment maker Huawei that could derail progress in China-U.S. trade talks.

Asian stocks sank Wednesday after Wall Street plunged amid confusion about what Washington and Beijing agreed to in a tariff cease-fire.

U.S. stocks declined in early trading Tuesday, giving up many of the market's gains from a day earlier.

___ Renewed jitters over trade send stocks, bond yields lower Stocks plunged Tuesday as the goodwill generated by a truce between the U.S. and China over trade evaporated over confusion about what the two sides had actually agreed to.

The latest on developments in financial markets (all times local): 9:35 a.m.

Asian shares were mostly lower Tuesday as traders questioned whether a 90-day truce in a tariff battle will allow the U.S. and China to resolve issues ranging from technology development to trade.