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Asian shares rose Tuesday as investor jitters over trade eased after President Donald Trump suspended plans to impose tariffs on Mexican imports and said he expects to meet with the Chinese leader.

The European Union's antitrust regulator says it's blocking a planned merger between German steelmaker Thyssenkrupp and India's Tata Steel because the move would have cut competition and pushed up prices.

Official figures show that average earnings in the U.K. increased in the three months to April while unemployment remained at its lowest level since the end of 1974.

The Latest on trade tensions between the U.S. and China and their wider impact, especially on technology giant Huawei (all times local): 5:55 p.m.

U.S. stocks moved broadly higher in early trading Monday on Wall Street after the U.S. and Mexico averted a trade war and potentially damaging tariffs, while several companies inked billion-dollar deals.

In Venezuela, the financial hopes of Eliset González are riding on a niche trade.

A popular meteorologist has been absent from local television newscasts since criticizing a corporate weather-alert brand last week, prompting an advertising boycott, social media protests and a complaint from a U.S. senator.

An independent U.N. panel is calling for much greater cooperation to bring digital technology to roughly half the world's people, and a senior Google executive says mobile phones with internet access are being created to sell for about $20 to help make this possible.

Two men have pleaded not guilty in California to federal charges alleging they devised a $25 million scheme to illegally unlocked cellphones so they could be used on any carrier's network.

Private equity firm Apollo Global Management Photo is buying online photo publishing company Shutterfly for $51 per share.

The legal marijuana industry urged Los Angeles City Hall on Monday to get tougher with illegal shops that are gouging their businesses in open sight.

A group of shareholders of from Hudson's Bay Company want to take the Canadian retail company private.

Connecticut's reputation has taken another major blow with the announcement that United Technologies Corp. will be moving its headquarters to Massachusetts as part of its planned merger with Raytheon.

___ US employers hired a record number of people in April WASHINGTON (AP) — U.S. employers hired the most people on record in April, while the number of open jobs was largely unchanged, evidence that the job report remains solid.

Stocks closed higher on Wall Street Monday after President Donald Trump suspended plans to impose tariffs on goods imported from Mexico.

Stocks that moved substantially or traded heavily on Monday: Raytheon Co., up $1.28 to $187.19

There's yet another new streaming service coming in the next year.

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

With no computer or internet at home, Raegan Byrd's homework assignments present a nightly challenge: How much can she get done using just her smartphone?

Prices for iconic luxury cars are dropping significantly, according to a report, which could be because of the expanding market for luxury cars.