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Billionaire investor Carl Icahn on Tuesday disclosed he has taken a 10 percent stake in Caesars Entertainment and is pushing the casino giant to sell itself.

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Stocks shook off a wobbly start and ended modestly higher on Wall Street Tuesday, extending the market's gains into a fourth week.

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

Besides the trade talks, the markets were buoyed by Walmart's strong performance during the holidays.

Share benchmarks were mostly higher in Asia on Tuesday as Chinese and U.S. negotiators geared up for trade talks in Washington this week.

Asian markets were broadly higher on Monday as traders looked forward to the continuation of trade talks between Chinese and American officials in Washington this week.

Germany's financial market regulator has issued a two-month ban on short-selling shares in Wirecard AG, whose stock has swung sharply in recent months.

Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle -- from Bernie Sanders to Marco Rubio -- are criticizing stock buybacks. But their objections are misguided.

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The Shanghai Composite jumped 3.2 percent. In Hong Kong, the Hang Seng added 1.6 percent, and Japan’s Nikkei gained 1.8 percent to a two-month high.

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Asian markets were broadly higher on Monday as traders looked forward to the continuation of trade talks between Chinese and American officials in Washington this week.

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Plans to extend key trade talks between the U.S. and China drove stocks broadly higher in early trading.

Stocks surged on Wall Street Friday after Chinese and U.S. officials agreed to continue trade talks in Washington next week.

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

Trade negotiations will continue next week in Washington.

World markets were mostly lower on Friday in the absence of good news as the U.S. and China concluded yet another round of trade talks in Beijing.