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Asian shares were mostly higher Friday, continuing their rally after gains on Wall Street and hopes that regional trade tensions may ease.

The widely monitored yield on the 10-year Treasury rose to 3 percent.

Bezos says decision on second headquarters due by end of year.

___ China says Washington asks to resume talks on tariff fight BEIJING (AP) — China's government says Washington has asked to resume negotiations on their worsening tariff dispute.

Sears has shuttered dozens of stores in recent months in a bid to trim operating costs after several years of major sales declines.

U.S. stocks are climbing Thursday morning after the Labor Department said inflation slowed a bit in August.

U.S. stocks made solid gains Thursday as Apple and Qualcomm led a rally in technology companies.

The company said certain late-model Chevy, GMC and Cadillac vehicles have a steering defect.

On the brink of crumbling a decade ago, America's financial system was saved by an extraordinary rescue that revived Wall Street and the economy yet did little for individuals who felt duped and left to suffer from the reckless bets of giant banking institutions.

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The company, based in Cincinnati, Ohio, said its adjusted gross margin fell 36 basis points in the second quarter from a year earlier.

Qualcomm is buying back $16 billion of its own stock as part of a broader goal of repurchasing up to $30 billion of its shares.

Asian markets were mostly higher Thursday after a report that the U.S. proposed a new round of trade negotiations with China quelled fears that a dispute between the world's two largest economies was spiraling out of control.

All eyes are also on the Carolina coast as Hurricane Florence remains on track to make landfall by the weekend.

Tesla apparently is having trouble informing customers about deliveries of the Model 3 mass-market electric car.

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U.S. stock indexes are little changed Wednesday morning as energy companies continue to rise with oil prices, but technology companies head lower.

U.S. stocks wobbled between gains and losses and then finished with a split decision Wednesday as technology companies dropped.

Apple's new wearable device launched just one month after Fitbit unveiled the latest version of its own fitness tracker, the Charge 3.