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World stocks rise on report of US-China trade talks

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.

Stocks gain on trade talk hopes

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

TV ratings company Nielsen to explore sale

Nielsen Holdings will explore strategic alternatives including a sale, the TV ratings company told Reuters in a statement on Tuesday, after coming under pressure to do so from hedge fund Elliott Management.