TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar was steady against a basket of currencies on Tuesday as traders looked out to the first U.S. presidential debate and developments on the U.S. stimulus bill.

MELBOURNE (Reuters) - Oil prices fell on Tuesday as demand concerns driven by COVID-19 outweighed hopes that U.S. lawmakers and the White House were nearing an agreement on a new stimulus package to revive the world’s biggest economy.

SEOUL (Reuters) - South Korea’s exports likely grew for the first time in seven months in September due to more working days than a year earlier and heavy shipments of microchips as China’s Huawei Technologies stockpiled ahead of U.S. sanctions, a Reuters poll showed.

KUALA LUMPUR, Sept 25 -- The Malaysian Rubber Export Promotion Council (MREPC), an agency under the Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities (MPIC), has been rebranded as the Malaysian Rubber Council (MRC) with immediate effect.

SHANGHAI (Reuters) - Profits at China’s industrial firms grew for the fourth straight month in August, buoyed in part by a rebound in commodities prices and equipment manufacturing, the statistics bureau said on Sunday.

KUALA LUMPUR (Reuters) - Malaysian exports dropped 2.9% in August from a year earlier, contrary to expectations for an increase, as shipments to key markets tumbled and demand for manufacturing, agriculture and mining goods dropped, government data showed on Monday.