TOKYO (Reuters) - Global stocks recouped early losses as news reports raised hopes that the United States and China would settle some economic disputes, but investors were kept on edge by an earlier report that trade talks due to begin on Thursday could be cut short.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian stocks fell the most in a week on Wednesday as the United States and China’s ever-expanding dispute over trade and foreign policy showed little sign of coming to an end, weighing on global economic growth.

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - Oil prices slipped for a third consecutive session on Wednesday as the prospect of the United States and China striking a trade deal in talks this week dimmed, raising uncertainties for global economic growth and oil demand.

KUALA LUMPUR (Oct 7): Amid a fall in rubber prices to a low this year of RM5.16 a kg on Oct 4, the Malaysian Rubber Board (LGM) assured smallholders that their welfare will not be affected under the government’s Rubber Production Incentive (IPG). 

SINGAPORE (Reuters) - The dollar found support on Tuesday while investors waited for an outcome from Sino-U.S. trade talks in Washington, with caution the catchcry as neither side showed any signs of giving ground at the negotiations.

TOKYO (Reuters) - Asian shares inched up in early trade on Tuesday, with investors cautious ahead of tense U.S.-China trade talks while the Turkish lira slipped over concerns about Ankara’s planned incursion in northern Syria.