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.

TOKYO (Reuters) - The dollar hovered near a two-month peak against a basket of currencies on Monday, as doubts about recovery persisted ahead of a barrage of economic data and political developments in the United States.

SYDNEY (Reuters) - Chinese stocks drove Asian markets higher on Monday, though sentiment was still cautious ahead of a U.S. Presidential debate and as a spike in new coronavirus cases undermined global economic recovery hopes.