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New Zealand extends a state of emergency following Saturday's earthquake, while insurers attempt to quantify the damage.

As competition among private-equity firms, such as Blackstone and TPG, heats up in the Chinese market, major cities there are fighting each other to host the funds, in hopes of big returns for their local economies, reports Caixin Online.

Asian stocks rose, driving the MSCI Asia Pacific Index to the highest level in four weeks, as better-than-estimated jobs data in the U.S. eased concern that global economic growth is faltering.

New Zealand faces a NZ$2 billion ($1.4 billion) damage bill and a massive clean-up after Christchurch, its second-biggest city, was hit by a magnitude 7.0 earthquake that closed the central business district.

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It's near impossible to ignore the Hong Kong property market, as another record land auction last week keeps real estate firmly in the focus of policy makers and investors. But, asks Craig Stephen: Will Hong Kong's government act?

Lafayette, Ind.'s metro area housing market is ending the summer on a flat note. The home buyer tax credit stimulated home sales before it ended, ...

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New York (TheStreet) -- Breakout Stocks Portfolio Manager Bryan Ashenberg reviews news reports that ArcSight is up for sale and gives his take on the current "Merger Mania" gripping the Street.

Los Angeles (MarketWatch) -- Australian shares booked early gains Monday, advancing with the rest of Asia after a U.S. advance last Friday, with mining majors and some industrials among the top risers. The S&P/ASX 200 rose 0.3% to 4,555.4 in initial moves, with Fortescue Metals Group Ltd. up 2.3%, and BHP Billiton Ltd. higher by 1.3% amid an increasing likelihood of a serious Chinese challenge...

Los Angeles (MarketWatch) -- Japanese shares rose in early Monday trade, with end-of-the-week gains in the U.S. helping boost sentiment, as auto and tech exporters' shares led the advance. The benchmark Nikkei Stock Average rose 0.8% to 9,185.9, and the broader Topix was up 0.7% to 829.1. Toyota Motor Corp. saw its stock up 0.9% in early trading, while shares of Mazda Motor Corp. rose 3.2% after the...

SYDNEY (MarketWatch) -- Macquarie Group Ltd. said Monday that most markets have continued to be weak and that its first-half profit, covering April to September of this year, is expected to be about 25% less than the year-earlier level. The financial group said that global market conditions are hitting activity for its securities, capital and fixed-income, currencies and commodities operations. Profit...

I'm as much of a fan of insidery media navel-gazing as anybody, but Cary Spivak and the AJR have gone way too far with their 3,200-word thumbsucker on the ethics of funding investigative journalism with the proceeds from short-selling. For one thing, the whole subject is something of a non-issue, given the two examples that Spivak has managed to find. The first is Mark Cuban's Sharesleuth, which was...

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