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Most Asian markets rise on hopes for bill to avert US shutdown
Most Asian markets rise on hopes for bill to avert US shutdown
Business and Economy
by  AFP

Asian investors fought Friday to grind out gains at the end of a painful week for markets as they welcomed signs US lawmakers will avert a government shutdown but remained fearful over Donald Trump's trade war. However, Asian markets enjoyed a broadly positive Friday amid hopes Congress will pass a bill to avert a painful government shutdown.

All eyes on Democrats as US barrels toward shutdown deadline
All eyes on Democrats as US barrels toward shutdown deadline
Business and Economy
by  AFP

The US government, already shaken by Donald Trump's radical reforms, could begin shutting down entirely this weekend as Democrats grapple with the option of opposing the president's federal funding plans -- at the risk this blows up in their faces. "When the government shuts down, you have government employees who are no longer paid, you have services that begin to lag.