Foxconn Joins Index on Sixfold Rise in Value BUSINESS ASIA By Bloomberg
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By Tim Culpan and John Liu  Foxconn International Holdings, the world's biggest contract maker of cellphones like the Motorola Razr, joined Hong Kong's benchmark Hang Seng index Monday after its market value rose sixfold, surpassing Lenovo Group.
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Asian stocks hit a fresh all-time high on Monday, thanks to gains in energy shares such as INPEX Holdings as oil prices pushed deeper into record territory above $92 a barrel in early Asian session.
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Private equity firms are setting records in the size of Asian buyout funds, adding to an existing pool of more than $35 billion that is waiting to be invested in deals in the region.
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Asian shares rose on Thursday, led by exporters such as Honda and Samsung and resource stocks, after upbeat U.S. growth data eased worries about the health of the economy in Asia's biggest export market.
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In NEW YORK, US stocks advanced on Wednesday as record crude oil prices above $52 a barrel boosted energy stocks like Exxon Mobil Corp.
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Asian stock markets soared Wednesday in the wake of Wall Street's overnight surge spurred by the U.S. Federal Reserve's larger-than-expected interest rate cut
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Tokyo's Nikkei average rose near a six-month high by midsession on Tuesday, with retailer Ito-Yokado Co. gaining on solid earnings and optimism about the economy lifting stocks oriented toward domestic business.
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Asian stocks were mostly higher  Monday, led by selected technology and metals firms, while oil  extended gains and the dollar edged up ahead of an expected  U.S. Federal Reserve interest rate rise Tuesday.
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Asian stocks rose in US trading. Sony Corp. gained after the world&#39;s No. 2 consumer-electronics maker agreed to resolve a dispute over patents related to digital cameras.
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Shares in PeopleSoft surged in New York after Larry Ellison&#39;s Oracle tabled a take-it-or-leave-it $8.8 offer for the business software company.
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Hong Kong stocks hit a six-year high   on Friday, but other major Asian markets struggled to gain   ground as investors fretted about the health of the U.S.   economy ahead of the release of closely watched jobs data.
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Last year's list of the fastest-growing tech companies beat both the S&amp;P 500 and the Nasdaq Composite index.
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Tokyo's Nikkei average rose 0.69 percent  by mid-morning on Tuesday as another jump in U.S. technology  shares encouraged investors to step up buying in local  counterparts such as Advantest Corp.
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Healthy company results and outlooks lifted Japanese shares on Tuesday and stocks elsewhere in Asia hit a record, while the yen was supported ahead of a Group of Seven meeting this weekend.
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MANILA (Dow Jones)--Philippine shares are higher early Thursday, supported by gains by blue-chip Philippine Long Distance Telephone Co.
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The Nikkei average rose 1.38 percent on   Monday, hitting its highest levels in more than three months,   as exporters such as Canon Inc. 7751.T gained on a slightly   stronger than expected U.S. jobs report.
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The Nasdaq Stock Market   has appointed new management in Asia, seeking to boost  listings by companies in China and elsewhere in the region.