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A rare initial public offering in troubled markets was met enthusiastically by investors as shares in the Chinese gaming company rose more than 25% on its Nasdaq debut

Analysts are split as to whether the rebound in Shanghai can be sustained

Hong Kong led a strong region-wide rally across Asia Pacific amid growing optimism about the outlook for the US economy following better-than-expected data

Record sales of gold scrap have turned some of the world's largest importing countries into net exporters and have prompted India to stop importing for the first time in 10 years

Secretary Arne Duncan announced that $44 billion for states and schools is now available under the Recovery Act. This funding will drive education reforms and help save hundreds of thousands of teaching jobs.

Ivory Coast has qualified for a $3bn debt relief deal with western donors, clearing the way for a separate agreement with commercial creditors holding the country's defaulted Brady bonds

Asia-Pacific equities made strong gains bolstered by higher prices in US financial stocks overnight, with Japanese stocks leading the way as the yen crept closer to Y100 levels

Asia-Pacific equities were positioned to mark their biggest monthly gain in a decade despite declines in some major markets including Japan where the economic outlook continued to look gloomy

Chinese web portal Sohu is expected to set the price for its gaming division spinoff on Wednesday after closing its order books on its Nasdaq initial public offering one day earlier than planned amid solid investor interest

Asia Pacific shares were broadly higher although off their highs, with the FTSE Asia Pacific index set to show its best week since August 2007 amid growing confidence in the US plan to cleanse the banking system of $1,000bn of toxic assets

Shares of Industrial & Commercial Bank of China rose by 14.8% to lead Asia-Pacific markets higher for their fourth day in a row, with strong US economic data giving investors a confidence boost

GlaxoSmithKline is preparing to take about 10% of the South African drug producer in a move that would intensify the restructuring of the generic medicines sector

DP World, the container terminal operator, suffered double-digit falls during the first two months of this year in container volumes at its developed world ports

Arne discusses the President's budget and education agenda in "Educating Our Way to a Better Economy", an op-ed in today's Dallas Morning News.

Asian shares retreated from two-month highs on Wednesday as investors paused to assess whether a US plan to deal with banks' toxic debt would revive the financial system and help pull the economy out of recession

Here's an example of a community whose schools and economy could be revitalized by the Recovery Act.

Asia stocks pushed up to a two-month peak on Tuesday while higher-yielding currencies jumped against the battered yen as Washington's plan to relieve banks of toxic debt spurred investors to pick up riskier assets

Tackling $3bn Brady bonds could be end of 20-year programme, writes Matthew Green

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Bankers expect deal flow to revive in the coming months as India's largest conglomerates restructure to reduce debt