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Most Asian stocks rose amid speculation China will do more to boost its economy, tempering concern Europe's debt crisis will worsen as Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy struggles to avoid tapping markets to fund a bailout of its third-biggest lender.

Vietnamese stocks , Asia's biggest losers during the past five years, are rising the most in 2012 as the nation's largest money managers say falling interest rates will reverse the deepest earnings slump in three years.

U.S. institutional tax-exempt assets of the 500 largest money managers declined 5.3% in 2011, the first slip after two years of rebounds from the global financial crisis, Pensions & Investments' latest annual money manager survey shows.

Binay Chandgothia, a Hong Kong-based portfolio manager at Principal Global Investors, talks about the European sovereign debt crisis and his investment strategy.

Most emerging stocks fell, headed for the longest weekly losing streak since 1994, as utilities and telephone companies slid and concern China's biggest banks may miss lending plans offset gains for commodity producers.

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Asian stocks rose, paring a fourth weekly loss, as Italian Prime Minister Mario Monti said Greece is likely to stay in the euro and that a majority of the region's leaders support issuing a joint bond to fight the debt crisis.

NYSE Euronext acquires Corpedia, a global provider of ethics and compliance e-learning and consultative services.

Asian stocks fell, with the regional benchmark index dropping for a second day, as European leaders meeting in Brussels clashed over how to fight the region's debt crisis and a survey showed China's manufacturing may shrink for a seventh month.

MSCI Inc. , a leading provider of investment decision support tools worldwide, and BM&FBovespa S.A. - Bolsa de Valores, Mercadorias e Futuros , the largest equity and futures exchange in Latin America and one of the five biggest exchanges in the world in market value, announced today that they have reached a preliminary agreement on key terms ... (more)

THE euro sank close to a two-year low against the dollar yesterday as European leaders prepared to meet in Brussels amid concern Greece will exit the currency union.

Asian stocks fell, with the regional benchmark index snapping a two-day rally, as concerns mounted Greece may exit the euro zone ahead of today's European Union summit and Japan's trade data missed estimates, dimming the outlook for exporters.

May 22 -- Asian stocks rose for a second day and metals advanced on speculation China and Europe will take steps to bolster economic growth.

While we usually recommend using single-country funds as satellite holdings given their niche exposure, we think iShares MSCI United Kingdom Index is suitable as a core foreign-equity holding.

What if, despite conventional wisdom, the United States and Eurozone economies "decoupled?" This suggests that no matter what happens in Greece, Spain and the rest of the beleaguered European nations, the U.S. economy wouldn't be linked to those woes and would continue its mild recovery relatively unimpaired.

Global stocks rebounded from the worst week since September and commodities snapped a three-day drop as China signaled it would support the economy and German and French officials prepared to meet.

Asian stocks rose, with the regional index rebounding from its biggest drop in six months, after Premier Wen Jiabao said China will focus more on bolstering economic growth.

Emerging-market stocks last week fell for a ninth week, the longest string of weekly declines since 1994, as Citigroup Inc.

World stocks erased the year's gains o n F riday as investors fled risky investments for safe-haven assets on concerns about the euro zone's deepening debt woes, while U.S. stocks lost ground after the debut of Facebook's failed to ignite optimism.

Large-cap U.K. stocks have good exposure to faster-growing emerging markets, have a defensive tilt, and are trading at attractive valuations.