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President Barack Obama will try to turn the page on two deeply etched chapters of U.S. wartime history with trips next week to Vietnam and Japan, including a visit to Hiroshima.

Yum Brands Inc. authorized buying back up to $4.2 billion of its stock by year’s end as part of its pledge of returning $6.2 billion to shareholders ahead of the planned separation of its China business.

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A Chinese solar-technology company that enjoyed a meteoric rise on Hong Kong’s stock exchange before trading in its shares was abruptly halted last year said late Friday that three of its board members, including its founder, resigned.

Daniel Tully rose to become chairman and chief executive of Merrill Lynch. One key to his business success was an ability connect almost instantly with people of all sorts. He died May 10 at age 84.

After a 31-year career at United Airlines, Regina Fraser teamed up with a friend to travel the world and produce the “Grannies on Safari” television series. She died May 6 at age 73.

Chinese nationalists seemed forlorn on Friday as Taiwan inaugurated a new president, Tsai Ing-wen, whose political party nominally supports the self-ruled island’s independence from the mainland.

Anbang Insurance‘s opaque deal-making style is now surfacing in Canada, in $744 million takeover agreement signed last week.

The Swiss luxury group has unrivalled brands, but the luxury watch market continues to decline.

China said it would cut the prices of three top-selling drugs, including treatments from AstraZeneca and GlaxoSmithKline, by as much as 67% as part of efforts to make innovative medicines more affordable.

Canadian retail sales fell in March, retracing some of the gains recorded over the previous two months amid a steep decline in car-dealership sales.

Chinese banks are turning to old ways to spin off mounting levels of bad debt, with two big lenders unveiling plans to issue $82 million worth of securities backed by soured loans.

Are American diplomats trying to subvert the Chinese government by answering questions on how to set up a food truck in the U.S. or buy cheap Broadway tickets?

A bounce in oil prices supported major Asian benchmark indexes Friday, though the prospect of higher U.S. interest rates weighed on some markets in the region.

Departing Philippine leader Benigno Aquino III, who roundly criticized President-elect Rodrigo Duterte during the recent election campaign, said the reality of running the country should tame his successor’s violent instincts.

Apple CEO Tim Cook’s visit this week to Beijing -- part of his bid to win back Chinese regulators and customers -- was full of Twitter-ready Chinese moments.

China criticized Washington for deploying a U.S. reconnaissance plane near Chinese territory, but denied a Pentagon account that Chinese jet fighters conducted a risky close-range interception.

The head of Morgan Stanley’s joint venture in China is stepping down, a person familiar with the matter said.