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In China, businesses turned more positive midway through the fourth quarter, banking on more government policy support, expansion plans and product launches spurring growth in the year ahead, even as production stalled during the month.

Growth in China’s manufacturing production came to a halt as new orders nearly stalled last month despite a renewed rise in new orders from abroad, according to RatingDog.

Recently, sales have stalled in the Americas, its biggest market, accounting for two-thirds of net revenue.

U.S.-brokered negotiations toward a security agreement between Syria and Israel appear stalled.

Bitcoin’s Thanksgiving rally stalled early Friday but the world’s largest cryptocurrency still looked set to end a terrible month with a good week.