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Asian Stocks Rise, Heading to Fourth Weekly Advance, After U.S. Jobs Data Asian stocks rose, driving the MSCI Asia Pacific Index toward a fourth weekly advance, after U.S. jobs and manufacturing reports boosted confidence in a global economic recovery.

Dai-ichi Priced at Premium to T&D, Discount to Sony in 2010's Biggest IPO Dai-ichi Mutual Life Insurance Co.’s initial public offering, the biggest in Japan since 1998, will value the company’s shares right between its two largest competitors.

Roach Says `Take Out the Baseball Bat' on Krugman Over His Stance on Yuan Morgan Stanley Asia Chairman Stephen Roach said that Paul Krugman’s call to push China to allow a stronger yuan is "very bad" advice and that increased Chinese spending is a better way of reducing trade balances.

Google China Pullout Would Be Permanent, `Burn Bridges,' Ex-Executive Says Google Inc. would probably be unable to return to China should it withdraw from the market instead of abiding by the country’s censorship laws, a former executive at the company said.

Alcoa Gets Energy Chill From Australia's $130 Billion Natural Gas Boom Australia is attracting more than $130 billion of investment in some of the world’s richest natural gas fields to supply buyers in Japan and China. Domestic customers, including Alcoa Inc., will have to wait.

Hyundai Hysco Jumps to Highest in Decade as Earnings Beat Its Estimates Hyundai Hysco, the steelmaking unit of South Korea’s largest carmaker, rose to the highest in a decade in Seoul trading after the company said first-quarter earnings are beating expectations on demand from automakers.

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Erdogan Thwarting Judges Amid Army Probes Fails to Upset Turkey's Markets Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan, whose government is already backing an investigation of senior Turkish military officers, this month will seek curbs on a judiciary that has teamed with the army to oppose his Islamist-rooted party.

Mexico Tourism Drops as Drug Gangs, Economy Rain on Spring Breakers' Party Mexican tourism revenue may decline for a second year as violent clashes between drug gangs and a weak U.S. job market threaten to spoil its spring break party.

Traders' Mobile Phones Would Be Recorded in U.K. Plan to Curb Inside Deals Traders’ mobile-telephone calls may be taped in an effort to stamp out insider trading, according to proposals from the U.K. financial regulator.

Zapatero's Campaign to Avoid Greek Deficit Fate Hobbled by Spanish Regions Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero’s drive to show Spain can avoid Greece’s fate is being held hostage by the country’s regional governments.

Malone's Liberty, Elliott Said to Drop Out of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Bidding John Malone’s Liberty Media Corp. and hedge fund Elliott Management Corp. have decided not to bid for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Inc. movie studio, according to people with knowledge of the bidding.

Obama's Job Disapproval Rating Tops Approvals for First Time: Chart of Day As President Barack Obama enters his final drive for congressional passage of health-care reform, the number of Americans who don’t like the job he’s doing has climbed above the level who approve for the first time.