Chinese Building Boom and U.S. Optimism Boost Asian Shares

A building boom — and the constrained supply of materials due to mandated energy cuts — sent Chinese cement, metal and building-equipment stocks up Thursday. Meanwhile, Hong Kong and Japanese exporters benefited from improvin…

Bentley Recalls 596 Cars Over Unsafe Hood Ornaments

Recalling luxury cars to fix faulty hood ornaments might sound like a joke, but ultra high-end automaker Bentley Motors isn’t dismissing reports that its famous “flying B” metal emblem on some models may fail to collapse in a c…