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Equities across Asia seesawed Wednesday as investors watched to see if Washington will craft a deal to raise the debt ceiling in time to meet Thursday?s deadline The US Senate was due to convene at noon Wednesday after Senate leaders late Tuesday restarted their negotiations on reopening the government and lifting the debt ceiling The new round of talks came after a Australian stocks had turned higher as reports emerged that Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Minority Leader Mitch McConnell were optimistic about reaching an agreement on a bill The S&P/ASX 200 (ASXXJO) closed with a modest 01% increase Japanese stocks darted in and out of positive territory putting the Nikkei Stock Average (TYO:JP:NIK) up less than 1 point and the broader Topix down by 03% Chinese stocks however were solidly lower Hong Kong?s Hang Seng Index (HSI:HK:HSI) fell 06% giving back some of the gains logged over the past two sessions while the Hang Seng China Enterprises Index also shed 07% On the Chinese mainland the Shanghai Composite (SHA:CN:SHCOMP) dropped 17% Investors in Chinese assets were also awaiting Friday?s release of government data The lackluster tone to Asian trade came after US debt-limit and shutdown concerns helped send leaving the Dow Jones Industrial Average (DJIJIA) down 133 points or 09% at 1516801 and the S&P 500 index (SNC:SPX) off 07% a day after closing at a three-week high Fitch Ratings after the close of US equity trading Tuesday said it citing the prolonged congressional negotiations over lifting the borrowing limit Each week of the US government shutdown has shaved off 01% to 025% from fourth quarter US GDP growth according to an estimate from economists at Société Générale Likewise several consumer and business indicators have already reflected ?a rapid decline in confidence as uncertainty has been compounded by the debt-ceiling gridlock? wrote Société Générale cross-asset strategists led by Patrick Legland Major Treasury holders namely Japan and China are asking the US administration ?to find a clean solution? to the impasse said Société Générale adding that Japanese investors sold record amounts of foreign bonds in early October the largest outflows since 2001 ?However the US Treasury market remains the world largest and most liquid bond market which does not leave investors with many alternatives? they said In Hong Kong on Wednesday stock in Hang Seng Index heavyweights HSBC Holdings PLC (HKG:HK:5) (NYSE:HBC) and China Mobile Ltd (HKG:HK:941) (NYSE:CHL) each gave up 06% Among the retail group shares of Li & Fung Ltd (HKG:HK:494) (OTN:LFUGY) a Wal-Mart Stores Inc (NYSE:WMT) supplier gave up 13% In Tokyo meanwhile shares of Softbank Corp (TYO:JP:9984) (OTN:SFTBF) stood out rising 21% amid news the mobile telecom was in talks to buy a stake in US mobile-phone distributor Brightstar Corp That move would follow Softbank?s agreement Tuesday to buy a 51% stake in Supercell a Finnish mobile-game maker for 150 billion yen ($152 billion) Meanwhile shares of Hong Kong Television Network Ltd (HKG:HK:1137) tumbled 32% after the Hong Kong government rejected the company?s application for a free-TV license HKTV which had invested in infrastructure and other efforts to win the license said it will cut 320 employees But PCCW Ltd (HKG:HK: and I-Cable Communications Ltd (HKG:HK:1097) each won free-TV licenses prompting shares of I-Cable to more than double and PCCW shares to climb 10% markets on Monday as fiscal cliff hopes gave investors some confidence about the health of the U. /quotes/zigman/557836/quotes/nls/aig -0. while selling the unloved. Over time,Fendi ???, the Department of Labor?The Labor Department appears to be suggesting that participants use their money to buy an actuarially fair annuity ? that is. Ever since poets of the Beat Generation of the 1950s fascinated with the Manhattan skyline proclaimed "the city is ours,BOSS ???, because,Alpena ???, MarketWatch SAN FRANCISCO (MarketWatch) ? Comments by BlackBerry Inc?s chief executive about the future of tablets as well as Apple Inc?s bond sale gave those companies? shares a boost on Tuesday BlackBerry /quotes/zigman/19622165/quotes/nls/bbry +121% shares rallied 44% to close at $1629 after ?I don?t think there?ll be a reason to have a tablet anymore? Heins made his comments during an interview at the Milken Institute Conference Heins also told Bloomberg Television that he was upbeat about prospects for BlackBerry?s new Q10 smartphone which comes with a physical keyboard and went on sale in the United Kingdom over the weekend Apple Inc /quotes/zigman/68270/quotes/nls/aapl +132% shares rose nearly 3% to close at $44278 which CreditSights analysts estimate at $15 billion to $20 billion to help pay for its plans to return capital to shareholders International Business Machines Corp /quotes/zigman/230066/quotes/nls/ibm +115% rose 17% to close at $20254 IBM said it had authorized and would raise its quarterly dividend payment to 95 cents a share from 85 cents Gains also came from Lexmark International Inc /quotes/zigman/131011/quotes/nls/lxk -188% Juniper Networks Inc /quotes/zigman/202982/quotes/nls/jnpr -241% Netflix Inc /quotes/zigman/87598/quotes/nls/nflx +030% and Oracle Corp /quotes/zigman/19452757/quotes/nls/orcl +113% Shares of Symantec Corp /quotes/zigman/78627/quotes/nls/symc -1271% fell 12% to close at $2430 On Tuesday the company said a sharp stock decline that briefly cleared more than $15 billion in market value before a temporary trading halt was likely error-ridden but still a legitimate trade Other decliners included EMC Corp /quotes/zigman/225273/quotes/nls/emc +017% and eBay Inc /quotes/zigman/76117/quotes/nls/ebay +118% The Nasdaq Composite Index /quotes/zigman/12633936 +056% rose nearly 22 points to close at 332879 and the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index /quotes/zigman/1468249 +083% and the Morgan Stanley High Tech 35 Index /quotes/zigman/6015481 +022% both edged into positive territory Rex Crum is a reporter for MarketWatch in San Francisco Follow him on Twitter @mktwcrum "Vision is the art of seeing things invisible to others. 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