Asian shares mostly advanced and financial markets appeared to show scant if any reaction to higher tariffs on exports to the United States that took effect early Thursday. The Seattle Times does not append comment threads to stories from wire services such as the Associated Press,

A rally for Apple led Wall Street higher on Wednesday as U.S. stocks reclaimed more of their sharp losses from last week. The S&P 500 rose 0.7%. The Dow Jones Industrial Average added 81 points, or 0.