The bi-annual holiday is normally a bonanza for retailers, but a drop in the number of visiting mainland Chinese looks set to inflict pain on the city's retail sector.
The Dow dropped slightly while the S&P 500 and Nasdaq each ticked upward Thursday.
A Japanese official has been criticized after encouraging women to "contribute" to the country by bearing children.
While data from China showed its factories continued to suffer, markets seemed to be taking heart from the support of central banks worldwide.
Uncertainty regarding a possible U.S. Federal Reserve interest-rate hike exacerbated volatility in what's typically the worst month of the year for equities.
Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe vowed to contribute $1.6 billion in aid to assist Syrian and Iraqi refugees, and to usher in peace and development in the Middle East and Africa.
Japan's chief cabinet secretary said Wednesday that his country "is certainly not doing such things."
Despite dour pronouncements from some politicians, the U.S. remained the third most competitive economy in the world, the World Economic Forum said.
A first look at the Nexus 5X smartphone, built in collaboration with Google, which brings a budget price, Android 6.0 and a beefed-up camera,
Google’s Nexus 6P, built by Huawei, has a high-resolution screen and metallic frame, and will challenge the best smartphones from Apple and Samsung.
Japan's Nikkei 225 index led the market rout in Asia, dropping to an eight-month low and closing down 4.1 percent.
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Investors continued to exercise caution ahead of the release of key economic indicators in the U.S. and China.
Astrosat, which is equipped to observe the universe in the optical, ultraviolet and X-ray regions of the electromagnetic spectrum, has a lifespan of five years.
Reports to watch this week include consumer spending, weekly jobless claims and unemployment rate.
The Financial Stability Board promises to draft rules that would prevent taxpayers having to bail out financial institutions by the time of the G-20 summit in November.
In China, however, the Shanghai Composite Index fell 1.6 percent, ending a day of volatile trading on Asian bourses.
Apple's latest phone has gone on sale around the world with people still willing to queue up overnight to buy the much-sought-after smartphone.
Immigration remains a hot topic in the U.S., but today's Congress has fewer immigrants than in years past.
Some carriers will even hand-deliver Apple's smartphone to customers.
The catch is customers would lease the Apple smartphone through the deal instead of purchasing it outright.
The U.S. and Russian presidents will meet on the sidelines of the United Nations General Assembly Monday.