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BANGKOK (AP) — Asian shares advanced early Monday and bitcoin surged to a record high ahead of the inauguration of President-elect Donald Trump.U.S. markets will be closed Monday for a holiday.…

Today's U.S. economy is much different than the one that was crushed by disastrous tariffs in the 1930s, according to finance professor Michael Pettis, who thinks tariffs could boost U.S. jobs, wages, and living standards. …