After a lull in activity, hacker group Anonymous roared back to the spotlight with a high profile attack on Apple, breaching the company's systems and posting stolen data.
Asian stocks were steady near one-month highs on Tuesday as market players took a breather after five consecutive days of gains while the Australian dollar slipped ahead of a policy meeting of the country's central bank.
World stocks hit a 4-1/2 week high on Monday as investors grew confident over global economic prospects after Greece avoided an early debt default and data pointed to a moderate slowdown in China's growth.
World stocks hit a 4-1/2 week high on Monday as investors grew confident over global economic prospects after Greece avoided an early debt default and data pointed to a moderate slowdown in China's growth.
Rising labor costs will push over 80 million Chinese jobs in light manufacturing abroad over the next three to five years, with African nations well placed to lure many of them their way, the World Bank said.
China's Baidu is to partner with Microsoft for English-language search, giving the U.S. software giant a chance to expand its tiny Web presence in a market Google has stepped back from, and helping the Chinese company's international ambitions.
Lance Armstrong set the trend and the peloton soon caught the bug with almost every rider in this year's Tour de France now a Twitter user.
Beijing solidified a business partnership with Zimbabwe last week that unionists say is responsible for abusive work environments across the southern African nation.
Baidu, which has three-quarters of China's search market, signed a deal with Microsoft's Bing to offer English-language search to Baidu users, as it eyes an overseas expansion and Microsoft aims to increase its presence in the world's largest Internet market.
Arsenal duo Cesc Fabregas and Samir Nasri are expected to inform manager Arsene Wenger that they want to leave the London club in what promises to be awkward conversations.
World stocks hit a 4-1/2 week high Monday as investors grew confident over global economic prospects after Greece avoided an early debt default and data pointed to a moderate slowdown in China's growth.
Thousands of people are expected at the annual Nathan’s Famous Fourth of July International Hot Dog Eating Contest, which is set to begin today with pre-show at 10 am.
Reserve-rich Asia can afford to turn on the government spending taps should a recent bout of sluggish economic growth deteriorate into a deeper downturn.
Researchers from Japan have discovered vast quantities of rare earth deposits on the floor of the Pacific Ocean that might challenge the dominance of China as world's leading provider.
Mongolia chose U.S. miner Peabody Energy , a venture between China's Shenhua <1088.HK> and Japan's Mitsui & Co <8031.T>, and a Russian-led consortium as preliminary winners to jointly develop the prized Tavan Tolgoi coal deposit, a senior government source said on Monday.
China's central bank pledged on Monday to keep its prudent policy to wrestle inflation under control, but signaled some concerns over slowing growth by stressing policy stability.
Japan's Fujifilm aims to become the world's fourth largest camera maker by next March and the No. 3 manufacturer two years later, overtaking first rival Samsung and then Nikon, a senior company executive said.
President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan concludes his state visit to China.
Asian equities climbed a fifth consecutive session on Monday, led by Chinese stocks, though the euro turned lower after ratings agency S&P warned that any rollover of Greek's debt would constitute a default.
Mongolia chose miner Peabody Energy , a venture between China's Shenhua <1088.HK> and Japan's Mitsui & Co <8031.T>, and a Russian-led consortium as preliminary winners to jointly develop the prized Tavan Tolgoi coal deposit, a senior government source said on Monday.
China's Lenovo and NEC Corp of Japan said on Monday they expect to lift their combined market share in Japan's PC market by about 5 percent in three years through their joint sales venture.
Vast deposits of rare earth minerals, crucial in making high-tech electronics products, have been found on the floor of the Pacific Ocean and can be readily extracted, Japanese scientists said on Monday.
