CHINA

Shares of major Chinese lenders China Construction Bank <0939.HK> and Agricultural Bank of China <1288.HK> fell to multi-month lows on Tuesday, hit by potentially souring loans, an economic slowdown and tighter capital requirements.

China's National Meteorological Center on Tuesday forecast more rainfall in flood-hit areas of central and southern China after millions of people were forced to evacuate their homes.

Today, June 21, is the longest day of the year in the northern Hemisphere and it also marks the official beginning of the summer season.

TOP500 released the latest list of top ten most powerful, high-performance computers in the world at the 26th International Supercomputing Conference in Hamburg, Germany, on Monday.

The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market gainers are: Vitacost.com, Gulf Resources, Vical, Clearwire, Copano Energy, and Apple. The top after-market NASDAQ Stock Market losers are: Achillion Pharmaceuticals, Prospect Capital, Leap Wireless International, Iridium Communications, Impax Laboratories, and Adobe Systems.

Foster's Group on Tuesday rejected a A$9.5 billion ($10.1 billion) cash takeover offer from SABMiller as too low after the global brewing giant offered only a slim premium for Australia's largest brewer.

A spate of high-profile online break-ins has given defense firms at the Paris Air Show a new sales pitch: cyber security.

Huwai just introduced the first Android 3.2 tablet—the 7-inch MediaPad, in Singapore with CommunicAsia being the launchpad for the device.

Investors are increasingly worried that troubles in the euro zone and China will hurt global economic growth this year, curbing gains in equity and commodity markets, a Barclays Capital survey showed on Monday.

Rainfall expected to boost China's agricultural production have instead caused widespread flooding, increased food prices and caused death in the East and South of the People's Republic.

Brazilian planemaker Embraer sees good chances of firm orders from U.S. carrier Delta Air Lines, which will likely make a decision to renew its fleet by October, a top company executive told Reuters on Monday.

A 7-inch Android-based tablet PC, the MediaPad was unveiled by China Huawei technologies in Singapore on Monday.

Stock index futures fell on Monday as a delay in emergency loans to Greece and a possible downgrade of Italy's credit rating rekindled fears about the euro zone debt crisis, pushing investors out of riskier assets.

China's Huawei Technologies unveiled a new tablet computer called the MediaPad on Monday that it hopes could take on market leaders Apple and Samsung Electronics.

After being world famous for making clones of gadgets and garments, the Chinese are doing it again, in a new style this time. They are making a copy of a whole village situated in Alphine!

Virgin Australia Ltd. said that it will suspend flights in and out of the southern city of Adelaide on Tuesday as dust from a Chilean volcano returns to Australian airspace.

A supercomputer made by Japan tops the latest ranking of the world's most powerful supercomputers, pushing China to the second place.

Famed market bear Nouriel Roubini may be talking down China, but resource firms are betting billions that rapid urbanization and economic growth will soak up the country's massive infrastructure investment and prevent a hard landing.

The euro dipped on Monday and Asian stocks flipped back into the red after euro zone finance ministers delayed a final decision on extending emergency loans to debt-stricken Greece, dashing hopes for a quick solution to the political impasse.

Softbank expects to reach an agreement soon with Alibaba Group over ownership of China's leading e-payment provider Alipay, the Japanese mobile carrier's CEO said on Monday.

Japan's exports fell in May at a faster pace than expected versus year-ago levels, raising concerns that weakness in overseas demand will constrain factory production and delay economic recovery from a massive natural disaster.