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Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) opened the earnings season Tuesday by posting a $143 million loss and cutting its outlook for global aluminum demand.

U.S. treasury secretary Timothy Geithner lauded India's moves to keep opening its markets to outside investors and retailers on a visit to New Delhi.

Obama channeled Seinfeld's George Costanza by making a delayed comeback to Mitt Romney's remarks in their first presidential debate, some critics charge.

China expects 10,000 miles of track to link 24 cities by 2020, and the high-speed “ice train” may be its most ambitious plan to date.

Japanese car sales plunged in China in September, and the slump threatens to stall their momentum in the No. 1 auto market.

The North Korean government has claimed to have deployed rockets that can strike targets 6,000 miles away in the continental U.S.

President Obama's new ad slams Romney for wanting to cut small change from PBS's "Sesame Street" to reduce the budget deficit.

Microsoft's war against botnets gained momentum as reports have emerged that the Redmond giant has disrupted threats to unsecured supply chains from Nitol botnet that was found to infect computers even before they could go on sale.

Rio Tinto Plc, Nokia Corp, Netflix Inc, Arch Coal Inc, Deutsche Bank AG, Apple Inc, France Telecom SA and Anadarko Petroleum Corp. are among the companies whose shares are moving in pre-market trading Tuesday.

China's growth likely bottomed in the third quarter, but this cycle might look "W-shaped" as there could be small volatility at the bottom.

Asian stock markets mostly advanced Tuesday despite pessimistic global growth forecast by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) as expectation of a further easing measure from the Chinese central bank provided support.

Crude oil prices advanced in Asia Tuesday on fears that the growing tensions in the Middle East may threaten crude supplies.

Most of the Asian markets rose Tuesday though investor optimism about stimulus measures reviving the global economy was undermined after the International Monetary Fund raised concerns about the global economic growth.

Asian shares edged higher Tuesday but were capped by concerns over global growth prospects, especially in China, and expected weak U.S. corporate earnings.

Japanese auto giants like Toyota plan to halve China production after sales slumped. Non-Japanese brands stand to gain.

On Monday morning, Finland-based Rovio Entertainment announced “Angry Birds Star Wars,” a new game for iOS and Android devices, set to release on Nov. 8.

The two companies, which provide equipment to most of the world's telecom companies, should be blocked from merging and acquiring U.S. firms, a report concluded.

On the heels of a last week’s report claiming that mass production of the iPad mini has begun already at Apple's suppliers in China, the Wall Street Journal came up with yet another report Monday, which said that the Cupertino tech giant had already ordered “some component suppliers to Apple in Asia, including in Taiwan” to produce more than 10 million iPad minis for the fourth quarter of 2012.

Asian stock markets declined Monday despite the better-than-expected U.S. jobs data as concerns over the global economic growth and corporate earnings outlook weighed on the sentiment.

The HSBC Purchasing Manager's Index released Monday showed that China's services activity improved in September after the fall in August.

Asian markets fell Monday as investors remained watchful having concerns about the revival of the global economic growth in spite of the stimulus measures announced last month by policy maker in the U.S. and Europe.