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Hong Kong shares rose on Tuesday with the Hang Seng Index streaking to its best January since 1996, but further upside is expected to be capped going into earnings season after several profit warnings from mainland companies.

Europe's second-biggest electrical goods retailer Dixons Retail said on Tuesday that its chief executive was leaving the company to join the world's most valuable technology corporation, Apple, as senior vice president of retail.

German retail sales fell unexpectedly in December, suggesting Europe's debt crisis unsettled consumers during key Christmas trade, although economists said they expected the preliminary data to be revised upwards.

South Korean retailer E-Land Group confirmed on Tuesday it is part of a consortium that is among short-listed bidders in the auction for bankrupt Los Angeles Dodgers baseball team, a move that could help it expand further in the sportswear business.

Unseasonably warm weather across the United States forced many retailers to offer deeper-than-usual discounts to clear out coats, sweaters and boots in January, pointing to tepid sales in the typically slow post-holiday month.

The iPhone 5 is likely to have the feature of Near Field Communications (NFC), according to the latest report.

Amazon tablet Kindle Fire will help the company post record sales, according to Stifel Nicolaus analyst Jordan Rohan.

Apple, which was left upset by how the iPhone 4S launch party in Mainland China, was spoiled by scalpers, has set up a lottery system, for the iPhone fans in Hong Kong, aimed to keep the scalpers at bay.

Amazon.com is expected to report earnings Tuesday of 19 cents a share, down from 91 cents a share in the year earlier period, despite strong Kindle sales and a boom in e-commerce during the holiday season.

Carrefour , Europe's largest retailer, picked industry veteran Georges Plassat as its next boss, signaling key shareholders may back another attempt to fix its ailing hypermarkets rather than push for a break up.

U.S. First Lady Michelle Obama has given the sales of luxury lingerie brand Agent Provocateur a major boost, following a $50,000 luxury spending spree along with the Queen of Qatar Sheikha Mozah.

Carrefour named retail veteran Georges Plassat as its new chairman and chief executive on Monday, seeking to draw a line under months of turmoil at the world's second-largest retailer.

Foreign direct investment (FDI) in India is set to swell in coming years as investors stomach a lack of transparency, poor infrastructure, and policy paralysis in their search for growth, professional-services firm Ernst & Young (E&Y) said in a report.

The majority of real estate investment trusts (REITs) are expected to post positive earnings for the fourth quarter and fiscal year 2011 as rent growth continues, according to analysts.

Apple leadership has unveiled the tech-forward reward for Apple all employees, which number well over 60,000. Soon after announcing that in the holiday quarter, Apple has sold a record 37.04 million iPhones with a 128% growth compared to same period last year and 15.43 million iPad with a 11% increase, Apple CEO Tim Cook followed up by announcing in a town hall meeting that Apple will offer a total $750 discount on its products, which can be used once every three years.

Japan's core consumer prices fell for the third consecutive month in the year to December, and mild deflation is expected to persist this year as energy prices stabilize and worries about Europe's debt crisis suppress wage growth and economic activity.

The BSE Sensex rose 0.7 percent on Friday and was on track to post its fourth weekly gain in a row, on expectations improving global risk appetite will draw in more portfolio investments.

Symantec security software was hacked back in 2006, and now the anti-virus software maker says it didn't even know the source code for pcAnywhere, a remote access program, was even gone. Symantec knew there was a breach alright, but until a hacker called Yama Tough posted online in January he had the code, the company was unaware of the theft.

Bank of America Corp was the fourth-biggest U.S. mortgage lender in the fourth quarter of 2011, continuing its descent in the rankings after it stopped buying loans made by smaller banks.

J.C. Penney will undergo a complete store revival, announced new CEO Ron Johnson on Wednesday. The new strategy includes permanent 40-percent price-cuts and hopefully Apple's magic touch. On Wednesday new CEO Ron Johnson announced his ideas during a 90-minute presentation in NYC.