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Shark populations continue to decline due to unregulated fishing, much of it to meet the high demand for fins. A new analysis finds that the international plan, which was approved by members of UNFAO in 2001, has yet to be fully implemented.

Features of Sony Next Generation Portable (NGP) a.k.a PSP2 include 5-inch OLED screen, microdual analog sticks, 3G, WiFi, memory card, cameras, touchscreen, touchpad, locations and Game franchises.

A battle between large supermarket operators to tap into Southeast Asia's growing consumer wealth could trigger more acquisitions, with Indonesia, Vietnam and the Philippines seen as the next hot spots.

Sony on Thursday announced the launch of PlayStation Suite to expand PS Platform to smartphones and other devices at the PlayStation Meeting in Tokyo.

The BSE Sensex erased early gains and was trading down 0.4 percent on Thursday, as the near-term outlook for foreign funds' interest was far from promising due to better prospects elsewhere.

PlayStation Meet 2011 kick starts in Tokyo, Japan even as the anticipation on the Sony PlayStation Portable 2 or PSP2 runs high.

Ranbaxy Laboratories Ltd, India's top drugmaker, said on Thursday its chief financial officer had resigned, the third top official to quit after Japan's Daiichi Sankyo took majority control.

In his State of the Union address last night, President Obama devoted several lines to the slumping stature of U.S. education, by our own standards and globally.

Japanese mobile social gaming firm Gree Inc said Wednesday it would tie-up with China's Tencent Holdings, giving it access to a market where 120 million people already play mobile games.

Toyota has issued a recall of 1.7 million cars, its largest ever, mainly in its Lexus brand

A Japanese company is selling gold coins and mini bars through an automatic vending machine to improve ease of purchase and reduce final price.

Japan's industrial production dropped during October-December, but will rebound in the current quarter, the Bank of Japan (BoJ) said in its monthly report published on Wednesday.

Life spans in the U.S. lags behind its major high-income industrial peers largely due to Americans’ long history of smoking as well as rising rates of obesity, according to a new report from the National Research Council (NRC).

The company continues expanding its cloud computing services in Asia with plans to build a center in Langfang City.

The Japanese government is no longer in a position to excessively rely on debt to handle the nations’ finances, Japanese Finance Minister said on Tuesday.

The Gold Price fell to new multi-month lows against all major currencies on Tuesday morning, dropping to $1325 per ounce as capitulation and panic hit Asian investment traders, according to one Hong Kong dealer.

Northeast Asia's booming economy and its largely untapped youth market are the cornerstone of South Korea's 2018 bid to host the first Winter Olympics in the region for 20 years, its bid chief said.

The Motorola Xoom tablet made inroads in Los Vegas Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2011 but a video teaser posted on YouTube showed the Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 which is expected to be released during Mobile World Congress 2011 with leaked specifications.

China's Huawei Technologies Co. Ltd. has sued Motorola to delay the sale of the latter's wireless infrastructure business to Nokia Siemens Networks. The lawsuit alleges that such a sale would possibly result in illegal transfer of Huawei's intellectual property.

Europe should strengthen its financial rescue fund to reduce the risk of renewed global instability as U.S. tax cuts and emerging economies help propel recovery elsewhere, the IMF said on Tuesday.

The Bank of Japan (BoJ) kept its key overnight call rate unchanged at a range of zero to 0.1 percent on Tuesday, assessing that the economic recovery was showing signs of a pause.