Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs leaps back into the spotlight next week to showcase the iPad maker's latest software and is widely expected to unveil an online music storage and streaming service.
Google Inc tried to partner with Facebook but was rebuffed, denying the search giant to the social network's trove of personal information, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said on Tuesday.
The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has become the second largest trade partner of South Korea four years after a bilateral free trade agreement took effect, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.
Japan's unemployment rate in April rose for the first time in six months, while the nation's factory output posted a weaker-than-expected rebound amid sluggish output following the March earthquake and tsunami.
Private equity firm CVC Capital partners will take Samsonite International S.A. public on the Hong Kong stock exchange in early June, according to a published report.
The European Union is working on a second bailout package for Greece in a race to release vital loans next month and avert the risk of the euro zone country defaulting, EU officials said on Monday.
Ireland may have to ask for another loan from the European Union and International Monetary Fund because it will struggle to return to debt markets to raise funds next year.
British energy giant British Petroleum (BP) has committed to raise investment in Indonesia by more than $10 billion over the next 10 years, particularly in the massive Tangguh gas project in Papua and coal-bed methane in Kalimantan, a local media reported on Monday.
Samsung Electronics, the world's second-largest mobile phone maker, said Monday it sold more than 1 million units of Galaxy S2 smartphone to South Korean mobile carriers.
Australia's biggest industry groups urged the government to set a starting price at A$10 a ton for carbon emissions when a planned carbon tax launches in mid 2012, at least half the recommendation of the government's top climate adviser.
The European Union and Japan agreed on Saturday to start talks on a free-trade agreement (FTA) to inject fresh impetus into the world's third-largest economy.
German sportswear maker Adidas plans to use the Olympic Games in London next year to generate 100 million pounds ($165 million) of sales in the UK and steal market leadership there from arch rival Nike.