Futures for the Dow Jones industrial average, the S&P 500 and the Nasdaq 100 fall 0.2-0.3 percent, pointing to a weaker Wall Street open on Tuesday.
Canadian auto parts maker Magnahas increased the amount of upfront capital it will inject in its offer for General Motors' European unit Opel, a German government source said on Tuesday.
China has banned websites featuring or publicizing online games which glamorize mafia gangs, saying violators will be severely punished, state media reported on Tuesday.
Asian stocks hit a 10-month high for a seventh day on Tuesday as investors were lifted by improving corporate earnings, though the non-stop pace of the rally caused some to wonder if it was overdone.
Asian stocks hit a 10-month high for a seventh day on Tuesday as investors were lifted by improving corporate earnings, though the non-stop pace of the rally caused some to wonder if it was overdone.
China Unicom , one of China's top three mobile carriers, has reached a preliminary agreement with Apple for the exclusive sale of its iPhone handset in China for three years, the official Shanghai Securities News reported on Tuesday, however a China Unicom official said a formal deal had not been reached.
Trading company Sumitomo Corp entered the U.S. wind power market with its acquisition of a 42.5 percent interest in a Texas wind farm, the Nikkei business daily reported.
Housing looks up, Obama's China clean energy push, Trading under pressure
The number of phone users in China has surpassed billion during the first half of 2009, which, according to the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), is boosted by the launch of the third-generation (3G) network. However, most of the users are not satisfied with their current domestic operators.
Hackers have defaced the website of Australia's biggest film festival which refused to withdraw a documentary about exiled Uighur leader Rebiya Kadeer, organizers said on Monday.
President Barack Obama held the first day of talks with a Chinese delegation in Washington D.C. to address economic issues including energy related topics. During remarks on Monday, Obama said China and the United States have an interest in creating clean and secure energy sources, according to the Associated Press. He added that neither country profits from a dependence on foreign oil. He also said neither any will be able to fight climate change unless they work together.
On the surface, China presents a fiscal study in contrast with the United States, keeping a remarkably low ceiling on debt even as it spends its way out of the financial crisis.
Japan's top automakers will report weak first-quarter results hit by a stronger yen and production cutbacks, but most expect a steady improvement in coming quarters helped partly by government programmes to encourage car purchases and progress in cost-cutting.
President Barack Obama called for deeper U.S.-Chinese economic cooperation on Monday and outlined a broad agenda for a positive relationship between two countries that do not always see eye to eye.
German solar bellwether SolarWorld on Monday kept its 2009 sales outlook, helping European solar stocks gain, as it said cost savings had helped it offset most effects of the sector's ongoing price slump.
European solar cell and module makers may be forced to speed up shifting production to Asia, rattled by rapid price declines and falling market shares.
China's eHi Car Rental Co Ltd, backed by venture capital firms including CDH Venture Investment and Jafco Asia, is planning an initial public offering in 2011 to fund expansion in the fast-growing but fragmented domestic car rental market, Chairman Ray Zhang said on Monday.
China Merchants Property Development Co (000024.SZ)(200024.SZ) said on Saturday that it would place up to 5 billion yuan ($732 million) in new shares with investors to purchase and develop property projects.
World oil consumption will rise for the first time in two years in 2010 as a recovery in the global economy boosts demand, according to a Reuters poll of top oil-tracking analysts and organizations.
Asian stocks rose for the ninth day in 10 on Monday, with investors still focused on upward momentum in corporate earnings, though some worried whether the gains were racing ahead of longer-term economic prospects.
U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton said on Sunday that major powers wanted North Korea to return to negotiations over its nuclear program but would not reward any provocative actions.
The nice thing about a deep recession is that it doesn't take much of a rebound to make the official data look healthy even if the economy is not.