Asia's economic growth looks set to stumble over the next few months, prompting a flurry of interest rate cuts and a spike in stimulus spending that may ultimately pave the way for a strong recovery in the second half of 2012.
Sharp Corp said on Thursday it will likely sell more than 1 million large-screen TVs of 60-inches and above in North America in the year to March 31, and expects the burgeoning market to push sales higher next business year.
Samsung Electronics Co, the world's top TV brand, said on Thursday its television sales hit a record 5.7 million units in November, helped by strong U.S. sales during the long Thanksgiving weekend.
The United Auto Workers union has decided it will not identify an organizing target among foreign automakers with U.S. operations, a shift in strategy in a campaign that union leadership sees as central to its survival.
Wednesday marks the 70th anniversary of the Japanese attack on the American naval base at Pearl Harbor in Hawaii that will forever live in infamy.
Pusuke, the world's oldest living dog noted by the Guinness Book of Records, died on Monday at age 26 in his home in Japan. Pusuke lived more than twice the median life expectancy for a dog, but how did his owner achieve such astounding longevity?
Employees in fast-growing economies have more freedom over the technology they use for work than their counterparts in developed countries, and are more likely to see corporate provision of devices as a perk, according to a study.
December 7, 2011, marks the 70th anniversary of the attack on Pearl Harbor.
Most Southeast Asian stock markets rose on Wednesday on optimism that European leaders will take strong steps to resolve the region's debt crisis at a summit later this week.
Tokyo Electric Power Co <9501.T> plans an additional 100 billion yen ($1.3 billion) in cost cuts and is considering selling thermal power plants to help cover compensation and cleanup costs at its crippled Fukushima nuclear power plant, a source familiar with the situation said on Wednesday.
It is, arguably, the saddest day in U.S. military history -- certainly in modern U.S. military history: the attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, on Sunday, December 7, 1941 -- a shocking event in U.S. history that ushered the United States into World War II.
Olympus Corp's board signaled plans to quit over a $1.7 billion accounting fraud, but will likely pick a team of potential successors, triggering a battle for control of the Japanese firm with the former CEO who blew the whistle on the scandal.
The entire board of Japan's Olympus Corp signaled its plans to quit, maybe as early as February, over a $1.7 billion accounting fraud, and set up an outside committee to advise whether to sue those responsible for the scandal.
Japan's scandal-ridden Olympus Corp decided on Wednesday to set up an outside panel to advise on whether it should take legal action or make criminal complaints against those who cooked the firm's books, Kyodo news agency said.
Disgraced Olympus Corp decided on Wednesday to set up a special committee to consider possible legal measures, such as criminal charges and civil suits, against those responsible for hiding investment losses dating back to the 1990s, Kyodo news agency reported.
Sales of Nintendo Co Ltd's 3DS games device will hit 3 million units in the Japanese market within days, but consumers in the U.S. and Europe seem to be delaying their holiday season shopping due to poor economic conditions, the company said.
The board of Japan's scandal-ridden Olympus Corp <7733.T> is expected on Wednesday to consider legal action against former executives who cooked its books, a day after an investigative panel issued a damning report on senior management.
Every New Yorker trapped in a tiny, cramped apartment--since Mr. Blandings--has dreamed of a new world...a new life--and driven by enough extreme urban chaos--even a new planet. Now NASA has found one.
Every New Yorker trapped in a tiny, cramped apartment--since Mr. Blandings--has dreamed of a new world...a new life--and driven by enough extreme urban chaos--even a new planet. Now NASA has found one.
A male cross breed, Pusuke was the world's oldest living dog as recognized by the Guinness Book of Records. Pusuke died in Sakura in Tochigi prefecture at the age of 26 years and nine months. In dog years, that equivalent to a human living for 125 years.
Meiji Holdings Co.'s shares have plummeted following the discovery of radiation in its baby formula this week, which added to concerns about baby-food contamination nine months after an earthquake and tsunami hit the nation.
It's not a matter of if, but when the last big project from Steve Jobs will reach the hand of consumers. The debate varies from spring to summer or even fall, but most every qualified observer agrees -- the iPhone release date is coming in 2012. Among the best bets is an early summer unveiling with release soon to follow, keeping in Apple's release tradition that was broken with the iPhone 4S because the product simply wasn't ready yet.
