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Nairobi Securities Exchange has launched two stock indexes in conjunction with FTSE Group, and said on Tuesday it planned to start one for Treasury bonds next year.

Sony Ericsson said on Tuesday a shortage of key components will limit the production of some of its feature phones in the key holiday sales period.

Hedge fund manager Daniel Loeb, who took a five percent stake in Yahoo in September, is now demanding co-founder Jerry Yang step down.

Toyota has withdrawn its profit and sales forecasts for the full fiscal year given the continuing uncertainties posed by the Thai flooding.

German Researchers along with National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology in Japan have developed a robot having a human face and named it as Mask-bot.

In an attempt to reduce its carbon footprint, Alaska Airlines will fly 75 bio-fuel-powered commercial flights, across the United States, starting on Wednesday, the airline announced in a statement on Monday. This is a step which is being perceived as a historical one in the country's aviation sector.

Aki Tsurumaki says he never felt his life was in danger during the 15 years he has been helping companies escape entanglements with Japan's yakuza crime syndicates.

Japan's Olympus admitted on Tuesday it hid losses on securities investments dating back to the 1980s, bowing to weeks of pressure to explain a series of baffling transactions that have put the future of the firm in doubt.

Toyota Motor Corp posted a 32 percent drop in quarterly operating profit and withdrew its full-year profit forecasts.

Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> posted a 32 percent drop in quarterly operating profit and withdrew its full-year profit forecasts as Thai floods pose a fresh threat to production while supply shortages from the March earthquake kept output low.

Asian shares wiped earlier gains and fell anew Tuesday, weighed by concerns that surging bond yields could stifle debt-ridden Italy's fund-raising ability and throw the euro zone deeper into financial turmoil, while Greece struggled to pick a new leader.

Japan's Olympus admitted for the first time on Tuesday that controversial acquisitions had been used to cover up losses on securities investments dating back to the 1980s, succumbing to weeks of pressure that has battered the company's share price.

An earthquake of 6.9 magnitude was recorded, off the northwest coast of Okinawa, Japan, at noon on Tuesday, according to the U.S. Geological Survey.

Joseph William Frazier, the heavyweight boxing champion whose string of wins culminated in the Fight of the Century with Muhammad Ali in 1971, died late Monday. He was 67.

Asian shares rose Tuesday, but gains were capped by concerns that surging bond yields could stifle debt-ridden Italy's fund-raising ability and throw the euro zone deeper into financial turmoil, while Greece struggled to pick a new leader.

Japan's Olympus admitted for the first time on Tuesday that controversial acquisitions had been used to cover up losses on securities investments dating back to the 1980s, succumbing to weeks of pressure that has battered the company's share price.

Scandal-hit Olympus said on Tuesday it had found that funds related to its acquisition of British medical equipment maker Gyrus and of three domestic firms were used to cover losses on securities investments dating back to the 1990s.

Scandal-hit Olympus said on Tuesday it has discovered that funds related to its acquisition of British medical equipment maker Gyrus in 2008 and of three domestic firms were used to cover losses on securities investments dating back to the 1990s.

Discover the United States of Awesome Possibilities with America's first-ever unified campaign to lure in international tourists from Brand USA.

Avril Lavigne is nursing some face wounds with a Hello Kitty ice pack after the singer was allegedly involved in a bar fight early Sunday morning.

Boeing Co and All Nippon Airways <9202.T> are investigating a landing gear problem on the 787 Dreamliner, the first technical glitch reported since the new jetliner entered service less than two weeks ago, the airline said on Monday.