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Yahoo hosted its investor day on May 25 and as expected Yahoo Japan, display business and search growth took center stage.

MVC3 controller stick has set up the market for other companies to try and deliver anything more than what they are delivering and no one right now has the best possible answer so far, say reports.

Sony Corp forecast a net profit of 80 billion yen ($975 million) on Thursday for the year that started on April 1, after net losses ballooned to 260 billion yen last business year on a tax credit write-off.

Asian stocks were on course for their biggest gain in a month on Thursday, led by resources and consumer sectors, with recovering commodity prices and the euro's rebound toward $1.42 bringing investors back into the markets in search of bargains.

LinkedIn Corp will seek out opportunities in China to capitalize on its massive user base even though it sees the market as complicated, a company executive said on Thursday.

The North Korean dictator executed a woman after she rejected his advance.

Sony seems to have become the hackers' favorite target with reports flooding the Internet that Sony Ericsson website in Canada has been hacked and its websites in Thailand and Greece are under seize.

Southeast Asia is rapidly becoming one of the world’s most powerful economic juggernauts, driven by fast growth and strong monetary policies by local central banks.

Today marks the beginning of the 24th annual Fleet Week in New York City with a parade of military vessels sailing up the Hudson river.

Experts from the Vienna headquarters of the International Atomic Energy Agency arrived in Tokyo on Tuesday to study the nuclear situation in Japan's Fukushima Nuclear plant, IAEA said in a statement.

New orders for U.S. manufactured goods posted their largest drop in six months in April after a steep fall in demand for transportation equipment, suggesting some cooling in factory activity.

Wall Street stocks were set for a lower open on Wednesday after weaker-than-expected manufacturing data added to evidence the U.S. economy's recovery was slowing.

New orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods recorded their largest decline in six months in April as aircraft and motor vehicle bookings tumbled, indicating the economy remained stuck in a soft patch.

Stocks fell slightly on Wednesday after data pointed to a slowdown in U.S. growth, but a technical rebound was possible with the benchmark S&P 500 at its lowest in a month.

Tokyo Electric Power Corp. admitted that more than one reactor at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant suffered a meltdown in the wake of the earthquake and tsunami that hit the country in March.

New orders for long-lasting U.S. manufactured goods fell more than expected in April to record their largest decline in six months as aircraft and motor vehicle orders tumbled, a government report showed on Wednesday.

Japan's economy is already showing signs of recovering from a slump that followed a devastating earthquake in March, Bank of Japan Governor Masaaki Shirakawa said on Wednesday while stressing that the central bank would remain vigilant about economic risks.

The tremors of Japan’s earthquake and hacking attacks will cost Sony ¥14 billion (US$170 million) in this financial year, Sony said, reports say.

Barclays Capital still believes Apple Inc.'s (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone is well positioned to grow faster than the smartphone market over the long-term. The brokerage reiterated its overweight rating on shares of Apple with a price target of $465.

Crude oil prices declined in Europe trade as strengthening U.S. dollar and weaker-than-expected decline in U.S. crude stockpiles weighed.

Three nuclear reactors at a Japanese nuclear plant suffered meltdowns within days, the plant’s operator told Reuters on Tuesday.