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Japan's government maintained its overall view that the economy remained weak in the aftermath of the March earthquake, but downgraded its assessment of capital spending in a monthly report published on Tuesday.

Sony says it expects to post $3.2 billion in losses, reversing previous predictions of a return to profitability.

Yahoo! Inc. (NASDAQ: YHOO) will be hosting its 2011 investor day on May 25. Caris & Co. said this time the focus of most attendees will be on international assets and especially the company's stake in Alibaba Group.

Stocks rose modestly on Tuesday as stronger oil prices led a rebound from the previous session when stocks closed at their lowest in a month.

Sony Music Japan Website hit by an attack on Tuesday exposing databases using SQL injection techniques immediately after the official website for Sony BMG Greece was hacked on Monday.

Photographer Brad Elterman has been photographing celebrities for over 30 years, most notably, Bob Dylan. Over the years, Elterman's camera has captured Robert De Niro, Nicollette Sheridan, Brooke Shields, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Gene Simmons, Joan Jett and The Ramones, in some of Hollywood's most rare an intimates settings.

Microsoft chief Steve Ballmer confirmed on Monday, that the company's next generation of Windows systems will be released in 2012 and new Windows phone with 500 additional features will be launched in Japan at the end of this year.

The operation of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant was suspended by the March 11 earthquake and tsunami, as there were meltdowns of fuel rods at three of the plant's reactors from the damage after the earthquake and tsunami, the company confirmed on Tuesday.

Toyota Motor Corp <7203.T> denied media reports on Tuesday that its vehicle production in Japan would recover to 90 percent of pre-quake levels in June, higher than the 70 percent it had flagged on May 11.

Sony Corp bounced from two-month lows after the electronics conglomerate said this year's operating profit would match last year's, easing worries about the impact of the March earthquake.

Japan's government maintained its overall view that the economy remained weak in the aftermath of the March earthquake, but downgraded its assessment of capital spending in a monthly report published on Tuesday.

Microbes may be used more easily to generate energy, scientists said on Monday after a study figured out how they naturally let off tiny electrical charges.

British actor and comedian Russell Brand had been deported from Tokyo's Narita Airport, at the weekend.

After a five-month stay aboard the International Space Station, Expedition 27 commander Dmitry Kondratyev and flight engineers Cady Coleman and Paolo Nespoli safely landed their Soyuz spacecraft on the Kazakhstan steppe Monday.

Japan's government on Tuesday kept its assessment of the overall economy unchanged in May but downgraded its view on capital spending after the March earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis damaged supply chains and production activity.

Toshiba Corp said it may need to push back by several years a target to capture 39 orders for nuclear reactors and that it would expand sales in renewables, amid tighter safety standards in the wake of the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

The dollar held firm on Tuesday and stocks in Asia steadied but the euro remained on the defensive on worries that the euro zone's debt crisis was deepening and could spread to heavyweights such as Spain.

Sony Corp bounced from two-month lows on expectations it might have put its troubles behind it after the electronics conglomerate said this year's operating profit would match last year's, easing worries about the impact of the March earthquake.

Family Radio president Harold camping said, Monday, people misunderstood about what he predicted about Rapture as he meant it in the spiritual and not physical sense.

Toshiba Corp said it may need to push back by several years a target to capture 39 orders for nuclear reactors by March 2016, as governments tighten regulations in the wake of the crisis at the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear plant.

Family Radio President Harold Camping delayed his Doomsday prediction till October 21, 2011, in an Open Forum at Family Radio headquarters at Oakland, California.