Royal Bank of Scotland is closing its equity capital market and corporate finance units in South Korea and cash equities businesses in Indonesia, Singapore and Korea, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters on Tuesday.
The Gunners continue to be in the mix to make major changes this summer.
India, now the world's largest arms importer, accounted for 10 percent of all weapons imported during the period, according to the Stockholm International Peace Institute.
China has become less dependent on arms imports and, at the same time, has increased the volume of its arms exports, according to a report by the Stockholm International Peace Research Institute.
Marubeni Corp., a large Japanese diversified trading company, is in talks to buy a 10 to 12.5 percent stake in a huge iron mine owned by Australia's Hancock Prospecting, a source told Dow Jones.
North Korea will launch a long-range rocket carrying a satellite into space next month. The earth observation satellite will be set into orbit between April 12 and April 16, which will coincide with the nationwide celebrations for the birth of the country's founder, Kim Il-sung.
Blizzard Entertainment finally announced the release date of its most-awaited game Diablo 3. The game is coming on on May 15. The digital presale of Diablo 3 has already opened on Blizzard's Battle.net.
Samsung’s attempt to ban Apple’s devices in the Netherlands fell short of accomplishment, as the Hague District Court ruled against it. The court ruling is an important victory for Apple in its defense against Samsung.
The agreement, originally signed in July 2007, was only ratified by the U.S. congress after a renegotiation to address complaints from the American auto industry.
It has been revealed in a recent development that Pantech, the second largest mobile handset maker in South Korea after Samsung, is all geared up to release a new Android-powered device for the South Korean market.
The relationship between Samsung and Apple is complicated. Even as the two tech giants continue to sue each other around the globe, a new report from iSuppli discovered that Samsung is the sole manufacturer of the Retina Display screen for the new iPad, which was unveiled on March 7 in San Francisco.
The woolly mammoth has not roamed the earth for over 10,000 years, but scientists in Russia and South Korea are hoping to change that after agreeing to collaborate on a project to clone the extinct Ice Age beast.
Wolly mammoths last roamed the Earth 10,000 years ago, but a team of Korean and Russian scientists announced their plan to bring the giant mammal back to life, like the fictional 1993 film that brought back dinosaurs.
Two new Chinese LCD screens in Beijing's imposing Great Hall of the People will replace screens made by a Japanese competitor, in a sign of resolve to supply the world with Chinese brands and not just Made in China products.
LG announced several new smartphones at the Mobile World Congress in February, and one of them has even gone on sale already in South Korea. We don't know if the Optimus 4X HD will come to T-Mobile, but it could replace the Optimus 2X (renamed T-Mobile G2x). If it does, it could go head-to-head with the Samsung Galaxy S3 to be released later this year. LG has promised to update the G2x to the Android 4.0 system eventually, but the Optimus 4X HD is running the system now.
Asian stock markets ended lower Monday as disappointing Chinese trade data released over the weekend overshadowed stronger than expected US February jobs report.
War's shadow looms over the Strait of Hormuz, and for one company in Qatar, the disruption of shipping traffic of the Strait could very well mean the end of its business.
Central bankers around the world took their foot off the loose monetary policy throttle Thursday and kept benchmark interest rates steady on inflation concerns and the lack of new threats to gross domestic product growth.
World’s No. 1 social networking site Facebook was unavailable for almost 2 hours in Europe and parts of Asia on Wednesday morning. Facebook referred to it as “technical difficulties” and was able to fix it quickly.
As the company's latest tablet was unveiled, activists renewed complaints that labor conditions remain deplorable at Apple vendors' factories. The group SumOfUs is calling on Apple to prove that it follows the law.
U.S. stock index futures rose on Wednesday, a day after Wall Street suffered its worst selloff in three months and as a report showed the private sector added more jobs than expected.
U.S. stock index futures rose on Wednesday, a day after Wall Street suffered its worst selloff in three months and as a report showed the private sector added more jobs than expected.
