Touch-oriented Windows 8 unveiled

2011-06-02 15:07:49

Microsoft Corp showed off a version of its next operating system at technology conferences in Palos Verdes and Taipei.

June starts ominously for teetering Wall Street

2011-06-02 06:19:58

Wall Street ended a 4-day rally with its worst session since August and could suffer more losses in coming days.

Airbus delivers 50th A320 assembled in China

2011-06-01 20:17:38

European aircraft maker Airbus on Wednesday delivered to a Chinese carrier an A320 Family aircraft assembled in China.

Jobs to headline Apple launch, unveil iCloud

2011-06-01 13:07:09

Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs leaps back into the spotlight next week to showcase the iPad maker's latest software.

Google rebuffed as partner by Facebook

2011-06-01 13:01:26

Google Inc tried to partner with Facebook but was rebuffed, denying the search giant to the social network's trove of personal information, Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said on Tuesday.

ASEAN becomes ROK's 2nd largest trade partner

2011-05-31 16:52:55

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) has become the second largest trade partner of South Korea four years after a bilateral free trade agreement took effect, the foreign ministry said Tuesday.

Japan jobless rate rises to 4.7% in April

2011-05-31 09:32:18

Japan's unemployment rate rose for the first time in 6 months, while the nation's factory output posted a weaker-than-expected rebound.

Report: HK IPO planned for Samsonite

2011-05-31 06:20:24

Private equity firm CVC Capital partners will take Samsonite International S.A. public on the Hong Kong stock exchange in early June.

EU racing to draft second Greek bailout: sources

2011-05-30 22:25:22

The European Union is working on a second bailout package for Greece in a race to release vital loans next month and avert the risk of the euro zone country defaulting, EU officials said on Monday.

Ireland may need more EU/IMF cash

2011-05-30 16:33:43

Ireland may have to ask for another loan from EU and IMF because it will struggle to return to debt markets to raise funds next year.

BP pledges to boost Indonesia investment by $10b

2011-05-30 15:56:20

British energy giant British Petroleum (BP) has committed to raise investment in Indonesia by more than $10 billion over the next 10 years, particularly in the massive Tangguh gas project in Papua and coal-bed methane in Kalimantan, a local media reported on Monday.

Domestic sale of Samsung's Galaxy S2 tops 1m

2011-05-30 15:54:22

Samsung Electronics, the world's second-largest mobile phone maker, said Monday it sold more than 1 million units of Galaxy S2 smartphone to South Korean mobile carriers.