Faltering technology stocks take Asian indices lower
Glum outlooks from US technology companies and downbeat comments from a Fed official amid concerns on second-quarter economic growth prompt investors to book profits
Signs of slowdown in Japanese recovery
Fresh data reveal an unexpected rise in the unemployment rate and a drop in industrial production amid the country's ongoing battle with deflation
Smartphone trend lifts HTC revenues
The Taiwanese smartphone maker is emerging as one of the biggest beneficiaries from the growing popularity of smartphones, as it reveals a 58% jump in revenues in the second quarter
Panasonic: Going green
Japanese electronics company is in search of a niche it can dominate
Danone sells stake in Chinese juice maker
Danone has sold its stake in Chinese juice maker Huiyuan Juice Group for ?200m, less than half the amount Coca-Cola was prepared to pay in a deal that collapsed last year
ICBC in rights issue after heavy lending
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China is planning to raise up to Rmb45bn in a rights issue in Hong Kong and Shanghai to shore up its capital base
Chinalco to unveil Rio Tinto mystery deal
People close to the Chinese state-owned miner suggest a venture with its Anglo-Australian rival could involve Simandou, an iron ore project in Guinea
Smartphone race takes toll on LG profits
The world's third-largest maker of mobile phones reports a steep fall in quarterly operating profit, hit by a loss in its mobile phone division as it falls behind rivals in launching new smartphones
