Japan

Nikkei gains 0.10 percent while KOSPI rises 0.55 percent. Hang Seng and Shanghai indices gain 0.88 and 0.04 percent respectively.

Nikkei gains 1.43 percent while KOSPI up 0.93 percent. Shanghai and Hang Seng indices end 0.11 and 0.49 percent higher.

Nikkei gains 1.42 percent while KOSPI rises 0.98 percent. Hang Seng and Shanghai indices gain 0.55 and 0.15 percent respectively.

World's third largest economy has contracted for two successive quarters.

Nikkei climbs 2.20 percent while Hang Seng gains 0.24 percent. KOSPI and Shanghai indices drop 0.53 and 0.77 percent.

Dissolution follows support for key electoral reforms.

Nikkei up 1.88 percent while KOSPI drops 0.10 percent. Shanghai falls 0.87 percent and Hang Seng gains 0.15 percent.

Nikkei gains 1.90 percent while KOSPI drops 1.23 percent. Shanghai and Hang Seng indices fall 1.22 and 1.55 percent.

Nikkei gains 0.94 percent while KOSPI drops 1.35 percent. Shares of Shanghai and Hang Seng indices slip 0.43 and 0.88 percent.

Champion jockey now anxiously awaiting Fance Galop panel ruling in Paris next week.

The company is recalling about 2.77 million vehicles worldwide due to problems related to steering wheel and water pump system.

Cisco reports a net income of $2.09bn (£1.83bn), up 17.7 percent year over year for the first fiscal quarter.

Tens of thousands of tourists and astronomers flocked in to northern Australia to get glimpse of the rare total solar eclipse which darkened the region to night in day for two minutes.

77-year-old spiritual leader said foreign intervention is necessary to jolt 'narrow-minded Communist officials' in Beijing.

London's Chinatown residents are still distrustful when asked about China's future and past Presidents Xi Jinping and Hu Jintao.

Output from manufacture, mines, and utilities decline, raising concerns of recession.

Nikkei drops 0.18 percent while KOSPI falls 0.59 percent. Shanghai and Hang Seng indices end 1.51 and 1.13 percent lower.

Nikkei drops 0.34 percent while KOSPI falls 0.62 percent. Hang Seng and Shanghai indices fall 0.77 and 1.04 percent respectively.

Japanese GDP slows, raising concerns of recession

Japanese economy contracts 0.9% in third quarter and by 3.5% on yearly basis.

Nikkei down 0.80 percent while KOSPI falls 0.35 percent. Hang Seng and Shanghai indices gain 0.09 and 0.13 percent.

Chelsea coach Roberto Di Matteo has confessed his disappointment at not receiving Premier League support to win the Club World Cup

American actor and film producer Leonardo DiCaprio turns 38 today.

Asus Transformer Pad Infinity gets new firmware update v 10.4.4.20.

Balance of economic power to shift in favour of developing countries.

EU and Japan found to be dumping steel tubes on China.

Olivier Desbarres, Barclays Capital's Head of FX Strategy in Asia, is accused of going on a rampage outside his Singapore home and terrorizing workers.

Nikkei average ends1.51 percent while KOSPI falls 1.19 percent. Shanghai and Hang Seng indices down 1.63 and 2.41 percent.

As President Barack Obama gets elected for a second term, the latest election actually marked a pivotal point for women in the senate, congress and the power in voting.

China's growth may be slowing but its appetite for oil will continue to dominate demand.