Japan's Sony Corp plans to sell a smaller and lighter PlayStation Portable (PSP) handheld game machine later this year, according to video game websites which cite what they say is Sony's own
The interactive videogame industry's biggest convention meets next week in Los Angeles promising a return to its glitzy past, but on the heels of weak sales and the slumping economy, the future
Nintendo Co Ltd plans to launch a new version of its "Wii Fit" home exercise game this autumn, aiming to help boost sluggish sales of its Wii console in Japan, the Nikkei
General Motors Corp will file for bankruptcy later on Monday, U.S. officials said, forcing the 100-year-old automaker once seen as a symbol of American economic might and dynamism into a new and
Asian stocks and the Australian dollar shot to eight-month highs on Monday after a gauge of China's manufacturing activity offered fresh evidence of a recovery in the world's third-largest economy. Growing optimism
U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Monday said the United States and China must change strategies for boosting growth as U.S. consumer demand wanes, and he offered strong backing for a bigger
The dollar hit five-month lows against a basket of currencies on Friday and the yen also dropped as investors sought higher-yielding and riskier assets, believing the worst of the global recession may
Europe's banks are ready to pull the plug on faltering UK commercial mortgages to limit losses on a 225 billion pound ($358 billion) loan book in a bid to prevent a dramatic
European shares rose by midday on Friday as firmer metals prices on the back of reassuring output numbers from Japan boosted miners, while investors awaited more economic data from the U.S. later
Futures for the Dow Jones industrial average, the Nasdaq 100 and the S&P 500 share indexes rose 0.3-0.5 percent on Friday, pointing to a higher start on Wall Street. * U.S. Commerce
