Asian shares fell on Tuesday ahead of key earnings in the United States while the euro consolidated ahead of a Treasury bill sale by Greece later in the day. The Nikkei fell as much as 1.09 percent, moving further away from 18-month highs hit last week, as the yen strengthened and investors took profits in

Markets saluted a euro zone deal on a huge standby rescue package for Greece, slashing the debt-laden country's borrowing costs and buying its stocks and bonds on Monday as fears of a near-term default dissipated. But unanswered questions remained over whether Greece would have to use the bailout fund, how it would be activated, and

U.S. stock index futures rose on Monday, aided by easing sovereign debt concerns after euro zone finance ministers approved a massive emergency aid plan for debt-stricken Greece. * The ministers signed off on a 30 billion euro ($40 billion) rescue package for debt-plagued Greece on Sunday, but stressed that Athens had not yet asked that

European equities were little changed by midday on Monday as a sharp rise in Greek banks following an EU-IMF rescue package for the debt-plagued country was offset by weaker pharmaceutical and commodity stocks. At 1107 GMT, the FTSEurofirst 300 index of top European shares was almost flat at 1,101.84 points after rising to 1,105.08 —

* U.S. stock index futures pointed to a higher open on Wall Street on Monday, helped in part by easing worries over sovereign debt after euro zone finance ministers approved a massive aid plan for debt-stricken Greece. * By 0725 GMT, futures for the S&P 500 were up 0.18 percent, Dow Jones futures were up

UBS AG (UBS.VX)(UBS.N) delivered its highest pretax profit since the start of the credit crisis ahead of a likely tense shareholder meeting and said withdrawals were substantially lower at all divisions. In an unscheduled announcement, the Swiss banking group said first-quarter pretax profit was "at least" 2.5 billion Swiss francs ($2.3 billion), nearly three times

Sales of cellphones using China's own 3G standard (TD-SCDMA) will grow 7-fold this year, boosted by China Mobile's push of new phones and services, research firm Strategy Analytics said on Monday. The research firm did not unveil total sales estimates, but China Mobile, the world's largest mobile operator by subscribers, has said it had 3.4

Japan's Sharp Corp said it would begin selling 3D TVs this summer, the latest consumer electronics maker to enter the market for what is expected to be the industry's next hit product. Sharp, the world's fourth-largest LCD TV maker behind Samsung Electronics Co Ltd, Sony Corp and LG Electronics Inc, said it would launch 3D

An EU-IMF rescue package for Greece helped calm market jitters on Monday and boosted the appeal of risky assets, with world stocks hitting 18-month highs and the euro rising to its highest in nearly a month. Greece's borrowing costs eased to their lowest levels in a week while other riskier assets like commodities were also