Asia

Billionaire hedge fund investor Daniel Loeb called on Sony to spin off part of its entertainment arm.

Tiffany shares surged after the jewelry retailer reported a higher quarterly profit, helped by stronger-than-expected sales.

News Corp., the former parent of FOX Business, posted adjusted fiscal 1Q profits of 3 cents a share and revenues of $2.07 billion trailing forecasts.

Mining trouble sparked a drop in Caterpillar's earnings and prompted the equipment maker to slash its full-year guidance below estimates.

The U.S. energy company signed a production-sharing contract with China National Petroleum Corp., marking China's first joint agreement to develop a shale oil block.

Abercrombie & Fitch verbally agreed this week to sign the Bangladesh fire and building safety accord to improve worker conditions in the world’s second-largest apparel exporter behind China.

Japanese stocks rose on Monday after a sharp rebound in crude oil prices helped global market sentiment, but traders cautioned that the gains could be a temporary, technical bounce rather the start of a sustainable recovery.

Hong Kong shares enjoyed some respite from a savage selloff in recent weeks, with the benchmark Hang Seng Index jumping nearly 3 percent.

Japan's benchmark Nikkei share average tumbled to a fresh 14-1/2 month low as global markets were battered by plunging crude prices.

Hong Kong's benchmark index dropped to its lowest level in more than three years on Monday, with investors' risk appetites soured by resumed declines in oil prices plus Friday's tumbles for share prices in the United States and Europe.

Japanese stocks fell on Monday amid continued unease over China's economic outlook and the slide in crude oil prices.

A deepening slump in exports is sending tremors through Asia, threatening to undermine some recently booming emerging economies.

Toyota is reportedly considering pulling its close to $610 million planned investment in Thailand if the country fails to stymie escalating anti-government tensions.

In a bid to create the world's third-largest maker of distilled drinks, Suntory Holdings plans to buy Beam for $13.6 billion.

Shinzo Abe is not as popular as he once was, but he knows that his opposition is in disarray and does not offer any better ideas so he continues to go for broke both politically and economically. God help him.

Japan is under fire for its gruesome annual slaughter of dolphins known as the Taiji dolphin hunts.

Marc Faber says he still thinks a recession is on its way.