Tokyo  - Hitachi Ltd on Tuesday forecast that it would return to the black after two yea

Frankfurt  - Institutional investors were offered options Tuesday on government-owned shares in Deutsche Telekom, the telecommunications giant which remains one-third controlled by the German feder

Singapore  -  Singapore Telecommunications added a record 13.8 million mobile-phone cu

Oslo - Record-high oil and gas prices helped boost Norwegian energy giant Statoil Hydro's first-quarter earnings to new highs, the group said Tuesday.

Singapore - Workers in Singap

Sydney - Westpac Banking Corporation, one of Australia's Big Four high street banks, is in merger talks with fifth-placed St George Bank, and a marriage would create Australia's largest financial s