Microsoft announces an upcoming service that will let tablets and smartphones control its video games consoles.

Qantas says it expects its profits to fall by as much as 90% amid growing losses at its international operations and higher fuel costs.

China blocks access to the term "Shanghai Composite Index" on some of the country's most popular microblogging sites.

The Reserve Bank of Australia cuts interest rates for the second time in as many months amid concerns of a slowdown in the economy.

The former head of bankrupt US broker MF Global, Jon Corzine, could face legal action over the firm's collapse, the liquidating trustee says.

Sony shows off a Harry Potter-based interactive book for its Playstation console as well as new games at the E3 trade show.

Attempts by BP to sell its stake in a Russian joint venture, TNK-BP, have been complicated by renewed court action in Siberia by minority shareholders.

The eurozone's private sector contracted again in May, with activity levels hitting an almost three-year low, a survey suggests.