Japan announced its own measures to support its stock market and financial system, following the G7 industrial nations' accord on the global crisis.

The Tokyo stock market surged in early trading Tuesday on the heels of a jump on wall street with the Nikkei 225 Stock Average rising 13 percent.

Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index surged more than 4 percent in the opening minutes of trading Tuesday as markets across the region rallied on optimism over bank bail-out deals.

Hong Kong's securities regulator will closely examine practices and processes at banks when handling public complaints alleging misconduct in selling Lehman Brothers structured products to local depositors.

Union Minister of Commerce and Industry Kamal Nath met Celso Amorim, Minister of External Relations of Brazil last evening to exchange views on the present situation of the Doha Round negotiations.

Taking the competition from GSM players head on, Tata Teleservices' Virgin Mobile on Tuesday slashed STD and local rates on pre-paid services to 50 paise per minute.

Having lost the Nano project to Gujarat, Uttarakhand CM B C Khanduri put up a brave face, claiming that it was not a loss for his state as it could not provide 1000-acre land at one place for the project as required by the Tatas.

Tata Motors Tuesday said its UK subsidiary Tata Motors European Technical Centre Plc has acquired majority stake in Norwegian electric vehicle firm Miljo Grenland Innovasjon.

Mumbai and Delhi top the list of top 10 cities for doing business in India, according to a competitiveness index report prepared by the real estate-focused publication Realty Plus.

Hong Kong moved to restore confidence in the banking system by fully guaranteeing all bank deposits and setting up a new facility to provide capital to lenders.