Abe will dissolve the lower house of parliament on November 21
Following on from his address to the Indian diaspora in New York's Madison Square Garden in September, Modi held a reception for 21,000 people on Monday at Sydney's Olympic Park
Output fell 0.1 per cent after a 0.8 per cent increase in September that was smaller than previously estimated
Facebook says it goes to great lengths to find illegitimate listings and to respond to requests for removal
The euro-zone economy has deteriorated and will get worse if there are no fiscal policy actions from core European countries, mainly Germany
Gross domestic product increased 0.2% from the previous period, when it rose 0.1%
The chairman of $40 bn Aditya Birla group is open to either acquiring e-retailers or building one from scratch
The maker of anti-wrinkle treatment Botox is seeking more than $210 a share while Actavis wants to pay closer to $200
Futures dropped as much as 1.3 per cent in London
Obama proposed an explicit ban on Internet-service providers being able to demand extra payments for speedy delivery of content and data
The panel is scheduled to hear arguments on Martoma's bail request November 12
Luxembourg, with a population of about 500,000, is already one of the countries under investigation by the European Commission
German factory orders climbed less than forecast in a sign the Euro area's largest economy may struggle to grow in the second half of the year