Aussie stocks slide further after RBA hikes rates

Aussie stocks slide further after RBA hikes rates
ninemsn - MELBOURNE, Feb 5 (Reuters) - Australian shares extended declines on Tuesday after the central bank delivered a widely expected hike in official interest rates, and left the door open to even more tightening if the economy did not cool soon. The

Sector Snap: Major Web Stocks Mixed
Forbes - Shares of Yahoo Inc. gained Monday, in the wake of Microsoft Corp.'s takeover offer for the struggling Web portal, but shares of other Web companies did not do as well. Yahoo shares added 99 cents, or 3.5 percent, to $29.38 in trading, even as some

Japanese stocks fall, Olympus plunges on outlook
Reuters India - TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese stocks fell on Tuesday with Olympus Corp heading for its biggest one-day loss in six years on a weak outlook, helping sour market sentiment. Yahoo Japan Corp jumped for a second day following Microsoft Corp's $44.6 billion