Three former executives of Japanese camera and endoscope maker Olympus, and the company itself, pleaded guilty after being charged in connection with a $1.7 billion accounting cover-up in one of Japan's biggest corporate scandals.

A Chinese factory owned by iPhone assembler Foxconn resumed production after a riot involving 2,000 workers had forced it to close for 24 hours.

Reasons for mass brawl at a company dormitory remain unclear.

Apple is seeking an additional $707 million in damages and interest.

A Japanese government fund is considering a bailout of Renesas Electronics as part of a consortium including Toyota Motor Corp, countering a 100 billion yen ($1.3 billion)bid for the chip maker by private equity firm KKR, two sources said on Saturday.

SBB and a Swiss watchmaker are considering challenging Apple over the striking similarity between the country's station clocks and the clock on a new operating system for the iPad.

Shares of Taiwan-based LCD panels maker jump amid relief fine wasn't larger.

Some customers must wait two to three weeks for the new, slimmer, faster smartphone that accounts for half Apple's revenue.

Strong global demand seen for the forthcoming version of the iPhone, which accounts for half of Apple's revenue.

Texas Instruments Inc said that chip demand this quarter would be at the low end of its expectations, and confirmed markets such as Europe remain weak.