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Through a licensing agreement with Facebook, applications for the big-in-Asia social network will be virtually interchangeable. Will others be on the way? Maybe.

Stock markets in Asia fall, despite the approval of a revised financial rescue plan by the US Senate.

Some of the world's leading phone companies have completed the construction of an undersea cable to provide more Internet capacity between the U.S. and parts of Asia.

Oil prices were steady near a 5-month low Thursday in Asia as Hurricane Ike strengthened as it headed through the Gulf of Mexico toward crude drilling and refining operations on the Texas coast.

Oil prices rose Monday as the dollar weakened and investors worried that tensions between Russia and the West could interrupt the flow of crude between Europe and Asia.

Profits at Asia's biggest oil refiner Sinopec fall as price controls prevent the firm from passing on record crude costs.

It's long since passé in the U.S., but the social network is surging in Asia, so it's hired an exec familiar with the territory and raised money to help continue expanding.

Growth in Asia may slow this year, but a recession is unlikely, the head of the Asian Development Bank says.

The Asian Development Bank says regional inflation in 2008 will exceed the 5.1% figure predicted in April.