Amid the rumors making rounds about the yet-to-be-released next-generation Apple tablet, the `iPad 5', an alleged case for the forthcoming device has reportedly been spotted in Hong Kong; and it hints at a thinner as well as narrower tablet.

In its recently released 2013 Threat Report, Security Labs - the global research team at security firm Websense - has revealed that worldwide cyber-attack trends have been witnessing explosive year-on-year growth of late.

Reuters has recently unearthed documents which show that China-based bigwig telecommunications manufacturing firm Huawei apparently played loose with trade sanctions in 2010, when one of its main partners allegedly offered to sell embargoed Hewlett-Packard (HP) computer gear to Iranian companies.

China insurer PICC debut shines through Hong Kong IPO gloom as the shares in this Chinese state-owned insurer PICC Group, recently cited a high of approx 8 percent in its Hong Kong trading debut on Friday. The surge has definitely proved out to be a rare but bright spot in an otherwise dismal year for initial public offerings in the city and most other big regional markets.

With Chinese and South Korean stocks slipping down on the day, Japanese stocks were reported highest in seven months on Monday.