Britain set for sweeping Internet, phone monitoring
Britain is to allow one of its intelligence agencies to monitor all phone calls, texts, emails and online activities in the country to help tackle crime and militant attacks, the Interior Ministry sai
Tata Group targets $500 billion revenue by 2021: Report
Tata Group targets revenues of $500 billion by the financial year ending in March 2021, the Business Standard newspaper reported on Monday, as the steel-to-software conglomerate aims to increase sales
Asian shares rise as China data soothes, caution caps
Asian shares kicked off the second quarter with a modest gain on Monday, as surprisingly firm China manufacturing data dispelled fears of a hard landing in the world's second biggest economy, but caut
Global trade bodies warn PM of tax plan impact
International trade associations representing more than 250,000 companies have written to Prime Minister Manmohan Singh criticising new taxation proposals and warning that investment plans by overseas
Kingfisher to resume salary payment: Mallya
Kingfisher Airlines will resume payment of staff salaries starting from this week after tax authorities unfroze its bank accounts, the airline's chairman and managing director, Vijay Mallya, said in a
Jewellers' strike still on; silver sales poor
Jewellers plan to continue their strike, hurting demand and halting imports of gold and silver in the world's biggest buyer of bullion, an industry body head said on Monday.
"We are still striking...
Manufacturing growth slows for a 3rd month: PMI
The expansion of India's factory sector slowed for a third month in March as growth in new orders eased and costs for raw materials kept rising, a business survey showed on Monday.
The HSBC manufactu
HSBC names veteran Milne as India CEO
HSBC, Europe's largest bank, appointed company veteran Stuart Milne to head its Indian operations as chief executive officer, the London-listed bank said.
Milne, who was most recently its country man
Cultural killings of women have social sanction in India: UN
‘Honour’ killings, ‘dowry deaths’ and the lynching of women branded as witches persist in India, partly due to such practices being socially sanctioned and with police often not even treating such mur
EU wants G20 to boost IMF funds after Eurogroup move
The European Union expects leaders of the world's 20 biggest economies (G20) to agree to contribute more money to the IMF in April after Europe expanded its own bailout capacity, EU officials said on