Infosys weak results raise questions, spur downgrades
Infosys Technologies shares fell nearly 4 per cent on Monday, a day after it missed sales growth expectations, triggering a slew of price cuts by brokers and worries of loss of market share and lower
HDFC Bank Q4 net up 33 per cent, beats forecast
HDFC Bank Ltd, India's third-largest lender, posted a 33 per cent rise in the fourth quarter profit, beating street estimates, as demand for credit and fee income rose in the fast growing Asian econom
‘Kate set to eclipse Di’s celeb status’
Royal bride-to-be Kate Middleton is set to overtake Britain’s Princess Diana as the most talked-about woman in the world’s media, according to a study released on Sunday by the Global Language Monitor
Ban spinners who don't spin says Swann
Graeme Swann has a simple solution for the age old problem of English spinners who, to adapt the biblical parable of the lilies of the field, toil but do not spin.
"They should be banished from the f
Most Japan voters want new PM, approve quake tax
Most Japanese voters would support higher taxes to help massive rebuilding after last month's earthquake and tsunami, newspaper opinion polls showed on Monday, and they want a new prime minister to le
Concert-goers dance
Concert-goers dance at the Coachella Valley Music & Arts Festival in Indio. PHOTOS: Reuters
Egypt court dissolves Mubarak's former ruling party
An Egyptian court on Saturday ordered the dissolution of former President Hosni Mubarak's political party, meeting a demand of the pro-democracy movement whose protests ended his 30-year authoritarian
New skirt rule for female shuttlers debuts in Indian Super Series
Skirt selection could be as crucial as shot selection for the female shuttlers when they hit the court for this month's India Super Series in New Delhi.
Taking a cue from tennis, the Badminton World
Misrata under bombardment, West seeks regime change
Forces loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi bombarded the besieged rebel city of Misrata and battled their way into its centre, and U.S., British and French leaders redefined the aim of their air wa
Oops! Statue of Liberty postage stamp shows Las Vegas
After printing 3 billion copies of a new postage stamp bearing an image of the Statue of Liberty, the United States Postal Service received a strange question from a stamp collector.
Did postal offic