IT sector aims to soften image as Obama visits
U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to India puts the spotlight on its $60 billion IT sector, which argues it is a creator of jobs in the United States and should not be blamed for high unemployment.
IT sector aims to soften image as Obama visits
U.S. President Barack Obama's visit to India puts the spotlight on its $60 billion IT sector, which argues it is a creator of jobs in the United States and should not be blamed for high unemployment.
At least 160 missing after tsunami hits Indonesia
At least 160 people, mostly women and children, are missing from an Indonesian village that was pounded by an enormous wave after an earthquake off the coast of Sumatra caused a local tsunami, officia
Buffett closer to picking successor
New York, Oct. 26: Mr Warren Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway on Monday said hedge fund manager, Mr Todd Combs, would join the firm, potentially bringing the company a step closer to solving Buffett’s suc
Coal India IPO may be priced `245
Mumbai, Oct. 24: The government is likely to price state-run Coal India’s initial public offering at the top end of the price range `245, raising about $3.5 billion, four sources with direct knowledge
China rejects US demand on yuan
Beijing, Oct. 24: The US treasury secretary, Mr Timothy Geithner, on Sunday discussed economic ties with the Chinese vice-premier, Mr Wang Qishan, in a brief meeting in eastern China.
Mr Geithner and
France Senate votes for pension reform
PARIS, Oct. 23: The French Senate approved an unpopular pension reform on Friday in a victory for the President, Mr Nicolas Sarkozy, although unions opposed to raising the retirement age have vowed to
Haiti cholera outbreak reaches capital
Port Au Prince, Haiti – The death toll from a cholera epidemic in Haiti topped 200 on Saturday and fears of it propagating in the crowded, earthquake-ravaged capital increased after five cases were de
‘old trafford’s where i Belong’
Manchester, Oct. 22: Wayne Rooney performed a stunning U-turn on Friday by signing a five-year contract to stay at Manchester United and end a week of bombshells with yet another shock.
The England
MIT man devises marathon formula
Marathon runners can train for months to condition for the big race, yet struggle to finish if they exhaust stores of carbohydrates too quickly, a phenomenon known as “hitting the wall”.