Washington, July 22: US Federal Reserve Chairman Ben S Bernanke said Wednesday that the country's economy was continuing to expand moderately, thanks to stimulative monetary and fiscal policies, but j

Mumbai, July 22: A benchmark index for Indian equities closed at its highest level since February 2008 Thursday helped by a late surge in buying.

The 30-scrip sensitive index (Sensex) of the Bombay S

Dhaka, July 22: Bangladesh's Chief Information Officer (CIC) wants that the Right to Information Act be amended to cover corporate offices and MNCs operating in the country to effectively combat corru

Beijing, July 22: China will start carbon trading in domestic businesses during the next five-year plan beginning in 2011 with an aim to reduce carbon emission.

The decision was made at a closed-door

Washington, July 22: US President Barack Obama has signed into law the most sweeping financial industry reform legislation since the Great Depression, terming it insurance against the kind of meltdown

New Delhi, July 22: Annual food inflation fell to 12.47 per cent for the week ended July 10 from 12.81 per cent in the previous week on back of decline in prices of vegetables, especially potato and o

SEOUL, July 22, 2010: South Korea's top automaker Hyundai Motor said Thursday that its union and management had agreed a wage deal, marking its second strike-free year.

Hyundai said the deal reached

New Delhi, July 22: India's Bharti Airtel, which acquired the African telecom assets of Kuwait's Zain recently, has committed itself to bringing affordable phone services to Tanzania and becoming a pr

Raipur, July 22: The Chhattisgarh government has imposed entertainment tax ranging from Rs.10 to Rs.20 per Direct-to-Home (DTH) connection, effective retrospectively from the month of June.

The comme

Mumbai, Jul 21: Bajaj group firm Bajaj Auto Finance today said its net profit jumped three-fold to Rs 46.8 crore in the April-June quarter on the back of impressive growth in consumer durables and two