Union Carbide not liable in Bhopal pollution: US court (Lead)
June 28th, 2012 - 11:41 pm ICT by IANS
New York, June 28 (IANS) A US court has dismissed a lawsuit that alleged Union Carbide was polluting soil and water at its former chemical plant in Bhopal, India.This was ... Read more...
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Union Carbide not liable in Bhopal case, says US court
June 28th, 2012 - 8:51 pm ICT by IANS
New York, June 28 (IANS) A US court has dismissed a lawsuit that alleged Union Carbide was polluting soil and water at its former chemical plant in Bhopal, India.This ... Read more...
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Rajat Gupta convicted on four counts by US jury (Lead)
June 15th, 2012 - 11:53 pm ICT by IANS
New York, June 15 (IANS) Former Goldman Sachs' Indian American director Rajat Gupta was convicted Friday of four of six counts on charges of providing insider tips to convicted hedge-fund ... Read more...
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US threatens sanctions against India over Iran oil?
March 16th, 2012 - 10:29 am ICT by IANS
Washington, March 16 (IANS) The United States has threatened to impose sanctions on India if it fails to reduce its purchases of Iranian oil, according to a media report citing ... Read more...
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Indian-American student triggers Harvard probe
February 3rd, 2012 - 11:53 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Feb 3 (IANS) A complaint from an Indian-American student who was near the top of his high school class but was rejected by both Harvard and Princeton universities has ... Read more...
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‘Myanmar can become top rice exporter’
February 2nd, 2012 - 12:43 pm ICT by IANS
Yangon, Feb 2 (IANS) Myanmar has the potential to reclaim the title of the world's No. 1 rice exporter, an industry leader has said.The country's rice harvest may more than ... Read more...
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Now, pursue a foreign degree from home
December 20th, 2011 - 8:37 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 20 (IANS) Indian students desiring foreign education can fulfil their dreams right from the comfort of their homes, courtesy online courses launched here Tuesday by Laureate International ... Read more...
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Amtrak working to restore service
August 29th, 2011 - 10:32 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Aug 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Rail service provider Amtrak has assured that they are working to get services back on. In the aftermath of Hurricane Irene, most of the lines of ... Read more...
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Hurricane Irene leaves a million US homes without power
August 28th, 2011 - 10:21 am ICT by IANS
Washington, Aug 28 (IANS) Bearing down on major US East Coast cities, including Washington, Philadelphia and New York, Hurricane Irene knocked out power in more than a million homes and ... Read more...
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Kochi-based web TV Indiavibes wins prestigious award
July 25th, 2011 - 1:38 pm ICT by IANS
Kochi, July 25 (IANS) Kochi-based Indiavibes, which claims to be the country's first web TV, has been awarded the Bloomberg UTV-Aegis Graham Bell award 2011 for innovation in mobile content ... Read more...
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Katie Couric signs a $20 million deal with ABC
May 6th, 2011 - 7:41 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York City, May 6 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Bloomberg has reported that CBS Evening News anchor Katie Couric will have a daytime show on ABC. The report said the network has agreed in ... Read more...
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Are Scarlett Johansson & Sean Penn dating each other?
May 2nd, 2011 - 8:07 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
Los Angeles, May 2 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Sean Penn and Scarlett Johansson seem ready to take their relationship public. There have been several reports especially on the Internet that the two have been ... Read more...
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Cheaper smaller ‘iPhone Nano’ in the pipeline
February 11th, 2011 - 8:23 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Feb 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The technology website, Bloomberg, has reported that Apple plans to come out with smaller and cheaper iPhone.It is believed that Apple wants to beat off the ... Read more...
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Two former employees of Bernard Madoff arrested
November 19th, 2010 - 1:11 am ICT by BNO News
NEW YORK (BNO NEWS) -- Two former employees of Bernard Madoff were arrested on Thursday for their participation in Madoff's fraud scheme, the largest financial fraud in history, prosecutors said.Annette Bongiorno, 62, ... Read more...
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Millionaires On Unemployment Benefits: Reports Bloomberg
October 7th, 2010 - 6:12 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
October 7, 2010 (Pen Men at Work): Bloomberg reports a whopping 2840 millionaires applying for unemployment benefits in 2008. The report quoted the recent IRS figures while also stating that these ... Read more...
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Blockbuster Movies Files for Bankruptcy as Online Rental Grows
September 23rd, 2010 - 9:28 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Sep 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Blockbuster Inc was once the world’s largest movie rental company, but like so many have been forced to do recently, they have filed for bankruptcy after failing to ... Read more...
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Cyrus Sahukar Busy In Scripting A Comedy Film
September 22nd, 2010 - 1:45 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
September 22, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): MTV VJ-turned Bollywood actor Cyrus Sahukar, who has always dreamt of writing and directing a movie, is now working towards it. Even though he could not ... Read more...
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Cyrus Sahukar busy scripting a comedy
September 20th, 2010 - 3:00 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Sep 20 (IANS) MTV VJ-turned-actor Cyrus Sahukar, who had people in splits with his humour as a TV host, is busy fulfilling his childhood dream -- he is scripting a ... Read more...
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Foxconn plans to create 400,000 new jobs
August 19th, 2010 - 2:50 am ICT by IANS
Beijing/Berlin, Aug 19 (DPA) Foxconn, the world's largest manufacturer of electronic components, which made headlines recently because of a spate of suicides by employees, wants to create up to 400,000 new jobs.
The ... Read more...
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Mazda Issues Recall for 215,000 Cars Due To Loss of Power Steering
August 19th, 2010 - 12:18 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Aug 18 (THAINDIAN NEWS) According to a report by Jeff Plungis in ‘Bloomberg Businessweek’, the Mazda Corporation is recalling two hundred and fifteen thousand 2007-2009 Mazda3s and Mazda5s so that they ... Read more...
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Boman to host business game show now
August 18th, 2010 - 1:58 am ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Aug 18 (IANS) Bollywood actor Boman Irani is set to host a business game show "The Pitch" that aims at encouraging budding entrepreneurs and which will earn the winner a ... Read more...
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Boman ‘Pitches’ for the first ever Business Game Show
August 17th, 2010 - 11:45 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
August 17, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Mumbai After singing in India's metro cities the versatile actor has now found a new interest. The actor par excellence Boman has found new love in ... Read more...
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Obama strongly backs building of Muslim community center, mosque near 9/11 site
August 14th, 2010 - 2:46 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Aug 14 (ANI): US President Barack Obama has strongly backed the building of a proposed Muslim community center and mosque near ground zero in Manhattan, two blocks away from the ... Read more...
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US cellphone carriers check out mobile payments
August 3rd, 2010 - 5:25 am ICT by IANS
San Francisco, Aug 3 (DPA) The days of plastic credit cards could be numbered if tests of a mobile payment system by top US cellphone companies proves successful.
The experiment, reported Monday by ... Read more...
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Reliance Capital to buy 18 percent stake in Bloomberg UTV
June 16th, 2010 - 11:43 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, June 16 (IANS) Reliance Capital, part of the Anil Dhirubhai Ambani Group, Wednesday said it will acquire an 18 percent interest in business channel Bloomberg UTV.
''The investment will form part of ... Read more...
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New York City Administration To Charge Rent From The Homeless
April 15th, 2010 - 7:15 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
New York, Apr 15, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Homeless in New York now would have to pay around 30% of their income to remain under the shelter according to the declaration made ... Read more...
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Jean Harlow Photo Negative In Hollywood Auction
April 9th, 2010 - 7:45 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Bloomberg, April 9, (THAINDIAN NEWS) A photo negative of American film actress Jean Harlow was one of the items up for sale in a Hollywood auction held at Calabasas, California. ... Read more...
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Emmett Smith And Jerry Rice Inducted To Pro-Football Hall Of Fame
February 8th, 2010 - 8:46 pm ICT by GD
By Madhuri Dey
Bloomberg, Feb 8, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Running back Emmett Smith and receiver Jerry Rice have been inducted into the Pro-Football Hall Of Fame. This is very significant for them, not only ... Read more...
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Social work can reverse declining brain function
December 17th, 2009 - 7:13 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, Dec 17 (IANS) Volunteering to tutor children can help older adults delay or reverse declining brain function, according to a new study.
Using functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI), Johns Hopkins Bloomberg ... Read more...
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Mexico no longer in recession, says president
November 6th, 2009 - 3:31 pm ICT by IANS
Mexico City, Nov 6 (EFE) The Mexican economy grew 2.7 percent in the third quarter and has therefore climbed out of its worst recession in decades, President Felipe Calderon has said.
"This result ... Read more...
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Yankees Parade Route 2009
November 6th, 2009 - 1:34 am ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Nov 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) New York City will celebrate the Yankees' 27th World Series title with a celebration parade on Friday. They are going to follow the traditional route, which ... Read more...
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Bloomberg buys Business Week magazine
October 14th, 2009 - 9:17 am ICT by IANS
New York, Oct 14 (DPA) Financial information provider Bloomberg is to buy Business Week magazine, three months after the publication was put up for sale due to plummeting ad sales.
Terms of the ... Read more...
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Bloomberg L.P. to acquire BusinessWeek
October 14th, 2009 - 4:43 am ICT by BNO News
NEW YORK CITY (BNO NEWS) -- The McGraw-Hill Companies has agreed to sell its weekly newsmagazine BusinesWeek to Bloomberg L.P., the company said in a statement. The financial terms of the transaction ... Read more...
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UTV, Bloomberg pact for business news channel (Business Capsule)
September 10th, 2009 - 5:36 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Sep 10 (IANS) Leading Indian television and entertainment house UTV and the US-based news and information content provider Bloomberg have signed an agreement to launch a business news channel in the ... Read more...
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GM board reluctant to sell Opel to Canada’s Magna
August 25th, 2009 - 9:51 am ICT by IANS
Toronto, Aug 25 (IANS) General Motors's new board is reportedly reluctant to sell its Opel unit to Canada's auto-parts giant Magna International.
Magna, which is the world's third largest part maker, and ... Read more...
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