London, Nov 12 (ANI): Older adults, who find working on computer a complicated task, a new PC with simplified desktop may offer hope. The computer called SimpliciTY - developed by Wessex Computers and ...

Washington DC, Nov 5 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The House voted on Wednesday in favor of imposing tough new rules for credit card companies after there were numerous complains of steep hike in interest ...

New York, Nov 5 (DPA) US stocks posted mild gains Wednesday as the Federal Reserve kept interest rates at their record low of close to 0 percent. The central bank signalled it would ...

Washington, Nov 5 (DPA) The US Federal Reserve Wednesday kept interest rates at their historic low of near 0 percent as the world's largest economy embarks on a slow recovery from recession. The ...

Sydney, Nov 3 (DPA) Australia's Reserve Bank increased interest rates by 25 basis points Tuesday, the second increase in as many months, in an attempt to contain inflation as the economy emerges ...

Mumbai, Oct 27 (ANI) : Markets on Tuesday plunged by more than 380 points, its biggest single day loss in over two months, on frantic selling sparked by the Reserve Bank's ...

Jaipur, Oct 7 (ANI): The festive season approaching, the real estate business shows signs of revival in Jaipur. The bankers' decision to reduce the rate of interest against the home loans appears to ...

Sydney, Sep 10 (DPA) Australia's unemployment rate remained steady in August at 5.8 percent of the workforce despite full-time positions falling by 30,800 and only 3,800 part-time positions created, official figures released ...

New Delhi, Sep 8 (IANS) After a period of gloom, the auto industry bounced back in August, registering a 25.59 percent growth in domestic passenger car sales, as compared to the year-ago ...

Wellington, Sep 8 (DPA) New Zealand's recession may be over, but the country's strong currency which has recently surged to a 12 month high against the US dollar was at odds with ...

Johannesburg, Aug 19 (IANS) The contraction of South Africa's gross domestic product (GDP) by three percent for the second quarter of 2009 indicates the economy is still in recession, BuaNews reported Wednesday ...

Washington, Aug 13 (DPA) The Federal Reserve kept its benchmark interest rate at near 0 percent Wednesday and showed no signs of changing course as the US begins to emerge from a ...

DPA Hong Kong, July 30 (DPA) Seven people have been arrested in a loan shark operation in which borrowers were charged annual interest rates of 540 percent, police said Thursday.A large number of ...

Washington, July 16 (DPA) The US Federal Reserve said the US economy will climb faster than expected out of its deep recession, but also warned Wednesday that unemployment could top 10 percent ...

New Delhi, July 15 (IANS) Questioning the government policy that permits foreign firms to set up single-brand retail stores, a parliamentary panel says the norms are being flouted especially in malls, ...

New Delhi, July 11(ANI): Union Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will address the Central Board of Directors of the Reserve Bank of India, this morning. This is the post budget customary meeting of ...

Kolkata, July 2 (IANS) State-owned Power Finance Corp Ltd (PFC) may cut its lending rate by 25 basis points to 11.5 percent keeping in view the fall of interest rates, a company ...

Chennai, July 1 (IANS) Automobile manufacturer Mahindra and Mahindra (M&M) Wednesday said its tractor sales jumped 52 percent last month to 18,243 units from 12,008 units sold in the like period last ...

New Delhi, June 29 (IANS) In a bid to address the acute housing shortage in the national capital, its development authority will build 65,000 houses in the next four years, Urban Development ...

New Delhi, June 24 (IANS) The residential segment of the Indian realty sector is likely to recover by 2010, though the commercial and retail sectors will remain under stress for next two ...

Kolkata, June 24 (IANS) The state-owned United Bank of India (UBI) has reduced the benchmark prime-lending rate (BPLR) by 25 basis points, a bank statement said here Wednesday. "The bank has reduced prime-lending ...

Kolkata, June 24 (IANS) State-run Allahabad Bank is unlikely to cut either interest rates or deposit rates soon, a top bank official said here Wednesday. "There is a demand that interest rates should ...

Chennai, June 15 (IANS) Tata Motors has entered into an understanding with Bank of India for financing Fiat cars that are sold through the Tata-Fiat dealer network, the auto major said Monday. ...

Kolkata, June 15 (IANS) The city-based Allahabad Bank is looking at a credit and deposit growth of 18 percent in the current fiscal, a top bank official said here Monday. "The growth estimates ...

New Delhi, June 13 (IANS) The State Bank of India, the country's largest lender, has lowered interest rates across the board by 25 basis points for deposits below Rs.1 crore, in ...

New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) The rise in India's industrial production in April points to stabilisation of the industrial sector, which will continue to grow in coming months, says the economic intelligence ...

New Delhi, June 12 (IANS) The government will exempt the slowdown-hit textile sector from service tax as part of its short-term strategy to bail out the industry, Minister for Textiles Dayanidhi Maran ...

New Delhi, June 10 (IANS) Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee Wednesday pushed for commercial banks to cut interest rates, saying the measures announced by the central bank to ease their burden were not ...

New Delhi, June 10 (ANI): Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee will meet heads of public sector banks today. Issues like review of interest rates of banks, credit growth and agriculture loans will be ...

New Delhi, June 4 (ANI): Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma has said that the ministry will ask the Ministry of Finance for more relief measures for exporters. "We will be making specific ...