Need to look into Radia tapes leak: Government to apex court
December 10th, 2010 - 4:49 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 10 (IANS) The central government Friday told the Supreme Court that it was taking every step to ensure that there was no leakage of the telephone tapes of corporate ... Read more...
Posted in Politics |
The Best Stocks To Buy In 2010
December 6th, 2010 - 9:09 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Dec 6, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Considering that the economy is finally showing signs of recovery, it looks like the stock market might again be a place for investment. While the experts ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
BlackBerry stock jumps 5.4 percent as investors return
December 1st, 2010 - 1:56 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto, Dec 1 (IANS) Aggressive market posturing by the BlackBerry maker Research In Motion (RIM) after its recent tit-for-tat salvos with Apple seems to have fired the company's fortunes in ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
GM Return To Wall Street Positive For Auto Industry, Says Nissan CEO
November 19th, 2010 - 8:05 pm ICT by GD
By Ranjan Bhaduri
Nov 19, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Troubled car maker General Motors commonly refereed as GM which is the owner of iconic car brands like Cadillac and Chevrolet returned to the Wall Street ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Global oil supplies ‘will run out long before substitutes roll out’
November 10th, 2010 - 12:40 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 10 (ANI): A new study based on stock market expectations by the University of California, Davis, has suggested that global oil will run out 90 years before replacement technologies are ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Plants that reproduce asexually prone to earlier extinction
November 9th, 2010 - 5:50 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Nov 9 (ANI): A new study claimed that plants that can pollinate themselves are vulnerable to extinction.The research believes that short-term perks of being able reproduce alone comes with a long-term ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Worst Investments Ever Made By Common Man
October 25th, 2010 - 8:04 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
Oct 25, (THAINDIAN NEWS) The common man seldom relaxes with money, he is often worried with inflation and the rising prices of various goods and commodities. His lack of expertise ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
What’s Closed On Columbus Day? What’s Open?
October 12th, 2010 - 12:50 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Oct 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Columbus Day is the day set aside by Americans to celebrate the arrival of Christopher Columbus into the America’s on October 12, 1492. It has been set on ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
October 11, Holiday For Columbus Day Creates A Debate
October 11th, 2010 - 6:29 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar
Oct 11, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Today is Columbus Day. This was the day when about 518 years back, in 1492, when Christopher Columbus landed in USA somewhere near to Costa Rica. ... Read more...
Posted in World News |
Monsanto Shares Plummet After News of Roundup Resistant Crops
October 5th, 2010 - 9:21 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Monsanto was recently named “Company of the Year” by Forbes magazine. That was back in December. Now, with stories out about the horrors of their bio-engineered crops, the company shares have plummeted, ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
How bird flocks move in unison
September 16th, 2010 - 4:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington Sept 16 (ANI): They don't have a leader and yet bird flocks often move in surprising synchronicity, a phenomenon which has remained puzzling to many researchers.Now, a new study has ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
Facebook is now a $33 billion entity
August 26th, 2010 - 12:43 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 26 (ANI): Facebook is now worth a whopping 33.7 billion dollars, after investors paid up to 76 dollars for a share in the company ahead of its much-hyped flotation ... Read more...
Posted in Health Science |
HP CEO may get $40 mn severance for illegitimate relations with contractor
August 10th, 2010 - 6:01 pm ICT by ANI
New York, Aug 10 (ANI): The CEO of American IT company Hewlett-Packard, Mark Hurd may get 40 millions dollar severance because of his resignation following the revelation of his illegitimate relationship with ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Hewlett-Packard Co. Stock Tumbles As CEO Mark Hurd Resigns
August 7th, 2010 - 7:04 pm ICT by GD
By Meena Kar,
Aug 7, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Undoubtedly the biggest event in the financial market on Friday afternoon turned out to be the unexpected resignation of the CEO of Hewlett-Packard Co., Mark Hurd, ... Read more...
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Hayward likely to take charge of BP’s Russian joint venture with TNK
July 27th, 2010 - 12:29 pm ICT by ANI
London, July 27 (ANI): BP chief executive Tony Hayward, whose resignation is expected any moment before the stock market opens today, is rumoured to have been offered a board role within British ... Read more...
Posted in World |
Report: BP chief executive Hayward to be nominated for board position at Russia’s TNK-BP
July 26th, 2010 - 11:30 pm ICT by BNO News
LONDON (BNO NEWS) -- British Petroleum (BP) chief executive Tony Hayward will be nominated for board position at Russia's TNK-BP, Sky News reported on Monday.According to the report, Hayward's departure would be ... Read more...
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China becomes world’s third largest stock market
June 19th, 2010 - 6:45 pm ICT by ANI
Beijing, June 19(ANI): China has become the world's third largest stock market, the country's securities regulator said.According to the China Securities Regulatory Commission, the total market value of the Shanghai and Shenzhen ... Read more...
Posted in South Asia |
Geojit to focus on portfolio management services
June 9th, 2010 - 5:50 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 9 (IANS) Kochi-based financial services company Geojit BNP Paribas Wednesday said it will focus on its portfolio management services (PMS), double the non-resident Indian (NRI) client base and expand the ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Microsoft unmoved by market value result
May 27th, 2010 - 9:12 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, May 27 (ANI): The Chief Executive Officer of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer, on Thursday shrugged off being surpassed by a rival brand as the world's biggest technology firm in terms of ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
BSE shares up on domestic and international cues: Market analysts
May 24th, 2010 - 6:08 pm ICT by ANI
Mumbai, May 24 (ANI): Market analysts on Monday said the shares of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) have gone up and opened at over 200 points on account of the domestic ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Fiat to sell industrial unit in stock market
April 22nd, 2010 - 3:08 pm ICT by IANS
Turin, April 22 (IANS/AKI) Automobile maker Fiat will separate its industrial business and sell it on the stock market by the end of the year as it aims to manufacture six million ... Read more...
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Why has IPL not paid tax for two years, asks Yechury
April 20th, 2010 - 8:17 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, April 20 (IANS) Demanding a joint parliamentary committee (JPC) probe into the Indian Premier League (IPL) controversy, the Communist Party of India-Marxist (CPI-M) Tuesday asked why IPL had not ... Read more...
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Goldman Sachs charged with fraud by US regulators
April 17th, 2010 - 12:45 am ICT by IANS
Washington, April 16 (DPA) A US financial regulator charged Goldman Sachs Friday with defrauding investors in the run-up to the 2008 financial crisis that derailed the global economy, the first civil charges ... Read more...
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GM lost $4.3 bn since leaving bankruptcy in July
April 7th, 2010 - 10:39 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, April 7 (DPA) General Motors Co posted a net loss of $4.3 billion from July to December, the US carmaker said Wednesday in its first earnings report since exiting bankruptcy.
Nearly all ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Douglas bears losses, pulls out of stock market
April 2nd, 2010 - 1:52 pm ICT by IANS
London, April 2 (IANS) Hollywood actor Michael Douglas has pulled out of the stock market after losing almost half his fortune.
The 65-year-old said that he chased the big bucks for years. ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
India needs 800 universities, 35,000 colleges in next ten years: Sibal
March 24th, 2010 - 5:17 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Mar 24 (ANI): Union Human Resource and Development (HRD) Minister Kapil Sibal on Wednesday said that India needs at least 800 more universities and over 35,000 colleges in the coming ... Read more...
Posted in National |
Mukesh Ambani, Lakshmi Mittal in top 10 of world’s rich list (Lead)
March 11th, 2010 - 8:00 am ICT by IANS
New York, March 11 (DPA) Oil magnate Mukesh Ambani and steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal made it to the top 10 on the 2010 Forbes list of world's billionaires.
Ambani ranked fourth with $29 ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
US stocks gain on financial firms
March 11th, 2010 - 7:56 am ICT by IANS
New York, March 11 (DPA) Major stock indices closed higher Wednesday amid gathering optimism about the US economy, with shares of financial firms leading the stock market.
US wholesalers reported a drop of ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Mukesh Ambani, Lakshmi Mittal in top 10 of world’s rich list
March 11th, 2010 - 7:32 am ICT by IANS
New York, March 11 (IANS) Oil magnate Mukesh Ambani and steel tycoon Lakshmi Mittal made it to the top 10 of the Forbes magazine list of world's richest billionaires.
Ambani ranked fourth with ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
U.S. Millionaires rising again
March 10th, 2010 - 9:03 pm ICT by Pen Men At Work
Mar 10 (Pen Men at Work): America's millionaires are on the increase again after their lines underwent enfeeblement during the 2008 collapse of the market due to the international recession, according to ... Read more...
Posted in Business |
Lindsay files $100m lawsuit over ‘boyfriend-stealing’, ‘milkaholic’ baby ad
March 10th, 2010 - 4:06 pm ICT by ANI
New York, March 10 (ANI): Lindsay Lohan has dragged financial company E-Trade to court in a 100 million dollar suit claiming that a boyfriend-stealing, "milkaholic" baby - also named Lindsay - ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
US minted more millionaires in 2009
March 10th, 2010 - 12:54 pm ICT by IANS
Washington, March 10 (IANS) America's millionaires are on the rise again after their ranks thinned out during the 2008 market meltdown, according to a new survey.
US households worth $1 million or more ... Read more...
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Wagon-makers riding high on expectation from Railway Budget
February 24th, 2010 - 5:21 pm ICT by IANS
Kolkata, Feb 24 (IANS) The wagon-makers of West Bengal saw a "tremendous opportunity and huge potential" in Railway Minister Mamata Banerjee's budget proposal of setting a wagon procurement target of 18,000 ... Read more...
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NASDAQ honours Bollywood, Shah Rukh, Kajol ring opening bell (Second Lead)
February 2nd, 2010 - 6:44 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Feb 2 (IANS) "King of Bollywood" Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol, his co-star in many a hit Hindi film, became the first Indian actors to ring the opening bell ... Read more...
Posted in Entertainment |
Shah Rukh Khan, Kajol to ring NASDAQ opening bell
January 30th, 2010 - 11:10 am ICT by IANS
New York, Jan 30 (IANS) Bollywood stars Shah Rukh Khan and Kajol have been invited by NASDAQ, the world's biggest stock exchange, to ring their opening bell here Monday.
The stars of ... Read more...
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