Moneycontrol News Archive

Greek default would cause further shock: Nomura 

22nd May, 2010 17:07

If the catchword last year was sub-prime then the catchword this year has to be sovereign debt risk and the impact it has had on global markets, so what the potent

'Shrek' gives fairy tale break to backroom artist

22nd May, 2010 17:00

Sometimes fairy tales do come true. And where better than Hollywood and "Shrek"?

Google tries where others failed: shaking up TV biz

22nd May, 2010 16:56

Google TV, a service that will bring the Web to television screens, is likely to create more headaches for broadcast and cable executives already concerned with be

Details of Air India crash plane

22nd May, 2010 16:50

An Air India Express Boeing 737-800 crashed outside an airport in Mangalore on Saturday, killing 158 people after overshooting the runway.

Electronic component shortages may last through 2011

22nd May, 2010 16:49

A shortage of basic electronic components that has hurt Alcatel-Lucent and Ericsson among others could last into the second half of 2011, limiting manufacturers' a

Sex.com domain name heads back to auction block

22nd May, 2010 16:47

The bankrupt company that owns the Sex.com domain name and its creditors have reached an agreement to put the valuable name back up for sale.

Pakistan detains at least four over New York plot

22nd May, 2010 16:41

Pakistan has detained at least four people suspected of links with a Pakistani-American arrested in the United States this month over a failed bid to set off a car

Copenhagen brewing up a song and dance festival

22nd May, 2010 16:40

Over the next couple of weeks, a new dance and music festival will come to life in the gardens of Copenhagen's Carlsberg Brewery.

More Gulf drilling only if assurances: Obama

22nd May, 2010 16:39

US President Barack Obama said on Saturday that offshore oil drilling could only go forward if there were assurances that a disaster like the massive Gulf of Mexic

Sovereign debt crisis not biggest threat: Geithner

22nd May, 2010 16:39

US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner said he did not agree with the current opinion that sovereign debt crisis had become the biggest threat to the world economy

Germany fears US rejection of transaction tax

22nd May, 2010 16:39

The US may not join international efforts to tax financial transactions, leaving Europe to go it alone, German Finance Minister Wolfgang Schaeuble said in an inter

Rambus chief sees as many lawyers as engineers

22nd May, 2010 16:39

While most corporate chiefs in Silicon Valley devote their days to dreaming up new technology, Rambus Inc CEO Harold Hughes spends his time dealing with lawyersReu

Banker knives out for US House-Senate reform panel

22nd May, 2010 16:39

Wall Street will brandish its loophole-carving knives next week as the US Congress moves to a House-Senate conference on merging the two chambers' sweeping bills t

Thai director in Cannes thinks of violence at home

22nd May, 2010 16:39

Thai director Apichatpong Weerasethakul comes to his fifth Cannes film festival with thoughts divided between the film he has in competition and the bloody and unc

The year that was: Mr. Steel’s moment of truth

22nd May, 2010 16:39

The iconic success story of Lakshmi Mittal has entered a nightmarish chapter. For a happy end, he must defeat the goblins of debt, vanishing demand and mills that