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Vodafone CEO rubbishes mandatory 2G bidding
May 22, 2013 at 03:47 | Source: Financial Express
Marten Pieters, CEO, Vodafone India, said on Tuesday he was uncomfortable bidding for 2G licences at the reserve price fixed by the government. Instead of the reserve prices fixed on the basis of the bids received in the 3G auction in 2010, Pieters ...
World shares end higher as eyes turn to Fed
May 22, 2013 at 03:15 | Source: FirstPost
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock markets around the world edged higher on Tuesday amid signs of improving growth, even though questions about monetary policy limited gains.The Dow Jones industrial average and S&P 500 ended at all-time highs, while the ...
World shares higher; S&P 500 at fresh all-time high
May 22, 2013 at 01:30 | Source: FirstPost
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stock markets around the world edged higher on Tuesday amid signs of improving growth, even as uncertainties concerning monetary policy limited gains.The Dow and S&P 500 were at all-time highs while the dollar rose and gold f...
11 insider plays that can bring you added income
May 22, 2013 at 01:07 | Source: Market Watch
President Obama’s 2010 health-care overhaul cast a pall of uncertainty over hospitals. Among the biggest fears: the hit from looming cuts to Medicare and Medicaid reimbursement rates as the government moves to squeeze costs out of the system. For ...
More Afghan women jailed for 'moral crimes', says HRW
May 21, 2013 at 23:47 | Source: BBC
The number of women and girls in Afghanistan imprisoned for moral crimes has risen by 50% in the past 18 months, a rights group says. Human Rights Watch says many are jailed for running away from home, often from forced marriages or domestic violence...
Vodafone open to buying 3G airwaves from other telcos
May 21, 2013 at 23:20 | Source: Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Having earned Rs 2,000 crore from data in the last fiscal, a 50% jump when compared to the year-ago period, the Indian arm of Vodafone wants to build a pan-India 3G network and is open to buying airwaves on this platform from other mobile...
IPL Playoff Live: Mumbai staring at defeat
May 21, 2013 at 23:17 | Source: FirstPost
Click here for the live scorecard.2324: Wicket! Rayudu c Morris b Sharma 15 (14b 1x4 0x6):Hit high... very high and Morris takes a fine running catch too. If Raina hadn't taken that one earlier, this one would get more praise. MI 144-9 after 18.2 ove...
IPL spot-fixing live: I'm innocent and have done no wrong, says Sreesanth
May 21, 2013 at 22:45 | Source: FirstPost
22.46 pm: Is Vindu a bookie himself?In the latest revelation on the IPL spot-fixing case, sources have told Times Now that actor Vindu Dara Singh is a bookie.According to TV reports Vindu had earlier in the day admitted to have indulged in betting du...
From shopping in malls to shopping on walls
May 21, 2013 at 22:27 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
New Delhi, May 21: A virtual wall for shopping anytime, anywhere is set to be a reality. Aimed at triggering impulse buys, ecommerce players are testing waters with a virtual wall. Besides adding another revenue channel, the wall will also help act ...
May 21, 2013 at 22:27 | Source: Market Watch
Several weeks after the end of each quarter, hedge funds such as billionaire Steve Cohen's SAC Capital Advisors file 13Fs with the SEC to disclose many of their long equity positions as of the end of the previous quarter. We track these filings in o...
Global ‘Indian’ banks, mere flight of fantasy
May 21, 2013 at 22:27 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
May 21, 2013: Talk is cheap. And if it reflects a ‘grand’ vision, it’s likely that even a lot of knowledgeable people will fall for it.In this class falls the idea of consolidating Indian banks to enable them to compete globally. S...
UK launches genetic testing programme for cancer patients
May 21, 2013 at 22:08 | Source: DomainB
The Wellcome Trust in the UK has launched a research programme that would allow all cancer patients to have access to genetic testing. with �2.7 million in funding. The programme, involving the Institute of Cancer Research, London, The Royal Marsd...
Retail brands may soon set up shop at Big Cinemas
May 21, 2013 at 21:07 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
Mumbai, May 21: Imagine this. You go for a late night show at a multiplex and like a dress that the actress wore in a song. You feel the urge to buy a similar dress right away, but it’s late in the night. No store would be open! No sweat. Reli...
IPL Live: Vindu Dara Singh confesses to betting, say reports
May 21, 2013 at 20:24 | Source: FirstPost
20.21 pm: Vindu Dara Singh confesses to bettingTV actor Vindu Dara Singh on being questioned by the police has confessed to betting in the sixth season of the IPL, reported Times Now.Vindu has also confessed to the police that he met bookies Sanjay a...
NaMo all the way; survey doesn't see Rahul as next PM
May 21, 2013 at 20:13 | Source: FirstPost
Even as UPA-2 staggers into its fifth year in government, the chant for Narendra Modi as the country's next prime minister is growing louder in urban India. If the Congress has a dream of seeing Rahul Gandhi in 7, Race Course Road, it seems like a pi...
'Puzzle of why penguin cannot fly solved'
May 21, 2013 at 20:04 | Source: FirstPost
London: The puzzle of why the penguin is unable to fly may have finally been solved, scientists say.The penguin's underwater prowess may have cost it its ability to fly, researchers now believe. By looking at seabirds closely related to the penguin, ...
Sunny Deol to star in Ghayal's sequel
May 21, 2013 at 19:38 | Source: FirstPost
Mumbai: Ghayal Returns will begin from where the 1990 hit-film Ghayal left, says actor Sunny Deol."For Ghayal Returns, now we have finally finalised the story idea. We are writing the dialogues now. I am working on the technicalities and it shou...
IPL Live: Cops get custody of Sreesanth, two players for 5 days
May 21, 2013 at 18:35 | Source: FirstPost
18:30 pm: It's not related, but Sahara's pulled out of the IPLMeanwhile, after the BCCI made Sahara cough up its guarantees after failing to pay the franchise fee the corporate has announced that it will no longer participate in the IPL.So no Pune Wa...
May 21, 2013 at 18:32 | Source: Market Watch
CHAPEL HILL, N.C. (MarketWatch) — Just hold on until this weekend, you worrywarts. Memorial Day marks the official beginning of Summer, when the much-vaunted Summer Rally will keep this powerful bull market going. In other news: I have a bridge I ...
Vijender Singh might try his hand in professional boxing
May 21, 2013 at 18:26 | Source: DNA India
Star Indian pugilist Vijender Singh is open to the idea of competing in professional boxing as he feels with the headguards going out of the equation in the amateur arena, the dividing line between the two formats has blurred considerably. The strap...










