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Pirelli warn they could quit F1
May 23, 2013 at 23:16 | Source: DNA India
Formula One tyre supplier Pirelli warned teams on Thursday that they will quit the sport at the end of the season if a new contract from 2014 is not agreed soon. Motorsport director Paul Hembery did not hide his impatience when he told reporters at ...
Challenges in mid, small segments continue: SBI
May 23, 2013 at 18:00 | Source: NDTV Profit
Kolkata: State Bank Of India chairman Pratip Chaudhuri said on Thursday that the bank continues to face challenges in the mid and small-sized companies segment. The lender is reeling under a bad debt of 4.75 per cent, the highest among Indian banks ...
BP Plc wants to surrender KG basin block after restrictions
May 23, 2013 at 17:21 | Source: Economic Times
NEW DELHI: UK's BP Plc has offered to surrender a KG basin block after restrictions imposed by the Defence Ministry made oil and gas exploration practically impossible in it. BP along with Reliance Industries had won the deep-sea KG-DWN-2005/2 or KG-...
Challenge in mid and small companies continue: SBI Chairman Pratip Chaudhuri
May 23, 2013 at 17:21 | Source: Economic Times
KOLKATA: State Bank of India Chairman said on Thursday it continued to face challenges in the mid and small-sized companies segment. The lender is reeling under bad debt of 4.75 per cent, the highest among Indian banks, and restructured nearly $1.5 ...
Plastic bottles, packaging causes elevated blood pressure in children
May 23, 2013 at 17:05 | Source: DNA India
Phthalates a chemical found in plastics can elevate systolic blood pressure among children and teens. A recent analysis conducted by Langone Medical Centre in collaboration with researchers at the University of Washington and Penn State University S...
The Quadricycle wins. So does Rajiv Bajaj
May 23, 2013 at 16:58 | Source: FirstPost
by Ashish MishraLike most battles in his life Rajiv Bajaj has fought this one in his own no-holds barred style. He has been vocal to the point of sounding arrogant, direct and has not hesitated a bit while attacking his opponents in this case Tata M...
Karnataka ranks ninth in population among all states: PCA
May 23, 2013 at 16:27 | Source: FirstPost
Bangalore: Karnataka with a population of over 6.10 crore occupies ninth position in population size among all states and union territories and accounts for 5.05 percent of country's population of 121 crore in 2011, as per the Primary Census Abstract...
Indian origin scientist helps develop DIY home test for prostate cancer
May 23, 2013 at 16:17 | Source: FirstPost
Scientists, including one of Indian-origin, have developed a method to identify biomarkers for prostate cancer in urine that could make early screening for the disease as easy for men as personal pregnancy testing is for women.The technique by Univer...
May 23, 2013 at 14:31 | Source: Business Today
The numbers tell a story. India's share of world trade is less than two per cent and makes up less than six per cent of the global economy. Yet it accounts for 25 per cent of the world's gold demand. Indeed, surging gold demand is fast becoming a pr...
$1.2 billion Patni Computer buyout still a drag on iGate
May 23, 2013 at 14:31 | Source: Economic Times
BANGALORE: Phaneesh Murthy's biggest claim to fame in iGate was his aggressive bid for the much bigger Patni Computer and its eventual acquisition for $1.2 billion. The now-ousted iGate CEO had previously tried to acquire Satyam, but failed. Acquirin...
Stockholm riots spread as PM slams ‘hooliganism’
May 23, 2013 at 11:41 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
Stockholm, May 23: Rioting spread across Stockholm immigrant districts on Wednesday in a third night of unrest, raising fears that decades of integration efforts have gone dangerously awry. The riots are believed to have been sparked by the deadly p...
HP's slump deepens in Q2 as earnings fall 32 percent
May 23, 2013 at 10:30 | Source: FirstPost
San Francisco: Hewlett-Packard's slump is deepening as the world's largest personal computer maker scrambles to meet the growing demand for more versatile and less expensive mobile devices.The latest evidence of Hewlett-Packard Co's continuing downfa...
Nod for quadricycle boosts sole maker Bajaj Auto
May 23, 2013 at 09:46 | Source: DNA India
The Ministry of Road Transport and Highways on Wednesday approved quadricycles, a new four-wheeler category between three-wheelers and entry-level cars that divided industry opinion. The central motor vehicle rules will be amended accordingly and re...
Higher import duties on tablets to continue: Finance Ministry
May 23, 2013 at 09:21 | Source: Economic Times
A tablet is a tablet and not a phone even if it allows for phone calls and shall face higher rate of import duty levied on computing devices, says the finance ministry. The Central Board of Excise and Customs, the apex indirect taxes body, has clarif...
पढ़ें: 23 मई - क्या कहती है आपकी राशि
May 23, 2013 at 08:00 | Source: IBNLive
मेष- सुख, संसाधनों की प्रचुरता बनी रहेगी। व्यक्तिगत और पारिवारिक उपलब्धियों की प्रबलता रहेगी। ...
Dollar up as Fed may taper in “next few meetings”
May 23, 2013 at 05:22 | Source: Market Watch
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) — The U.S. dollar rallied on Wednesday as Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke said the Fed could begin tapering its bond-buying program in the “next few meetings.” That decision will depend on economic data, he said. T...
Rough road ahead for iGate post Phaneesh Murthy's sexual harassment scandal
May 23, 2013 at 04:51 | Source: Economic Times
MUMBAI/BANGALORE: It has been a tough two days for IT services firm iGate, which on Tuesday fired its chief executive Phaneesh Murthy for not disclosing a relationship with his subordinate. A number of analysts said the troubled times will continue ...
Higher import duties on Tablets to continue: Finance Ministry
May 23, 2013 at 04:51 | Source: Economic Times
A tablet is a tablet and not a phone even if it allows for phone calls and shall face higher rate of import duty levied on computing devices, says the finance ministry. The Central Board of Excise and Customs, the apex indirect taxes body, has clarif...
May 23, 2013 at 03:32 | Source: Calcutta Telegraph News
Mumbai, May 22: Retail investors joined the scramble to scoop up shares of Justdial Ltd, which hit the capital markets earlier this week with an initial public offering that was subscribed almost 12 times when it closed today. The retail portion was...
May 23, 2013 at 03:32 | Source: Market Watch
Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) is a tax dodger. A cheat. Among the “biggest tax avoiders” in America. A company using “gimmicks” and “the Holy Grail of tax avoidance” in order to deprive the U.S. taxpayers of billions in revenue. So, at least, sa...
From DJ EU Officials Spain Aid Cap Of 100 Bn Euros 'should Be Enough'
