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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 ...
Xbox revealed: Experts on Microsoft's next games console
May 21, 2013 at 23:47 | Source: BBC
Microsoft is the last of the big three console makers to reveal details of its next-generation games console, but the wait has arguably only added to anticipation for the Xbox expose. The US firm has kept its cards close to its chest ahead of the big...
'We may have been conservative about PPP model, but not any longer'
May 21, 2013 at 23:47 | Source: Financial Express
The Indian Railways' size, in terms of its network, passenger traffic and freight loading (it has just entered the 1-billion-tonne club, which hitherto had only three members) is huge, even by global standards. But its infrastructure is almost in a ...
StanChart to acquire Morgan Stanley's private banking arm
May 21, 2013 at 23:47 | Source: Financial Express
Standard Chartered India today said it has agreed to acquire the private wealth management business of Morgan Stanley India for an undisclosed amount, subject to regulatory approvals. "Standard Chartered India has agreed to acquire Morgan Stanley's ...
Mauritius warns tax crooks, promises full support to India
May 21, 2013 at 23:47 | Source: Financial Express
Warning tax 'crooks' of stern action if they try to operate from its soil, Mauritius has promised full support to India in bringing to book any entity trying to indulge in money laundering or round tripping through this island nation. Terming the pe...
Ireland rejects blame for Apple's low tax rate
May 21, 2013 at 23:30 | Source: FirstPost
CORK/DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland said on Tuesday it was not to blame for Apple Inc's (AAPL.O) low global tax payments and had no special rate deal with the company after the U.S. Senate said it paid little or no tax on tens of billions of dollars in p...
ONGC hopes to recover 35% costs incurred in exploring methane from selected partners
May 21, 2013 at 22:27 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
Kolkata, May 21: ONGC expects to recover approximately Rs 120 crore by farming out 35 per cent stake to private sector operators in three exploratory coal bed methane (CBM) assets, according to sources. In April, ONGC board decided to rope in two pa...
When ‘loser’ ETFs close, investors can lose too
May 21, 2013 at 22:27 | Source: Market Watch
Next month, iShares, the largest exchange-traded fund provider by assets, will do something it hasn’t done in more than a decade: close one of its 290 ETFs. While that move may seem like a footnote, experts say it highlights complications that can...
Gen Xers may never be able to retire
May 21, 2013 at 21:07 | Source: Market Watch
Typical Generation Xers now in their late 30s to late 40s saw their net worth drop by a larger proportion than older Americans during the financial crisis and came out of it less prepared for retirement than the post-World War II boomer generation, ...
Lew sees loosening of underwriting standards
May 21, 2013 at 21:07 | Source: Market Watch
WASHINGTON (MarketWatch) — Regulators have noticed a loosening of underwriting standards in some markets, in particular in certain real-estate investment trusts, Treasury Secretary Jacob Lew said on Tuesday. “While underwriting standards remain ...
Gold regains 26k level; silver surges on fresh buying
May 21, 2013 at 21:07 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
Mumbai, May 21: Precious gold rebounded sharply to regain the key psychological Rs 26,000 per 10 gm mark at the domestic bullion market on Tuesday on emergence of heavy demand from stockists and traders amid robust seasonal off—take driven by ...
J K nod to creation of medical supplies corporation
May 21, 2013 at 21:07 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
Srinagar, May 21: Jammu and Kashmir on Tuesday decided to set up a medical supplies corporation for purchase of drugs and medical equipment at State health care institutions. According to an official spokesman, a meeting of the State Cabinet here ch...
Stock futures steady ahead of Fed speakers
May 21, 2013 at 20:22 | Source: Market Watch
MADRID (MarketWatch) — U.S. stock futures were little changed on Tuesday with investors expected to look for more clues on any tapering of the Federal Reserve’s easing program. Two Fed presidents with voting rights on the interest-rate-setting c...
Zero supply from Reliance Industries, 15,000 MW capacity plants stuck
May 21, 2013 at 19:47 | Source: Financial Express
Over 15,000 MW gas-based capacity is stranded in the country due to non supply of natural gas from Mukesh Ambani's Reliance Industries (RIL) KG basin. "The total capacity of gas-based stations in India is 18,830 MW of which 15,529 MW is fed with gas...
Sacking Phaneesh Murthy the right decision, says Nasscom
May 21, 2013 at 19:26 | Source: Business Today
Former iGate CEO Phaneesh Murthy. PHOTO: Reuters Nasscom Chairman Krishnakumar Natarajan has said the iGATE board took the right decision to sack its President and CEO Phaneesh Murthy over alleged sexual harassment, emphasising that a "quick and dec...
Phaneesh Murthy's sacking a right decision, NASSCOM
May 21, 2013 at 18:32 | Source: Financial Express
NASSCOM Chairman Krishnakumar Natarajan today said iGATE board has taken a right decision to sack its President and CEO Phaneesh Murthy over alleged sexual harassment, emphasising that a "quick and decisive" action in such incidents augurs well for ...
FIIs put in over Rs 10,000-cr bids to buy govt bonds
May 21, 2013 at 18:32 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
New Delhi, May 21: Showing strong interest in the Indian debt market, foreign investors have put in bids worth over Rs 10,000 crore to buy government bonds, bidding nearly twice the amount of the securities in a Sebi-conducted auction.The one-day au...
Swimming sites in Cyprus ranked cleanest in Europe
May 21, 2013 at 18:32 | Source: Financial Express
Struggling Cyprus should be able to lure tourist revenue with pristine bathing waters, ranked the European Union's best in the latest EU bathing report published on Tuesday. In contrast, Belgium, Britain and the Netherlands had the highest percentag...
India needs to open up more to achieve higher growth: Powell
May 21, 2013 at 18:32 | Source: The Hindu BusinessLine
Kolkata May 21: Nancy J. Powell, the US Ambassador to India, on Tuesday said that high tariff and non-tariff barriers are preventing India from accessing latest technologies. Higher growth will require “more economic opening” and “...
Ireland says not to blame for Apple's low tax rate
May 21, 2013 at 18:15 | Source: Economic Times
DUBLIN: Ireland said on Tuesday it was not to blame for Apple Inc's low global tax payments after the US Senate said the company paid little or nothing on tens of billions of dollars in profits stashed in Irish subsidiaries. The Irish government, wh...
From DJ EU Officials Spain Aid Cap Of 100 Bn Euros 'should Be Enough'
