FIFA president Sepp Blatter, cleared of any wrongdoing in soccer's bribery inquiry on Sunday, said the organisation's image had suffered as a result of recent events.
Jonathan Trott ground his way to a painstaking, chanceless double century as the rain-affected first test between England and Sri Lanka headed for a draw on Sunday.
Pop queen Lady Gaga's latest album rocketed to the top of Britain's charts on Sunday, selling more copies than the rest of the Top 10 put together.
McLaren's Lewis Hamilton moved to avert the wrath of Formula One's governing body on Sunday after blasting Monaco Grand Prix stewards for their 'joke' actions against him.
Luke Donald replaced Lee Westwood as world number one after beating his fellow Briton in a titanic final-day shootout that went to a playoff in the PGA Championship at Wentworth on Sunday.
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The range for the day is seen between 44.95-45.15/$, says Vikram Nanivadekar, Verity Analytics.
The 10-year yield is seen between 8.43-8.48%, says Suresh Prabhu, Money Market Analyst.
Equity diversified NAVs ended higher as the Indian equities ended Friday's trade on strong note, closing at the highest point of the day.
Nifty High in the month of June '11 will be 5625.
Soaring inflation remains the key concern for financial markets and policy makers at this stage, says Bharat Iyer, JPMorgan.
We are overweight on countries such as Korea, Taiwan, China and Indonesia where monthly inflation is either flat or negative, says Sakthi Siva, Credit Suisse.
F&O cues: Total Futures OI was up Rs 1696 cr, Total Options OI was up Rs 7856 cr.
Market cues: FIIs net buy USD 270 million in the cash market on May 26.
At 7: 31 am (IST), Asian markets were trading mixed.
Voicing concern over the terror machine still remaining intact in Pakistan, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has asked the leadership in Islamabad to "now wake up" and stop jehadi groups operating from its soil to target India.
Ireland may need an extension of its existing EU-IMF bailout or a second rescue programme as it is unlikely it will be able to return to the debt markets next year, a government minister was reported as saying on Sunday.
Greece is considering setting up a Spanish-style "bad bank" to clean up its lenders' accounts from "toxic" Greek bonds and make them more attractive to potential buyers, a Greek paper reported on Sunday.
Global chip maker Intel sees big opportunity in RBI's financial inclusion program and is all set to launch its Universal Handheld Device (UHD) for banking operations by the end of this year, according to a top company executive.
Tamil superstar Rajnikanth, who was flown in here from Chennai for treatment, has been admitted to intensive care unit of the city-state's Mount Elizabeth Hospital and is stated to be in a stable condition.
London-listed Vedanta Resources faces tough decision after a panel of ministers set stringent conditions for approving Cairn India deal even though after accepting the stipulations the nation's largest private sector oil producer will still remain a hugely profitable venture.
Looking at strengthening its position in rapidly growing Africa, infrastructure firm Punj Lloyd has bid for projects there and expects business worth USD 2 billion (Rs 9,000 crore) over two years from the continent.
Mukesh Ambani has got company of at least 29 fellow corporate executives, including four from his own group Reliance Industries, in terms of annual salaries running into crores of rupees for the latest fiscal.
Rising inflation and expectations of yet another hike in policy rates by the Reserve Bank has dampened the business confidence of Indian corporates for the April-June quarter, a survey today said.
Amid mounting pressure to unearth black money, the government today announced it has commissioned an in-depth study to quantify unaccounted income and wealth stashed within and outside the country in 16 months.