Stocks and oil rose while U.S. Treasuries fell on Thursday as U.S. data showed the world`s largest economy did not appear to be falling back into recession. read more »
Indian ADRs were mixed on Thursday. read more »
US Federal Reserve chairman Ben Bernanke said a freshly minted financial reform law would help reduce the risk of future problems, provided regulators follow through on its implementation read more »
HP executive Dave Donatelli, who as head of enterprise servers, storage and networking marshaled the winning bid, is seen as one of the candidates to become CEO read more »
India, which currently shares 3.6% of global homeland expenditure, will require to take it upwardly to an extent of 6% over the next decade to effectively take on emerging security risks, a Assocham-KPMG report said read more »
Of the total cases so far, 927 have been reported from MCD areas, 117 from NDMC areas and the rest from other parts of the city read more »
Tata Sons Director Jamshed Irani today said the quality of independent directors matters the most to a company, rather than their numbers or qualifications. read more »
Mahindra Satyam today said it is looking to tap upcoming opportunities brought about by the recent reforms in the US healthcare sector. read more »
Asserting that he was not being pushed out as chairman of the $71 billion conglomerate Tata Group, Ratan Tata said that he opted out of the selection committee to avoid giving the impression that he is influencing the succession plan. read more »
Around 13,000 contract workers of public sector Neyveli Lignite Corporation (NLC) today deferred their indefinite strike called on September 8, after the management requested for more time to examine an eight-point charter of demands. read more »
An offshore oil rig exploded in the Gulf of Mexico today, west of the site of the April blast that caused the massive oil spill. read more »
Reduction in charges to benefit policyholders, but will bring down agent commissions from 15-17% to 7-9% read more »
Hewlett-Packard Co won the bidding war to buy data storage company 3PAR Inc for $2.4 billion, after rival Dell Inc bowed out from a drawn-out bidding war on Thursday. read more »
Kotak Life Insurance today launched two new unit-linked insurance plans (Ulips) -- Kotak Secure Invest Insurance and Kotak Wealth Insurance-meeting the new Irda guidelines. read more »
The Indian organic industry is aiming to up its total turnover, including exports, from Rs 675 crore to Rs 4,000 crore by 2012, a senior ICCOA official said today. read more »