Rajeev Srinivasan on the reasons for xenophobia

Lenovo is a Chinese company that surprised everyone when they picked up giant IBM's desktop and laptop computer business for a song. The fact that the iconic IBM PC had passed on to a Chinese......

China's nuke warning to US on Taiwan

A Chinese general said that if the United States were to attack China in a conflict over Taiwan, he believed Beijing might respond with nuclear weapons, a newspaper reported Friday.Maj. Gen. Zhu......

The Struggle over Oil

China and India are currently the engines of world economic growth. But India is still a minor part in the worldwide competition for scarce resources. China has become the world's second-largest......

Chinese stock markets closed after shares fall 7%

Weaker than expected factory activity in China and a weaker renminbi were said to be the driving sentiment China got an early chance to try out its new circuit breaker suspension mechanism that......

RIL regains top slot in Platts global ranking, elbows out ONGC

Reliance Industries has regained the top slot among Indian energy companies on the Platts global list by surpassing state-owned Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) in the rankings for this year. In......

RIL doubles average life of its debt to 7.5 yrs

Reliance Industries has doubled the average life of its debt to around 7.5 years after its two highly successful overseas bonds issue were priced at the lowest coupon rate in Asia. RIL Joint CFO......

GAIL Chairman, HPCL head in race for CEO of the Year Award

State gas utility GAIL India Ltd Chairman Bhuwan Chandra Tripathi and Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd head Nishi Vasudeva are among a dozen chief executives of global energy majors shortlisted......

Spotted: Sachin Tendulkar in Bengaluru

Reader Gajanan Patil sent us this photograph from Bengaluru. 'My name is Gajanan Patil. I met Sachin Tendulkar at Chinnaswamy stadium in Bengaluru while the Indian team was practicing......