Obama's team suffers blow as nominee quits

Two weeks ahead of his inauguration, United States President-elect Barack Obama's incoming cabinet faced a hiccup when Commerce Secretary-designate Bill Richardson withdrew citing an ongoing......

Novelist David Rubin dead

David Rubin, novelist, translator, and an authority on the literature of India, died on February 2 from a stroke at Roosevelt Hospital. He was 83. His first novel The Greater Darkness, a novel of......

Richardson, Obama's commerce nominee withdraws

Bill Richardson who was picked up by the US President-elect, Barack Obama, as his commerce secretary said he is withdrawing because of the unanswered questions about a federal grand jury......

If Citi's in such a mess, what about other banks?

Federal regulators got a fresh inside look at Citigroup's books over the weekend -- and it wasn't pretty. The result: a new $306 billion federal bailout for the bank. On the one hand, it provides......

Buffett, Eric Schmidt to advise Obama

US President-elect Barack Obama has appointed a 17-member high-level team of advisers including billionaire investor Warren Buffett and Google chief executive Eric Schmidt to guide him in......

Man in the News: Vikram Pandit

If sheer brainpower is what Wall Street needs to find its way out of the wreckage of the credit squeeze then things are looking up. This week, Citigroup named as chief executive Vikram Pandit, a......

Oscars BANS Will Smith for 10 years

IMAGE: Will Smith slaps Chris Rock at the Oscars. Photograph: Neilson Barnard/Getty Images Days after Will Smith's slapping incident at Oscars 2022, the board of governors for the Academy of......

Bombay Dreams gets the best of Indian talent

When the rumours were agog that the lead players in the Broadway production of Bombay Dreams would have white actors in the lead -- and perhaps Lea Salonga (Miss Saigon) in a significant role --......

Singing is spicier than sex

Performance is a double-edged word. But for Melanie C, it has nothing to do with sex. When the former Spice Girl was asked to choose between the stage and the bedroom, she told the Sunday Mirror's......

All Squads: Qatar 2022 FIFA World Cup

The FIFA 2022 World Cup will kick-off in Qatar on Sunday, November 20. Here is a list of the 26-man squads playing in the quadrennial global football extravaganza.      ARGENTINA......

PIX: Liverpool win seven-goal thriller; Suarez rescues Barca

IMAGE: Mohamed Salah celebrates scoring Liverpool's fourth goal in Wednesday's UEFA Champions League match against FC Salzburg at Anfield. Photograph: Andrew Yates/Reuters European champions......

Sports Shorts: Mourinho slips and falls at Russian ice hockey game

Summary of sports events and persons who made news on Tuesday IMAGE: Portuguese soccer manager Jose Mourinho falls down, as ice hockey players Evgeny Medvedev and Pavel Datsyuk stand nearby,......

Citi Open: Alexander wins battle of Zverev brothers

IMAGE: Alexander Zverev celebrates. Photograph: Sergio Perez/Reuters Alexander Zverev got the better of older brother Mischa at the Citi Open in Washington on Thursday, winning their first......

French Open PIX: Nadal downs Bolelli; Muguruza, Sharapova advance

Images from Day 3 of the French Open in Paris on Tuesday Nadal downs feisty Bolelli in opener IMAGE: Rafael Nadal of Spain serves during his first round match against Simone Bolelli of......