Tata Indica, the Tata Group's big passenger car bet, was not delivering expected returns a year into its launch. Desperate, the Tata Motors brass, led by Ratan Tata, acceded to a meeting request from Ford Motors for a possible sale of the passenger vehicles division to the American auto major. Some people had advised Tata to sell the business, and the Ford officials came to Bombay House to hold talks.
Italian researchers have found women who wear a heel of one to two inches may have more fun between the sheets.
The car is the first from the luxury brand to feature Jaguar's next-generation aerospace-inspired aluminium body architecture. The model was showcased in the presence of a well known chat show host Jay Leno.
Cobra Beer chief executive Karan P Bilimoria has taken over as the co-chairman of Indo-British Partnership.
India and the United Kingdom on Monday expressed keenness to boost bilateral trade and emphasised on the need to end the World Trade Organisation stalemate.
Aung San Suu Kyi spent her 58th birthday on Thursday in Yangon's forbidding Insein prison.
Britain on Thursday said it was unlikely that the next World Trade Organisation Ministerial will be held this year, indicating that completion of the Doha Development Round of trade negotiations will miss the deadline of January 01, 2005.
Tennis accounted for nearly three quarters of all the suspicious betting alerts issued last year, the European Sport Security Association (ESSA) said in a report published on Thursday.