'People had a perception that I may be angry as a person.' 'Or I'm older than I really am.' 'Or I can't speak in English because of the characters I've done at the beginning of my career.'
The external affairs minister also recalled how Pandit Nehru was hesitant in taking assistance from the United States following the 1962 war with China as he was unsure how it would be seen.
The Tatas will have to either buy out the 26 per cent stake in its life insurance joint venture or rope in another partner if Prudential UK buys out the Asian life insurance business of American International Group (AIG).
The New-York based Goldman Sachs, one of the world's oldest and largest investment banking firms, plans to enter the buoyant mutual fund business in India.
Thanks to its indemnity cover, Citibank may not have to provide for the alleged multi-crore fraud by Shivraj Puri, the relationship manager at its Gurgaon branch.
Insurer American International Group will recover $45 million from its employees given as retention payments last year and return the amount to the government, a media report says.
Attributing to people familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal said AIG is preparing to pay Kelly several million dollars in severance after she resigned over federal pay curbs.
Indian infrastructure group GMR on Wednesday agreed to buy half of US power producer InterGen for about $1.1bn from an investment firm backed by American International Group and Highstar Capital.
The insurer had received nearly $80 billion last year from the US government to tide over the financial turmoil.
Prominent international celebrities and activists on Wednesday joined American pop star Rihanna to extend support to the farmers' protests here and garner international attention on the protracted stir but their remarks were slammed by India as 'neither accurate nor responsible'.
IT and BPO services provider MphasiS on Wednesday said it is set to acquire AIG Systems Solutions (AIGSS), part of the troubled insurance giant American International Group Inc, for an undisclosed amount.
The insurance giant American International Group has replaced Goldman as its main corporate adviser with Citigroup and Bank of America, says a media report.
AIG Rail Services Inc, a Chicago business that is part of AIG's financial-services division, was set up around five years ago and provides rail-car leases and equipment financing to shipping companies, railroads and others.
After extending billions of dollars to protect themselves from the economic turmoil, the US moved to arrest the trend of exorbitant pay among the nation's big entities like Citigroup, Bank of America and American International Group.
The company's recently hired chief executive Robert Benmosche threatened to quit last month reportedly amid frustrations over limitations on pay for top AIG executives.
American International Group Inc has repaid another $6.9 billion to the US government, using proceeds from the sale of the insurance firm's stake in MetLife.
All three agreed to have the proceedings heard in English and each of them nodded that they understood the charges of first-degree murder and conspiring to murder Nijjar, the report said.
Top executives of struggling insurance giant American International Group have agreed to return $50 million taken as bonus as the company faces sharp criticism from taxpayers and federal officials on these payments.
Troubled insurance giant American International Group's chairman and chief executive has asked its employees to return at least half of the bonuses paid to them recently, after facing sharp criticism from taxpayers and federal officials against the payments.
Tokyo -- the songs Japan, Love In Tokyo and Sayonara from the 1966 Hindi film automatically pop up in the mind -- is buzzing and crowded like any other metropolis, discovers Deepa Gahlot. The modern apartment blocks are built cheek by jowl, so close together that one can open the window and borrow sugar from the neighbour in the next building. One of the fears of the Indian traveller is the unavailability of vegetarian food. Every city and town in Japan has an array of Indian restaurants that serve every variety of cuisine, right from Gujarati to Punjabi to Andhra and Kerala meals.
The Sensex closed at 20,032, up 91 points, the Nifty closed up 30 points at 6018.
Ambassador Frank G Wisner, the erstwhile US envoy to India, who for years -- as vice-chairman, external affairs for American International Group -- was the face of this global insurance conglomerate--which is now being bailed out by the US government to the tune of $150 billion -- in India and was largely responsible for pushing for New Delhi's opening up of the insurance sector to foreign investors, has quit AIG and joined the top-notch lobbying firm of Patton Boggs, which w
In an interview to the Financial Times, AIG Chief Executive Officer Robert Benmosche said it would take at least two years for AIG to sell businesses and earn enough profits to repay the government and persuade it to sell its 80 per cent stake.
The Asian life assurance business of AIG, is expected to set a price range for its initial public offering early next week and hopes to strike agreements with big 'cornerstone' investors who could take one-fifth of the shares sold a few days after that, the report said citing sources.
American International Group is in talks with the US government to speed up an exit plan designed to repay taxpayers in full while enabling the giant insurer to regain independence, says a media report.
Benmosche would receive an annual salary of $3 million in cash and $4 million in AIG common stock as per the previous agreement on August 17.
At a board meeting last week, Benmosche told fellow AIG directors that he was 'done' but agreed to think it over after other board members reacted with shock.
Battered by the financial meltdown, AIG had received billions of dollars from the US government last year to tide over the turmoil. The leading insurer has also shed assets worldwide to streamline its operations.
A step away from nuclear weapons being used in conflicts, warns Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Aon Corp, the world's largest insurance broker, has agreed a four-year deal to sponsor the shirts of English Premier League champions Manchester United from the start of the 2010-11 season. United's current 14 million pounds ($23.25 million) a year deal with US insurance giant American International Group runs out in June 2010. Details of the agreement were not disclosed but US media reports said it was worth about 20 million pounds a year.
Aseem Chhabra lists his favourite films, most of them shown at international film festivals held virtually (Berlinale and Rotterdam), hybrid (Toronto) or physical (Cannes and Venice).
'Chinese are going bang, bang, bang building 30-35 reactors.' 'We should announce a programme of 50 new reactors and show that we mean business on the ground and not just announcements.'
Three top global asset management and investment banks - American International Group, JP Morgan Asset Management and Japan's Mitsubishi UFJ Securities today announced their India strategy, vying for a place in the second fastest growing economy in t
In an interview to the 'Wall Street Journal', Benmosche said that AIG, in its current form, is too large. "I feel strongly that AIG is too big today -- it is extremely complex to manage and we need to make sure it's more transparent, that it's smaller, and that we can make it on our own."
Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Wednesday said the world looks at India as an important pillar of stability, a trusted friend, an engine of growth in the global economy, a technology hub for finding solutions and a powerhouse of talented youth. He also said that in the rapidly changing world order, India is moving forward as 'vishwa mitra' (friend of the world). Speaking at the inauguration of the 10th edition of the Vibrant Gujarat Global Summit, which saw participation of state hea
In this regard, AIG has entered into an agreement with Aabar Investments PJSC to sell its subsidiary, the insurance firm said in a statement on on Monday. According to UK daily The Telegraph, the Swiss subsidiary would be sold for about $254 million.
The American International Group India on Thursday issued a release stating that the US financial crisis does not have any immediate material impact on Tata AIG Life Insurance.
Although the credit for acquiring the technological skill must be given to India's outstanding nuclear scientists, the decision to go nuclear was a political one that entailed clarity of vision, courage and resolve, points out Rup Narayan Das.
They fell from some of the most powerful positions on earth.
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