The bidding started at the suggested minimum bid of $300,000.
The Brad Pitt starrer is doing very well overseas.
Covid-19 pandemic that brought life to a near standstill in 2020 has left Indian adults poorer by 6.1 per cent in 2020, suggests the Credit Suisse Global Wealth Report 2021. Wealth per Indian adult in 2020, according to the report, dropped to $14,252 by 2020-end compared to pre-pandemic levels. On a cumulative basis, Credit Suisse estimates the drop in the wealth of Indian adults at $594 billion.
A Vedic temple housing more than a hundred deities, including the tallest images of Lord Venkateshwara and Lord Nataraja in North America, was inaugurated in Montclair, California. At the temple -- the result of a vision of Paramahamsa Nithyananda, founder of the Nithyananda Mission and the Nithyananda Vidyapeetham -- Vedic knowledge, Vedic rituals and Vedic lifestyle all come together under the same roof.
Arthur J Pais picks the Hollywood films that might make it a busy box office season.
Guzaarish opened not only to a sluggish box office in India but also in foreign territories where it was expected to do solid business.
DRL launched four new products in North America during the previous quarter.
Apparel company S Kumars Nationwide and its overseas partner Emerisque Brands have emerged as potential bidders to take over Hartmarx Corp, the city-based maker of President Barack Obama's suits.
With an interesting twist on the concept of super heroes, and using strong high-tech, Megamind is expected not to lure millions of comic book fans but also those who love a adventure with interesting twists and a few moral lessons.
The Federation of Indian American Christian Organisations of North America on Friday staged a protest outside the United Nations headquarters and urged Secretary General Ban Ki-moon to look into the 'naked violation' of human rights of Christians in Orissa.Holding placards with slogans that read 'Ban VHP,' 'Stop Burning Christians alive in Orissa,' and 'Deploy Army to Orissa to Christians,' the FIACONA activists staged a three-hour protest outside the UN.
The world is witnessing the fourth surge of the COVID-19 pandemic and India has to be on guard and cannot afford to slacken, said Union health secretary Rajesh Bhushan on Friday.
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With the mantras 'Explore, Dream, Discover,' the 17th edition of the three-day Network of Indian Professionals in North America (NetIP) conference to be held in Boston offers to the 800 participants opportunities to hear industry leaders and stalwart professors, including Gururaj 'Desh' Deshpande of Sycamore Networks; Tarun Khanna, professor at Harvard University Business School; and Vikram Akula of SKS Microfinance.
Tim Burton's Alice In Wonderland could be the number one film not only in North America but also in foreign markets after its March 5 release.
The film is the highest grossing Karan Johar movie abroad.
The textile firm is close to acquiring Hartmarx Corporation, along with London-based private equity firm Emerisque Brands for a total amount of $119 million.
The company's revenue rose by 11.7 per cent to Rs 27,364 crore.
The IT-ITES industry is going to difficult times with the slowdown in the global economies. The volume growth is now a worry. The Companies have stopped recruiting and are sitting on a bench strength.
Project Vivaan won big at the Solar Decathlon, placing second overall (and missing the first position by a whisker). Members of the award-winning Team Shunya tell Mrigank Warrier how they built a carbon-neutral, water-neutral, energy-positive home for a family of four.
Exports of 'Made-in-India' vehicles have touched Rs 2,928 crore (Rs 29.28 billion) during April-October 2003 after growing by 32.4 per cent in value terms during 2002-03 to Rs 3,396 crore (Rs 33.96 billion).
Based on information from 10 pharmaceutical companies based in North America and Europe, a recent Jones Lang LaSalle Meghraj report said these were keen to set up their manufacturing units in India or expand their existing units. Taken together, these would need about 15,000 acres over the next seven years to set up research and development centres, new units and to expand the existing units.
Genpact, the country's largest business process outsourcing firm, today announced the acquisition of Axis Risk Consulting, a risk consulting firm, for an undisclosed sum.
The comic book movie, which has seen various efforts to bring it to the screen over the last two decades, grossed over the weekend a decent but unspectacular $83 million, nearly 55 percent of it in North America. Slumdog, which was number one film for just one week in its dream run worldwide, made about $18 million. It lost about 35 percent of its box-office clout after having soared to the top amidst post Oscar celebrations.
Harish Thawani, Nimbus Communications' flamboyant CEO, wants to take the Neo sports channel to such new markets as Malaysia, Thailand, Indonesia Europe and North America. The aim, he says, is to achieve an over 50 per cent growth in market share next financial year.
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.
English Premier League club Manchester United suffered the first defeat on their pre-season North America tour when they were upset 2-1 by the 10-man Kansas City Wizards in Kansas City on Sunday.
Leading contract drug maker Jubilant Organosys on Friday announced the acquisition of Canadian speciality drug company DRAXIS Health for $255 million (around Rs 1020 crore). The board of DRAXIS has given its unanimous approval and the transaction is expected to close in the second quarter of 2008 after the necessary shareholder and court approvals.
Last year, there was almost 16 per cent increase in hiring by the Global Capability Centres in India.
Democratic candidate Hillary Clinton registers her first 'win' by four votes to two against Trump.
London-based Institute of Jainology received a Heritage Lottery grant of 375,000 pounds towards the creation of an ambitious online multimedia resource which will illustrate Jain manuscripts and artifacts held by major British libraries and museums. While some in the Jain community have congratulated the institute, others have been very critical of it for accepting this money, thus dividing the Jain community in North America and England.
TCS, Wipro, Infosys, Sasken may feel the heat as Nortel files for bankruptcy protection.
Paranormal Activity, which stands at number five on the American and Canadian box office charts, may be arguably the biggest success of the decade.
"Venkat Reddy met a 23-year-old Mexican woman through Internet dating, had a meal at Wendy's restaurant, and drove to a nearby EZ Rest motel around 2 am. This woman's boyfriend and four other cronies who were already waiting at the motel robbed Venkat and shot him to death," said Prasad Thotakura, TANA executive vice president.
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