News for 'San Francisco'

BoI plans China, US arms by 2006

BoI plans China, US arms by 2006

Rediff.com15 Sep 2004

List of NBA champions: Boston has won most titles

List of NBA champions: Boston has won most titles

Rediff.com14 Jun 2019

Here is the list of National Basketball Association champions (best-of-seven series:

Vanity Fair gets mixed reviews

Vanity Fair gets mixed reviews

Rediff.com2 Sep 2004

$5.5 mn for Indian fired for objecting to racism

$5.5 mn for Indian fired for objecting to racism

Rediff.com30 Oct 2007

An Indian engineer, who was fired by her company after she complained of her senior's racist conduct, has been awarded $5.5 million (about Rs 22 crore) by a San Francisco federal jury. The jury found Kiran Pande's former employer Chevron liable for wrongful termination and retaliation and ruled that she be given roughly $3 million (about Rs 12 crore) for past and future economic losses, and $2.5 million (about Rs 10 crore) in punitive damages.

Silicon Valley Revisited

Silicon Valley Revisited

Rediff.com8 May 2006

Lake under Antarctica mapped

Lake under Antarctica mapped

Rediff.com2 Aug 2004

Columbia University scientists have mapped a huge lake under Antarctica.

Marion Jones passed polygraph test

Marion Jones passed polygraph test

Rediff.com18 Jun 2004

At a San Francisco news conference on Wednesday, Jones said that she had used a legal zinc supplement developed by BALCO from 1999-2001.

Montgomery accused of doping violations

Montgomery accused of doping violations

Rediff.com9 Jun 2004

The 100 metres record holder received a letter from the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency alleging doping violations.

Bottled water costs us the earth

Bottled water costs us the earth

Rediff.com14 Aug 2007

The bottled water industry is global in nature. But it is designed to sell the same product to two completely different markets: one water-rich and the other water-scarce.

US welcomes release of doping files

US welcomes release of doping files

Rediff.com8 May 2004

The US Senate has decided to release documents detailing any drug use by American athletes.

California court halts gay marriages

California court halts gay marriages

Rediff.com12 Mar 2004

An UNhappy Birthday

An UNhappy Birthday

Rediff.com20 Dec 2005

The power of positive thinking

The power of positive thinking

Rediff.com19 Jun 2007

Business leaders have always flocked to self-help books and gurus that focus on getting the most out of your career and your life, but since Oprah plugged Rhonda Byrne's The Secret the business of positive thinking is booming.

BALCO head vows to fight doping

BALCO head vows to fight doping

Rediff.com2 Dec 2005

The Wal-Mart squeeze

The Wal-Mart squeeze

Rediff.com26 Apr 2007

Companies big and small feel the profit pinch when dealing with the retail behemoth.

Indian Hotels set to woo the world

Indian Hotels set to woo the world

Rediff.com9 Apr 2007

The hotel chain intends to have a worldwide presence and reduce its dependence on the home market.

Athletes testify in doping hearing

Athletes testify in doping hearing

Rediff.com21 Nov 2003

Several athletes testified before a grand jury investigating the BALCO lab, which is suspected of producing steroids.

E-mail disabled

E-mail disabled

Rediff.com1 Sep 2005

Best places to get a job in the US

Best places to get a job in the US

Rediff.com21 Feb 2007

Dying to snag a job in the States? Forget New York City. If you want to get a job in the U.S. this year, go south and west. Oklahoma City, anyone?

iPhone trademark may cost Apple millions

iPhone trademark may cost Apple millions

Rediff.com12 Jan 2007

Apple Inc. may have to pay hundreds of millions of dollars in royalties to Cisco Systems for the coveted iPhone trademark, industry experts believe.

'He accepted everyone as they were'

'He accepted everyone as they were'

Rediff.com6 Jun 2005

Readers share their memories of having met film-maker politician Sunil Dutt.

Microsoft may move some US jobs to India: report

Microsoft may move some US jobs to India: report

Rediff.com2 Jul 2003

Microsoft Corp, the world's biggest software maker, may move some customer-service jobs to India, according to a Bloomberg report from Sanfransico.

US Federal Reserve trims rates to 1958 lows

US Federal Reserve trims rates to 1958 lows

Rediff.com26 Jun 2003

The Federal Reserve on Wednesday trimmed US interest rates a quarter percentage point to 45-year lows, citing recent hopeful economic signs as it offered a less potent growth tonic than markets had hoped.\n\n\n\n

The rise of South India

The rise of South India

Rediff.com13 Nov 2006

Indian restaurant among America's top 20

Indian restaurant among America's top 20

Rediff.com23 Oct 2006

Indian restaurant Rasika has been chosen as one of the top 20 eateries in the US for the year 2006 in a listing by leading men's magazine Esquire.

'Daughters are as valuable as sons'

'Daughters are as valuable as sons'

Rediff.com25 Nov 2015

'Not only the poor in India want sons, but even in the Indian community in the US and Canada. The more educated they are, the more access they have to money and use of technology in gender choice.'

FBI searches BALCO head's home

FBI searches BALCO head's home

Rediff.com28 Jan 2005

Local media reported that one reason for Wednesday's search was related to a federal probe of leaks of grand jury testimony.

PIX: US, Spain seal Davis Cup last eight berths

PIX: US, Spain seal Davis Cup last eight berths

Rediff.com14 Sep 2024

A summary of Friday's action in the Davis Cup group stage matches.

Kamala Harris picks Minnesota guv as running mate

Kamala Harris picks Minnesota guv as running mate

Rediff.com6 Aug 2024

US Vice President Kamala Harris, who is of Indian and African heritage, has formally secured the Democratic presidential nomination becoming the first Indian-American to win the nomination from a major political party, and chose Minnesota Gov Tim Walz as her running mate on Tuesday.

No coffee. But many conversations!

No coffee. But many conversations!

Rediff.com5 Jul 2004

Rang De scores abroad

Rang De scores abroad

Rediff.com31 Jan 2006

Can America afford to shop?

Can America afford to shop?

Rediff.com19 Jan 2006

Elton John says I don't

Elton John says I don't

Rediff.com4 Mar 2004

Software startup Postman's valuation tops $5.6 bn after $225 mn fundraise

Software startup Postman's valuation tops $5.6 bn after $225 mn fundraise

Rediff.com19 Aug 2021

Postman, a leading application programming interface platform, has secured $225 million in a Series D round, placing its valuation at $5.6 billion. With this, Postman has emerged as the most-valued software-as-a-service (SaaS) firm started by Indian founders, overtaking web and mobile testing firm BrowserStack, which was valued at $4 billion in June. The valuation of the San Francisco-headquartered firm with offices in Bengaluru, where it was founded, has almost trebled in just about one year and risen multi-fold since 2019. Postman, with team members spread across four continents, had secured $150 million in a Series C investment round led by Insight Partners at a $2-billion valuation last summer.

inside every blogger is an aspiring author

inside every blogger is an aspiring author

Rediff.com21 Aug 2008

'Behind and beneath a book lying unbought and unread in a bookshop there is an entire universe of ambition, aspiration and frustration.'