A new report on American journalist Daniel Pearl's killing presents fresh evidence that 9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheik Mohammed executed the reporter in Pakistan nine years ago and four men imprisoned for the crime were convicted on the basis of perjured testimony.
India is willing to advance its peace talks with Pakistan and discuss the Kashmir issue, but the main stumbling block is Islamabad's failure to clamp down on militant groups, Foreign Secretary Ranjan Mathai has said.
Justice Department staff lawyers have begun preparing legal documents for use in a possible court challenge to the $700 million deal for ITA Software, the report said adding that no decision to proceed has been made.
Research In Motion has denied an Indian media report that said the company has offered to install a network data analysis system at its India office to allow access to emails sent through its BlackBerry smartphones to Indian security agencies.
Publishing giant Random House has scrapped plans to publish a book on Aisha, the wife of Prophet Mohammed, fearing that it could be the new Satanic Verses and may draw the wrath of the Muslim community. "I'm devastated," said author Sherry Jones, whose novel The Jewel of Medina was bought by the publisher last year in a $100,000 two-book deal that was abruptly called off in May.
Tight undies, ill-fitting bras are just some of the garments you must give a pass if you want to stay healthy.
Morgan Stanley Smith Barney currently is valued at $20 billion on Citigroup's books, which is $ 5 billion more than it is on Morgan Stanley's, the report said citing Credit Suisse's analyst Howard Chen.
After Vodafone and Shell, it seems to be the turn of Cadbury.
Internet search giant Google has sued the US Department of the Interior alleging that the federal agency favoured rival Microsoft while considering bids for e-mail and collaboration software for its 88,000 employees.
The Justice Department investigation, involves card company policies that prevent merchants from encouraging customers to use cards that have lower processing fees.
Top US officials are unhappy over some Inter-Services Intelligence elements continuing to support the Haqqani network to counter India's presence in the region, amid fears that Pakistani military is "unable or unwilling" to act against Taliban and Al Qaeda in the restive tribal belt.
Stepping down as the top American diplomat at the height of popularity, Hillary Clinton could announce her 2016 presidency bid by 2014, a media report said on Friday.
Shedding its India-centric phobia, Pakistan's main spy agency ISI has in its new threat assessment determined that Islamist militants, and not India pose the main threat to Pakistan.
Global software major International Business Machines' chief executive Samuel Palmisano believes the government's $30-billion information technology investments may create over 900,000 jobs.
Indian consumers and oil companies are losing out because buying remains a government monopoly.
The Wall Street Journal has reported that the SEC has contacted many investment banks whose analysts cover generic drug-maker Mylan, asking about a meeting the company hosted last September with those analysts and a group of investors.
Attributing to people familiar with the matter, The Wall Street Journal said the software company could announce major organisational changes at its entertainment and devices division as early as this week.
A thaw in relations between India and Pakistan is expected to encourage US companies to move more technology and service jobs to India, a media report said on Thursday.
Officials of United States financial giant Bank of America Corp have discussed slashing about 40,000 jobs under the first phase of a proposed restructuring exercise, according to a media report on Friday.
Bank of America Corp will slash 3,500 jobs in the current quarter and is working on broader restructuring that could eliminate thousands of additional positions, a media report says.
In December last year, United States President Barack Obama issued a secret directive to all the top officials in his administration dealing with internal security and foreign policy affairs, urging them to find out ways to increase America's involvement in alleviating the rising tension between India and Pakistan, according to a report in the Wall Street Journal.The directive was mentioned, says WSJ, in a memo written by National Security Adviser James Jones.
The United States government appointed pay czar will review the executive compensation packages at 419 bailed out companies including Goldman Sachs and JP Morgan Chase.
Maj. Gen. Zhu Chenghu, a dean at China's National Defense University, stressed that he was expressing a personal view, not official policy, The Asian Wall Street Journal reported.
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.
Heads continued to roll in the News of the World phone hacking scandal as Rupert Murdoch's top executive and Dow Jones CEO Les Hinton became the latest high-profile personality to resign from his post. Hinton was the chief executive of Dow Jones, publisher of the Wall Street Journal. Rebekah Brooks, chief executive of the media group's UK newspaper arm News International had quit on Friday.
Wealthy people are now donating less for charitable purposes, although they still feel an obligation towards such social work, a survey has revealed
In January, Google had threatened to close down its operations in China after discovering hacking attempts into email accounts of Chinese human rights activists.
After agreeing to sell 30 per cent stake in the 23 blocks in India to BP, Mukesh Ambani is reportedly looking for buyers for its gas transportation and marketing company.
The Wall Street Journal has reported the civil probe, which has the potential to reshape how companies compete on the Internet, is the most serious legal threat yet to the 12-year-old company.
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.
It is alleged that the drug maker used false marketing tactics to persuade the Medicaid officials in the US to give preference to its costlier drug Risperdal and spend millions on it.
Google Inc is close to settling a US criminal investigation into allegations it made money by accepting ads from online pharmacies that break US laws, says a media report.
Rajeev Srinivasan on why consumers must be careful with their powerful mobile devices.
The proposed agreement is not final, and could fall apart, the report noted.
Time Warner Inc's popular business magazine Fortune is planning to publish fewer issues annually and make other changes that could result in job cuts, says a media report.
Attributing to people familiar with the situation, the Wall Street Journal said that some officials at the agency have expressed doubts about the rigour of the report, which was based partly on interviews of Citi executives who were asked to rate the effectiveness of their colleagues.
Blankfein will at the upcoming trial of Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam.
Three senior executive of JP Morgan Chase & Co's are expected to leave over the US-based global banking giant's over USD 2 billion loss on derivative trades, says a media report.
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