Disney Star India, bought at a valuation of $15 billion, could be on the block for roughly one-third that amount.
Prominent Indian-American attorney Preet Bharara has no plans to quit as the chief federal prosecutor in Manhattan anytime soon as he has the "greatest job in the world" but said he will "walk the earth and get into adventures" whenever he retires.
Firm Asian cues and a higher opening of European markets reflecting a rally on Wall Street, where all three US indices hit new records following strong economic data, bolstered trading sentiments here
'With continued focus on votes, upcoming by-polls and purchasing politicians, the political hierarchy has little time for national defence.' 'They would do well to heed a veteran scholar, who says, "There will be war with China in the next few years. The next full scale war will have the involvement of Pakistan and terror elements, insurgents and intelligence assets operating inside India",' warns Lieutenant General Prakash Katoch (retd).
TMC MP writes to Mark Zuckerberg, raises issue of Facebook's alleged bias towards the BJP.
In China, the toll stood at around 3,250 and in Italy it was 3,405.
Indian-American multimillionaire biotech entrepreneur Vivek Ramaswamy's popularity rating and online fundraising have surged, a day after his impressive performance at the first Republican presidential primary debate.
While the users of the three social media platforms remained clueless as they repeatedly received error messages for most part of the day, the stocks of Silicon Valley firm Facebook dropped by nearly five per cent as a result.
Springfield's favourite family -- The Simpsons -- moved to Bristol for an artistic makeover at Upfest 2018, Europe's largest live street art festival. Take a look at some of the mind-blowing art which covered some 60,000 sq ft of surfaces, including buildings, shop fronts and shutters.
Lingerie giant Victoria's Secret has released its annual 'What Is Sexy?' list. And here's everyone who's on it.
Microsoft has done well in selling software to enterprises, but it has never really figured out consumers or hardware.
A little-known Kashmiri separatist leader is spurring the stone-throwing protests against security forces in the Kashmir Valley with tactics such as YouTube recruitment videos and protest calendars published in the local media.
The 86th Annual Academy Awards have been announced. Here's a quick glance at the winners.
'FBI Director Christopher Wray confirmed that the Bureau has assessed that the origins of the COVID-19 pandemic likely originated from a lab incident in Wuhan, China,' tweeted the FBI.
Das faced allegations of opposing enforcement of hate-speech rules against Bharatiya Janata Party and other right-wing leaders. She was also accused of posting messages in support of the BJP for several years on a Facebook group of the company's employees.
The Dow has never lost more than 800 points in a day.
It will be in Modi's interest to reinvent his party, read the writing on the wall that voters wrote, and move ahead. He has little choice now. The country is watching, asserts Ramesh Menon.
Last week, The Wall Street Journal reporter Sabrina Siddiqui asked Prime Minister Modi about the rights of minorities in India and what steps his government was willing to take to improve them and also uphold free speech.
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Wall Street might have been lukewarm to Satya Nadella's appointment as the chief executive officer of Microsoft but in India the development has revived the fortunes of Manipal University, his alma mater.
Financialised masses not only provide feedstock inputs but are also voters whose political support for funded savings cannot be taken for granted, says Ajit Balakrishnan.
A few Hollywood A-listers traded arm candy for family on Oscar night.
The money stashed away in tax havens is estimated at between $5.6 trillion and $32 trillion, numbers to make your eyes pop, asserts T N Ninan.
The panel had called him on the issue of the citizens' data safety.
Noting that India continues to suffer from low, but improving, levels of economic freedom, the latest Index of Economic Freedom ranks the nation 120th globally and 25th among 43 countries in the Asia-Pacific region.
Time Warner, one of the world's largest media companies, is in the final stages to sell its New York headquarters in a whooping $1.3 billion, a media report said on Wednesday.
Revamped at a cost of Rs 10 crore, Ouni village in Uttarakhand is being touted as a 'modern village' now. Nearly 40 solar street lights, two new transformers, and as many washrooms have been set up in the village, which didn't have street lights till a few months ago, reports Sarthak Choudhury.
The BSE benchmark Sensex plummeted about 383 points to close at 57,300-level on Tuesday, tracking massive selloffs in global markets. After sinking about 1,300 points in early deals, the Sensex staged a sharp recovery but still ended 382.91 points or 0.66 per cent lower at 57,300.68. The NSE Nifty too reclaimed part of its early losses before closing 114.45 points or 0.67 per cent lower at 17,092.20. On the Sensex chart, Tata Steel, TCS and SBI fell the most, losing as much as 3.64 per cent. Of the 30 Sensex constituents, 20 closed in the red. "Escalations in Ukraine tensions with Russia recognising two pro-Russian rebel regions have aggravated the crisis. "The economic consequences are already visible in higher crude and gold prices," VK Vijayakumar, chief investment strategist at Geojit Financial Services, said.
This is a culmination of the joint investigation carried out by the Department of Justice and the Department of Homeland Security.
Chairman and CEO of Xerox, Ursula Burns, has revealed that one of the keys to her success was marrying a great man 20 years her senior.
Yuri Milner purchased the 25,500 square foot property in Los Altos, California.
The Dalal Street was on Tuesday abuzz with an eerie coincidence that took place last night in the Wall Street, the US stock market, with its benchmark index S&P 500 closing at a level exactly same as that of October 3, 2008.
'It is beyond belief that Obama failed to sense the disconnect that had developed between the ruling elites and the 'masses' in America, something that Trump, albeit a novice in electoral politics, spotted almost instinctively,' says Ambassador M K Bhadrakumar.
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Microsoft Corp is considering Ericsson Chief Executive Hans Vestberg as a possible successor to outgoing CEO Steve Ballmer.
JPMorgan Chase took the market by surprise on Thursday after it announced a $2 billion trading loss.
The devotion to the deity is such that even commerce is not untouched by the spiritual feel in the holy city. Images of the grand temple is finding places even on visiting cards, posters, calendars and even signages.
Gupta was convicted in 2012 following a jury trial of passing confidential information about Goldman Sachs to Raj Rajaratnam minutes after he learned about them at the board meetings.
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