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Obama nominates Indian American for district court judge

United States President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated Indian American Manish S Shah to serve on the United States District Courts judgeship for the Northern District of Illinois. If confirmed......

Stanford University honours A R Rahman

A R Rahman was waiting backstage and appeared sweet, modest and patient as he chatted with the stagehands around him. He was to be honoured shortly and both of us had been told by the organisers to......

Apple ups hiring, but faces obstacles to making phones smarter

The company has also stepped up its courtship of machine-learning PhD's, joining Google, Amazon, Facebook and others in a fierce contest Apple has ramped up its hiring of artificial intelligence......

Raju named world's 4th most outrageous CEO

It's one Forbes list where none would want to figure, but Ramalinga Raju, the founder-chairman Satyam Computers (now Mahindra Satyam), has managed the feat of being among the world's 10 most......

Age of excess fuelled rise of Ponzis

For at least 13 years, big and small investors alike turned over their money to Paul Greenwood and Stephen Walsh, two New York money managers, in the belief that an "enhanced equity index" strategy......

Secrets of the self-made billionaires

What's the difference between a millionaire and a billionaire? And what does it take to bag those three extra, all-important zeros? Put such questions to America's wealthiest......

Al Gore's amazing $100 million makeover!

Al Gore is a funny guy. And, for his $175,000 speaking fee, he tells this story: after leaving the White House and heading back to Tennessee sans motorcade -- "in a rented Ford Taurus," he sniffs......

Hollywood Gets Emotional At SAG Awards

Hollywood's awards season continues with the Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles, on February 26. A look at the big winners of the night. Photograph: Frazer......

Satnam scores as Dallas Mavericks lose again

Satnam Singh made his second consecutive appearance for Dallas Mavericks as they ended up on the losing side against Portland Trail Blazers in the 2015 NBA Summer League in Las Vegas on Sunday......

'We don't want Botham's advice on IPL, we have Gavaskar and Kapil'

English cricket legend Ian Botham. Photograph: Philip Brown/Reuters The Board of Control for Cricket in India has rubbished former England great Ian Botham's criticism of the......

New franchise-based T20 league to start in Caribbean

A new franchise-based Twenty20 league will begin play in the Caribbean next year, the West Indies Cricket Board said, filling the hole left by the collapse of Allen Stanford's tournament. The......

Stanford jailed for 110 years in fraud case

Disgraced American businessman Allen Stanford, who bankrolled a $20 million Twenty20 match between England and West Indies before being convicted of defrauding investors, has been sentenced to 110......

Cricket mogul Stanford sent to US prison hospital

Financier and cricket mogul Allen Stanford was sent to a US prison hospital for drug addiction treatment, officials said Tuesday. The decision wastakenso he can be fit to stand trial on charges of......

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