US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today said the new missile defence system for Eastern Europe would leave America and its allies stronger and charged the Republicans that their criticism of the new policy is not based on facts.
The world's largest steel maker, ArcelorMittal, on Thursday said it would acquire additional 13.8 per cent stake in its Czech arm ArcelorMittal Ostrava for $404.3 million (around Rs 1,900 crore).
Indian info-tech companies that once specialized in basic work are now providing high-value tasks such as R&D and business transformation services.
The sale will be quicker if an Indian private bank buys it; it will take longer for regulatory clearances if a foreign bank or an NBFC buys it, points out Tamal Bandyopadhyay.
The recent bailout of Romania by the International Monetary Fund puts the spotlight back on the East European block of countries and what it means for the Western European banking sector. If evidence is anything to go by, things are turning for the worse. In fact, if a block of countries could be termed 'sub-prime', Eastern Europe seems to qualify as the countries seem to have been battered and bruised big time by the ongoing global financial turmoil.
United States President Barack Obama is said to have offered a "deal" to Russia, suggesting America would not deploy a missile defence system in eastern Europe if Moscow stops helping Iran from developing nuclear weapons.
Forced to sell off their best players to keep afloat, many eastern European soccer clubs found themselves easy prey for wealthier rivals from the continent's top leagues in the early rounds of the Champions League and UEFA Cup.
The emerging markets strategic business unit of the country's largest IT services provider Tata Consultancy Services aims to touch the revenues of $2 billion by 2011-2012. The SBU targets regions such as Eastern Europe, West Asia, South Africa and Latin America. The company is also planning to have strategic development centres that will cater to these regions, beginning with Egypt & Russia. Emerging Markets offer great opportunity for TCS as IT sector there is growing at 8%.
With prices soaring, the oil and gas business has become ripe for criminal behavior.
Bajaj sold his 18-month-old start-up WhiteHat Jr to Byju Raveendran for $300 million in an all-cash deal - over the video conferencing platform Zoom. The deal is the biggest in the Indian edtech sector by far.
Plaza Centers, a subsidiary of Elbit Medical Imaging Ltd, will tie up with local developers for these projects, some of which are already underway, said Abraham Goren, executive vice-chairman, Elbit Medical Imaging Ltd.
The combined Left parties drew a blank in the polls to the assembly which they had run with an overwhelming majority for 34 long years, with their vote share dwindling to a mere 5.47 per cent in 2021.
The G-8 meeting is being held at a luxury hotel on the beachside in Heiligendamm, which is sealed off from anti-globalisation protestors by a 13-kilometre-long fence.
The Russian President says a proposed US missile defence shield threatens Russia, and that Moscow would have to target European cities with nuclear missiles.
The report, however, cautions that weak English-speaking skills and lack of international experience among Brazilian workers make many of them unsuitable for employment.
The report, however, cautions that weak English-speaking skills and lack of international experience among Brazilian workers make many of them unsuitable for employment.
A round-up of the weekend soccer action in eastern Europe.
A new study reveals how drug brand names are hijacked by online pharmacies that churn out spam e-mails and hawk counterfeit pills.
IBM started using Watson last year in India in two of its key divisions, services and infrastructure, for the bulk of its 150,000 employees as part of its "predictive retention" programme.
Fearing serious repercussions, the Indian Olympic Association, on Wednesday, asked the sports ministry to immediately resolve the controversy surrounding Kosovan boxer Donjeta Sadiku's visa.
Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi, currently on a six-day visit to Russia, discussed with the Astrakhan Governor using of the Rail-Road North-South Cargo Container Corridor through Iran.
The healthcare arm of Economic Technologies, Fulana Healthcentres has announced that the company would set up 5300 high-tech, globally interconnected network of health centres in 150 countries, including India, which would be accessible with a single
To drive home the benefits of lower manufacturing costs in India, Cummins India Ltd and Cummins Westport Inc will be exporting B Gas International natural gas engines to locations such as South America.
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'IOC has in the past sent letters to International Federations not to award major events to Spain after athletes from Kosovo were not allowed to participate under their own flag at the Karate World Championships. And you never know it might be India next'
With a view to tap the east Europe market better, the Nasdaq-listed software major Infosys is planning to set up a centre in Czechoslovakia for both information technology and business process outsourcing operations.
Worldwide spending on servers will grow 5 per cent year-on-year in 2004 to touch $53 billion helped by replacements, according to a report by tech research firm IDC.
Five-times grand slam champion Maria Sharapova is seeking to have her two-year doping ban wiped out or reduced as she lodged an appeal with the Court of Arbitration for Sport (CAS) on Tuesday.
A number of multinational companies are cutting jobs more heavily in Western Europe than in other regions and fleeing to low-labour-cost countries like Mexico and those in Eastern Europe, a US media report said.
After striking good deals in the domestic market, Infosys is now firming up plans to tap the Eastern European markets for its banking product, Finacle.
US and European companies plan to increase the sourcing of goods and services from low-cost countries, including India, by 85 percent within the next 2-3 years, according to a study by global consultant Accenture.
More than 8,000 women, a vast majority of them from overseas, including South East Asia, are working as prostitutes in flats, saunas and massage parlours in London and many of them are operating through escort agencies, a study indicated on Friday.
First Deputy General of the MiG Corporation said, 'We cannot bear responsibility for spare parts.'
'Every single case is a mother, a father, a son, a daughter, a brother, sister or friend'
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