Mumbai: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex today fell by nearly 117 points in early trade on fresh selling by retail investors and foreign funds triggered by weak global cues. The Sensex moved down by 116.86 points, or 0.68 per cent, to 17,110.82 points in early trade. The 30-share index had gained 244.54 points in [...]
Mountain View: Google began adding real time results to its Internet search engine on Monday, channeling feeds from Facebook, MySpace, Twitter and other fresh content into responses to queries. “We are here today to announce Google real time search,” Google fellow Amit Singhal said at a press event held near the firm’s headquarters in Mountain [...]
Dubai: The stock markets were in the negative terrain across the United Arab Emirates on Monday led by the Dubai bourse which plunged six per cent, as investors awaited details about the extent of the Dubai World burden. Led by real estate developer Emaar, which crashed about 10 per cent, the Dubai market fell nearly [...]
Monte Carlo: Novak Djokovic will take a page from the Roger Federer playbook and trim his 2010 schedule in an effort to close the ranking gap on number two Rafael Nadal. The Serb finished this season with the most wins on the ATP but wants to do even more when the new campaign starts in [...]
NEW DELHI: Sachin Tendulkar should cut down on his limited over appearances to prolong his Test career, feels former Australia captain Allan Sachin Border. “I have high esteem for Tendulkar and his achievements in international cricket. But I think, it would be better for him to appear in fewer limited over matches, including one-dayers. It [...]
Mumbai: Indian markets ended lower for the third straight session amid continued selloff in global markets. But losses were kept in check as some buying emerged at lower levels. The Sensex ended a volatile session lower by 70 points, at 16,283, after trading between 16,411 and 16,144. On the NSE, Nifty ended 20 points lower [...]
NEW DELHI: Petrol will be costlier by seven paise per litre and diesel by four paise as the oil ministry has raised dealer margins on these motor fuels. The new rates came into effect from midnight Monday, Federation of All India Petroleum Traders chief Ajay Bansal said. He said the quantum of increase will be [...]
New Delhi: After Prime Minister Manmohan Singh personally intervened, the US embassy on Tuesday issued a visa to Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP)’s lone Muslim MP Syed Shahnawaz Hussain to fly to New York for attending a UN General Assembly session, a day after four of his Parliamentary colleagues left for the US. Hussain could not [...]
Hyderabad: Trinidad and Tobago set a winning target of 150 runs for Deccan Chargers in a Group A match of the Champions League Twenty20 cricket match here on Thursday. The West Indian team made 149 for seven in 20 overs after being asked to bat first. William Perkins scored 38 off 32 balls while Kieron [...]
NEW DELHI: Mithai may have been replaced by fine chocolate and oil lamps have made way for coloured bulbs, but there are some things about Diwali that don’t change. The glitter of gold has dimmed shadows of a global slowdown injecting a new bouyancy to the market as “goldaholics” step out to splurge. Gold price [...]
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