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The famous tourist resort of Manali today experienced fresh snowfall, while Shimla had tourists enjoying snowflakes in the evening as cold wave continued to sweep most parts of the state with minimum temperatures staying below normal. Along with cold wave conditions, erratic power and water...

China has halted trade in stock markets due to irrational selling. China trading halt leaves 43 percent of entire stock market frozen. China's securities regulator warned there was "panic sentiment" in mainland stocks on Wednesday, saying there had been a surge in "irrational selling" as markets...

THERE was a time, a decade ago, when British Airways (BA) could credibly claim to be “the world’s favourite airline”, as its posters proudly affirmed. Not any more. And certainly not to those passengers who were hastily booking alternatives to their BA flights this week as the threat of a long...

Two alligators are sitting on the edge of a swamp. The small one turns to the big one and says; I don't understand how you can be so much bigger than me. We're the same age, we were the same size as kids... I just don't get it." "Well," says the big alligator, "what have you been eating?"...

Many corporations have been having public challenges with their litigation support and eDiscovery capabilities. Recently, it came to be known that Google had its own share of issues by being unable to produce all relevant material for an investigation. Google makes a great search product...

Steps to Help Soothe Workers’ Economic Woes By CC Holland With the faltering economy putting more pressure on workers, managers and business owners can find it difficult to assuage fears and keep morale high. One approach to take is to provide a boost where it counts: in the wallet...

A scapegoat for India’s inflation woes Its fiscal deficits in Central and local governments have increased, partly because of oil and food subsidies, and on a consolidated basis are nearing 10% of gross domestic product Breakingviews.com | Martin Hutchinson India’s wholesale price inflation...

MBA grads should learn from US woes ... Todays financial woes should be a valuable lesson to the latest crop of MBA graduates, currently promenading to Pomp and Circumstance . Their expensive new sheepskins may well ... More...

Bio-fuel bubble: India’s Jatropha woes The bio-fuel bubble built over the jatropha rage may not last long as the jatropha cultivation and production of bio-fuel from it is facing major hurdles now in India. In-depth research into the field has shown that if the present trend continues...

BEIJING (Reuters) - China has launched a four-month "war" on tainted food, drugs and exports, state media reported on Friday, as beleaguered officials embraced time-tested campaign tactics to clean up the country's battered image. ADVERTISEMENT Chinese Vice Premier Wu Yi told officials that...

NEW YORK: On Wall Street, where the most lucrative credit markets are barely limping, thanks to the worst housing slump in a decade, there isn’t a chief executive officer who will tell you there is a crisis. A few weeks after Merrill Lynch CEO, Stanley O’Neal said, he saw ‘no clear signs’ that...

PARIS: Venus Williams hopes were dashed at the French Open on Friday after she lost to fourth seeded Jelena Jankovic 6 4, 4 6, 6 1. Roland Garros has not been a happy hunting ground for Venus since 2002. She missed the last two Grand Slam tournaments because of injuries and for the second...