4.7 billion quarterly operating profit, driven by booming smartphone sales, and will spend USD 22 billion this year to boost production of chips and flat screens to pull further ahead of smaller...

) in days ahead, with the slowdown affecting businesses and thereby impacting their debt repayments. "SBI has seen a substantial growth in the number of customers in the last few months compared...

from its second whitewash in less than six months. Throughout, India has given the impression of scarcely caring. It is probably a defence mechanism, but it stands against...

U.S. Constitution prohibits the condition of slavery. But it does not refer to a "person" or any particular class of victims. So, can animals be slaves? In a precedent-setting case, PETA,...

2011 Myanmar has one of the world's highest casualty tolls by landmines, but for years the country has received little international aid for survivor assistance, risk education and other mine...

Against Trafficking (IACAT) but said they will remain vigilant during the implementation of the directives. Offloading refers to action by officials of...

's position into account MOSCOW - A Western-Arab draft United Nations Security Council resolution on Syria is unacceptable for Russia in its current form because it does not take Moscow's...

,'; is the story of a martyr and a she-devil. Or the story of a she-devil and a martyr, depending on your perspective. However, the author (a prizewinning international journalist) subscribes to...

youth group at the main Tibetan temple of Dharamshala in memory of those shot dead in two separate incidents during new Tibetan protests. The youth group also called...

Bangladesh army today said it had last month foiled a coup plot by serving and retired officers with fanatic religious beliefs, formally lifting the veil on the menacing undercurrents next door when...

A.O. Smith Corp. ( ), which sold and acquired new businesses last year as it repositioned itself as a focused water-technology company, on Friday said its earnings in the final quarter...

Lille pictured, for the much-missed old fare of 59, rather than the new standard lowest fare of 69. It applies for some off-peak trains between now and 29 March. For availability of the 59 fare,...

: Tour operators have been offering titillating "human safaris" in Orissa that provide a close look at the Bonda tribe, notwithstanding the recent row over the degradation of Jarawas in...

, it was all work and no play according to a recent study done by Expedia.com, a global online travel agency. The study says that for most working professionals in Indian Express",...

Street quarterly consensus for Starbucks is $0.49 per share in earnings on $3.29 billion in sales. During the first quarter of last year, the company reported earnings of...

A survey indicates that the quality of education in the country is constantly declining. For Prof...

Science and Nature journals publish only redacted versions of bird flu research results is nothing but an exaggerated and over-zealous reaction that is bound to fail in its prime objective. Most of...

Malampuzha gardens is 8 km from Palakkad Railway station, Kerala. The aquarium, rope way, dam, boating, suspension bridge, garden, toy train, yakshi are the attractions. Snake park is near...

The company sees Vietnam as part of its long-term growth plan and will continue to seek business opportunities in that country, said its CEO of China...

Vietnamese photographer Le Nguyen Duy Phuong will present a solo exhibition of his works called "One Corner of France" in Hanoi through...

Pakistani government has strongly condemned US over treatment of Pakistani nationale Dr. Aafia Siddiqui who has been declared mentally unfit by the US...

Mani Chettri and Dr. Pranab Dasgupta have been taken into custody today in connection with the death of 93 people. They are members of the hospital board. The arrest followed extensive police...

Source Links for Today's Items: Greeks to Drop Referendum on Bailout www.ibtimes.com India's Food Inflation Quickens to 12.21%, a Nine-Month High www.businessweek.com Freddie Mac Asks for...

Security Council meets on Friday to discuss the next move on Syria and council envoys said members will be given a new Western-Arab draft resolution, as fighting between troops and rebels edged...

Indonesia . A driver, intoxicated after consuming alcohol and crystal methamphetamine, has been implicated in the wrongful death of nine people after she allegedly lost control of her car and crashed...

for loans would do well to have something to offer China in return - for big loans come with strings attached. Lending to foreign firms in need not only boosts Chinese banks' loan portfolios,...

to give more rights to 'members of the third sex' PC Air flight attendants: Chayathisa Nakmai, Dissanai Chitpraphachin, Nathatai Sukkaset and Punthakarn...

Canadair Regional Jet 700 and 900 fleets. The airline now offers seamless same-class service to more than 85 destinations and offers a higher percentage of flights with among the four major network...