Excluding the possibility of any cataclysmic event, I believe 2013 will see some revival in the capex cycle given that investment spending is so low. ...
03:27 PM, Jan 02, 2013
When it comes to power, politics trumps business, according to a new Forbes ranking on Wednesday that found heads of state occupying six of the top 10 spots among the world's most powerful people, led by US President Barack Obama. ...
08:24 AM, Dec 06, 2012
California native Dre, 47, became one of the leading names in hip-hop and rap in the early 1990s. ...
04:01 PM, Nov 30, 2012
New York: Liquor baron Vijay Mallya, often referred to as 'King of good times', has lost his billionaire tag as "bad times" in his aviation business have dragged down his net worth to below the $ 1 billion mark. According to Forbes magazine's India rich list released on Thursday, Mallya is now ranked 73rd with a fortune of $ 800 million (about Rs 4,285 crore), a sharp plunge from 49th...
02:52 PM, Oct 25, 2012
New Delhi: Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani is the country's richest man with a personal fortune of $ 21 billion, according to Forbes Magazine. Mukesh Ambani beats steel giant Lakshmi Mittal and Wipro head Azim Premji to top the Forbes's list. Lakshmi Mittal has attained the second spot with $16 billion and the third spot goes to Azim Premji. Pharma tycoon Dilip Shanghvi is the biggest gainer making an entry...
12:42 PM, Oct 25, 2012
New Delhi: Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani is the country's richest man with a personal fortune of $21 billion, according to Forbes Magazine. Mukesh Ambani beats steel giant Lakshmi Mittal and Wipro head Azim Premji to top the Forbes's list. Lakshmi Mittal has attained the second spot with $16 billion and the third spot goes to Azim Premji. Mukesh Ambani has retained his position as the world's richest Indian for...
08:26 AM, Oct 25, 2012
Los Angeles: Oprah Winfrey remains unbeatable when it comes to earnings. She has once again been named as Hollywood's highest paid woman by Forbes magazine. Winfrey earned $165 million between May 2011 and May 2012. Last year also she was on top of the list. Singer Britney Spears came second with $58 million, after signing up as a judge on 'The X Factor', while country singer Taylor Swift landed third...
11:09 AM, Oct 03, 2012
New York: Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates has retained his position as the richest person in America for the 19th year in a row this year, according to Forbes' annual ranking of the nation's 400 super rich people who have a combined net worth of $ 1.7 trillion dollars. With a net worth of $ 66 billion, Gates not only remained the richest person in America but is also "the planet's...
11:05 AM, Sep 20, 2012
New York: Five Indian-Americans, including Silicon Valley venture capitalist Vinod Khosla and founder of IT major Syntel, Bharat Desai, have been named among the richest people in the US by Forbes, a list of 400 billionaires topped by Microsoft founder Bill Gates. Gates, 56, whose net worth grew seven billion dollars from a year earlier to $66 billion in 2012, topped the list for the 19th year in a row....
10:42 AM, Sep 20, 2012
Mumbai: HDFC Bank and Kotak Mahindra Bank have pipped their Chinese peers in the Forbes Asia's 'Fab 50' list this year. HDFC Bank, the country's most valued bank with the largest market capitalisation, and Kotak Mahindra Bank are the only two banks from Asia in the list, and among the 11 companies from India in the 2012 edition of Forbes Asia's Fab 50, HDFC Bank said in a statement in...
07:59 PM, Sep 07, 2012
Washington: Five Indian companies including Larsen & Toubro, Hindustan Unilever and Infosys are ranked on Forbes magazine's list of "The World's Most Innovative Companies" topped by four US companies. Larsen & Toubro with an annual sales growth of 19 per cent is ranked ninth in the world followed by Hindustan Unilever (12) with 11.4 per cent. Infosys (19) comes third with 12.7 per cent growth thanks to what the US...
07:30 PM, Sep 07, 2012
In 1936, Charlie Chaplin released his movie 'Modern Times'. The film starts with the shot of a herd of jostling pigs followed by a frame that captures a swarm of workers entering a steel factory. It makes a telling statement on the similarity in the behaviour of animals and humans. The movie then goes on to tell the story of Chaplin, whose job as a factory worker involves tightening nuts...
12:54 PM, Sep 07, 2012
Washington: Five Indian companies including Larsen & Toubro, Hindustan Unilever and Infosys are ranked on Forbes magazine's list of "The World's Most Innovative Companies" topped by four US companies. Larsen & Toubro with an annual sales growth of 19 per cent is ranked ninth in the world followed by Hindustan Unilever (12) with 11.4 per cent. Infosys (19) comes third with 12.7 per cent growth thanks to what the US...
10:06 AM, Sep 07, 2012
Los Angeles: Talk show queen Oprah Winfrey has been voted the world's highest paid celebrity after banking $165 million in the past year. She has left behind directors Michael Bay and Steven Spielberg in a survey by Forbes magazine. The news comes just days after she was listed as the 11th most powerful woman in the world in another survey by the same publication. Winfrey's annual earnings from May 2011...
03:43 PM, Aug 28, 2012
Sonia Gandhi was ranked the sixth most powerful woman in the world, ahead of US First Lady Michelle Obama, by Forbes magazine in its list of 'World's 100 Most Powerful Women'. On Face the Nation, CNN-IBN Deputy Editor Sagarika Ghose asks a panel of experts - Is Sonia Gandhi really a role model for young women? Here is the full transcript of the show: Sagarika Ghose: Hi there. Yes, Congress...
11:53 AM, Aug 24, 2012
Sonia Gandhi was ranked the sixth most powerful woman in the world, ahead of US First Lady Michelle Obama, by Forbes magazine in its list of 'World's 100 Most Powerful Women'. ...
11:59 PM, Aug 23, 2012
New York: UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi was on Wednesday ranked the sixth most powerful woman in the world, ahead of US First Lady Michelle Obama, by Forbes magazine in its list of 100 women, which was topped by German Chancellor Angela Merkel for the second year in a row. Sonia Gandhi, 65, is among the five Indian women who have been named in the 'World's 100 Most Powerful Women' list...
11:44 PM, Aug 22, 2012
Name: Dhananjay Chaturvedi Age: 48 Designation: Managing Director, Miele India The challenge: To define and create a market that didn't exist, and to convince customers who had the money to buy a luxury product but questioned spending it on something that would be hidden inside the kitchen How he Did It: Chaturvedi unlearned practices that he had mastered selling mass products for almost two decades, but brought in all his...
02:56 PM, Jul 25, 2012
For the record, I had no problems at immigration. The officer was pleasant, chatty, wanting to know if that five-time women's world champion boxer, MC Mary Kom, was as good as they say she is. I breezed through customs and then the Airport Olympic Accreditation centre, all in 25 minutes flat with my bags in tow. A pretty young girl, a lad and an elegant lady all approached me to...
02:26 PM, Jul 25, 2012
