Cut the Noise Keyboards clattering, doors opening and closing and, yes, voices, don't just distract, they actually increase stress levels, studies show. Which can lead to bad moods, lack of concentration and fatigue. Try noise cancelling headphones or speakers (but they work best where noise is regular, like the hum of machinery). To tone down distracting voices, try sound-masking systems that create low-level background noise, like the sound of running...
11:11 AM, Dec 28, 2010
New York: A collection of antique toys that belonged to the late publisher Malcolm Forbes was up for auction on Friday, with prices estimated as high as $300,000 for a rare, century-old miniature battleship. The trove of board games, toy soldiers, knights, motorcycles, boats and ship models including one of the ill-fated Lusitania, was likely to fetch between $2 million and $4 million or more for Forbes' heirs, said Sotheby's...
06:52 PM, Dec 18, 2010
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12:52 PM, Dec 09, 2010
New Delhi: Congress President Sonia Gandhi, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh and Tata Sons Chairman Ratan Tata are among the five Indians named among the most powerful people in the world by Forbes in this year’s list of 68 people “who matter“. India’s business tycoons Reliance Industries Chairman Mukesh Ambani and steel giant ArcelorMittal Chairman Lakshmi Mittal also make this year’s list. China’s President Hu Jintao has topped the 2010 Forbes...
09:29 AM, Nov 04, 2010
Washington: Reliance Industries chairman Mukesh Ambani's new 27-storey Mumbai skyscraper likely sets a record as the world's most expensive residential home, according to ‘Forbes’ magazine. "India's richest man, and the fourth-richest man in the world, has eschewed understatement," the magazine said reporting Ambani's plans to move into the 570-foot building, called Antila, this month. Noting that the home is worth 630 million pounds, or $ 1 billion, as reported by...
07:34 PM, Oct 15, 2010
New York: U.S. first lady Michelle Obama beat out heads of state, chief executives and celebrities to rank as the world's most powerful woman in Forbes magazine's annual listing on Wednesday. Kraft Foods Chief Executive Irene Rosenfeld, who led a hostile $18 billion takeover of Britain's Cadbury, came in second, followed by talk show host and media mogul Oprah Winfrey, who is ending "The Oprah Winfrey Show" next year after...
10:51 AM, Oct 07, 2010
New Delhi: Mukesh Ambani has emerged as India's richest man third time in a row with a net worth of $ 27 billion, as the number of billionaires on the Forbes India’s Rich List has gone up to 69, 17 more than last year, boosted by a booming economy and rising stock market. Steel magnate Lakshmi Mittal has secured the second spot with a net worth of $ 26.1 billion....
07:24 AM, Sep 30, 2010
NEW YORK: Things are on the up for U.S. billionaires with more than half of them adding to their net worth in a year which once again saw Bill Gates as the richest of them all, Forbes magazine said on Wednesday. Gates, founder of Microsoft, was the richest person in the United States for the 17th year in a row with an estimated worth of $ 54 billion, up $...
10:27 AM, Sep 23, 2010
Washington: India and China have tied for top place on 2010 Forbes Asia's Fab 50 List with 16 firms each. India had 16 entries on the annual roster of the best 50 big-capitalisation and profitable companies in the region list, compared with 13 last year and only three when the inaugural Fab 50 List was published in 2005. A lot of Indian companies displayed staying power with 11 firms returning...
12:36 PM, Sep 16, 2010
Boston: With a net worth of $ 62 billion, Indian business tycoon Mukesh Ambani would be the richest man on earth in 2014, according to a forecast issued by the prestigious Forbes magazine. "One of the predictions is that Reliance Industries' chief Ambani, who currently has a net worth of $ 29 billion, pips the world's richest man Mexican businessman Carlos Slim to top Forbes' rich list in 2014," it...
02:39 PM, Sep 12, 2010
Washington: Despite the second highest growth in the world among major economies in 2009, India ranks 77 in Forbes Best Countries for Business list even as the US dropped from No. 2 to No. 9. "India is developing into an open-market economy, yet traces of its past autarkic policies remain," noted the US business magazine placing India ahead of Sri Lanka (83), China (90) and Pakistan (92) in its fifth...
07:55 PM, Sep 09, 2010
Washington: With 39 Indian companies making it to the Forbes "Asia's Best Under a Billion" list, up from only 20 last year, India was the biggest gainer as the region grew at "blistering rates" after the global economic crisis. "More Indian companies made it to the list this year as the country is less open than many other Asian economies and was therefore less affected by the global downturn," the...
06:46 PM, Sep 02, 2010
When India tested nuclear bombs in 1998, its leaders hailed it as some sort of a scarecrow that would deter its enemies from adopting aggressive designs. But ironically, the last 12 years have seen an increase in hostility against India. Its sphere of influence has shrunk as neighbours yield to the Chinese temptation. Amorphous, boundary-less terrorist networks have become powerful adversaries in their own right. Naxal violence has removed any...
09:18 PM, Aug 24, 2010
He has bought unlisted firm Infotel Broadband, owned by the Nahatas, for a little over $1 billion. ...
01:31 PM, Jul 17, 2010
