Don't forget Rajat Gupta's philanthropic work: Friends

Don't forget Rajat Gupta's philanthropic work: Friends New York: As the high-profile insider trading trial of former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta enters its third week, the Indian-American's prominent friends feel he has been portrayed in an "unfair and one-sided" manner and his philanthropic work in India should not be forgotten. 63-year-old Gupta's trial, which began in Manhattan federal court on May 21, will resume on Monday after a weekend break with his protege and former McKinsey...
03:21 PM, Jun 04, 2012

Bribery case: K'taka BJP MLA Sampangi seeks bail

Bribery case: K'taka BJP MLA Sampangi seeks bail Bangalore: Jailed in a corruption case, BJP MLA Sampangi on June 4 moved to the Karnataka High Court seeking bail and also to review the Lokayukta court verdict. The matter will come up for hearing on June 5 before Justice Jagannathan. In the first-ever conviction of an elected representative of the people in Karnataka, Lokayukta court Judge NK Sudhindra Rao on June 2 has convicted and sentenced Sampangi to undergo...
02:26 PM, Jun 04, 2012

Obama's 'presidential pardon' for schoolkid

Obama's 'presidential pardon' for schoolkid Washington: Want to miss school? Get a good absent note. A fifth-grader in the US did just that by getting a handwritten note from Barack Obama asking the teacher to excuse his absence from school as he was with the American President. Tyler Sullivan, a fifth-grader in Rochester, went to watch his father, Ryan Sullivan, introduce Obama before the president's speech at Honeywell in Golden Valley. When he returns to...
12:23 PM, Jun 04, 2012

Gold hits all-time high, crosses Rs 30,000-level

Gold hits all-time high, crosses Rs 30,000-level New Delhi: Gold prices on Saturday jumped sharply up to Rs 1,095 per 10 gram crossing the Rs 30,000 per 10 gram level, its all-time high, on account of rise in global prices of precious metal and weakening rupee. The maximum jump in prices was seen in Chennai, where gold became costlier by Rs 1,095 at Rs 30,380 per 10 gram, followed by Delhi with a again of Rs 960...
08:33 PM, Jun 02, 2012

Usain Bolt sets year's fastest time for 100m

Usain Bolt sets year's fastest time for 100m Rome: Olympic champion Usain Bolt clocked a season's best of 9.76 seconds to win the 100 metres at the Rome Golden Gala Diamond League meeting on Thursday. The Jamaican world record holder, who managed only 10.04 in Ostrava last Friday, was back to his best against a world class field which included his compatriot and former world record holder Asafa Powell. Powell, who said later he had not heard the...
08:54 AM, Jun 01, 2012

Gold demand tepid as prices climb

Gold demand tepid as prices climb MUMBAI: Gold prices in India, one of the world's leading consumers, climbed on May 28 in line with firm global markets but the rise depressed physical demand just ahead of a lean season. The most-active June delivery on the Multi Commodity Exchange (MCX) was up 0.24 per cent at Rs. 28,995 by 2:16 p.m. "We are heading towards seasonally weak demand period," said Babu Alapatt, managing director at retailer Alapatt...
04:11 PM, May 28, 2012

After IPL, Sahil Peerzada summoned over gold fraud

After IPL, Sahil Peerzada summoned over gold fraud Mumbai: Sahil Peerzada has been summoned by the Mumbai Income Tax department just days after he was in the news in connection with the alleged molestation row in the Indian Premier League. The I-T notice for Sahil Peerzada is for an alleged gold fraud four years ago. Peerzada along with another man, Raees Khan, had allegedly defrauded a metal scrap trading corporate of Rs 464 crore. The gold fraud co-accused,...
01:33 PM, May 28, 2012

Video: Making of film '22 Female Kottayam'

Video: Making of film '22 Female Kottayam' 'Salt N Pepper' fame Aashiq Abu who had been in the pre-production work of his 'Idukki Gold' has suddenly shifted his plans and announced his new movie in the title '22 Female Kottayam'(22FK). Another small film featuring Rima Kallingal and Fahad Fazil in the lead cast, the new movie will be scripted by Abhilash Kumar with the support of Shyam Pushkaran. The movie which carries an interesting tag line 'No...
05:25 PM, May 25, 2012

Goldman Sachs, BofA-ML cut India GDP forecast

Goldman Sachs, BofA-ML cut India GDP forecast Mumbai: Analysts at Goldman Sachs and Bank of America-Merrill Lynch cut their growth forecasts for India, following up on a Morgan Stanley downgrade earlier this week that had sparked much concern in domestic markets. The downgrades come in a tough month for Indian markets, after global risk aversion surged, exposing the country's fiscal and economic vulnerabilities. Goldman Sachs said it was cutting its gross domestic product forecast to 6.6 per...
05:24 PM, May 25, 2012

Email, wiretaps at trial link Rajat Gupta to Rajaratnam

Email, wiretaps at trial link Rajat Gupta to Rajaratnam New York: Using FBI wiretaps, email, phone records and the testimony of a Goldman Sachs Group Inc director, US prosecutors drew a picture for jurors on Thursday of events that led to the insider-trading trial of onetime corporate star Rajat Gupta. 63-year-old Gupta is accused of providing now-imprisoned hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam with boardroom secrets between March 2007 and January 2009 while he was a director of Goldman Sachs...
09:17 AM, May 25, 2012

Malayalam film for Shanghai film festival

Malayalam film for Shanghai film festival Thiruvananthapuram: 'Akashathinte Niram'(The Colour of the Sky), a Malayalam film directed by Biju Menon has been chosen for the 'Golden Goblet' competition section of the Shanghai International film festival. This is the first time a Malayalam movie is being selected for the main competition section of the Shanghai festival, a release here said. The festival is to be held from June 16 to 24 in Shanghai, China. 'Akashathinte Niram' is...
11:58 AM, May 24, 2012

"Rajat Gupta on Rajaratnam's important people list"

New York: Former Goldman Sachs director and McKinsey & Co executive Rajat Gupta was on a list of "important people" that now-imprisoned hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam was willing to be disturbed to take their phone calls, his onetime secretary testified at Gupta's insider-trading trial on Tuesday. The former Galleon Group employee Caryn Eisenberg also told the Manhattan federal court jury that she saw Gupta "many times" in the firm's...
09:52 AM, May 23, 2012

Rajat Gupta cheated, abandoned duties: Prosecutor

Rajat Gupta cheated, abandoned duties: Prosecutor New York: A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc board member "threw away his duties" in divulging secrets about the investment bank to now-imprisoned hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam, a US prosecutor said at the start of a major insider-trading trial on Monday. Rajat Gupta, once a boldface name in business and charity circles, is the most prominent corporate executive charged in the US government's crackdown on insider trading. He has...
07:16 AM, May 22, 2012

Ex-Goldman director Rajat Gupta's NY trial begins

Ex-Goldman director Rajat Gupta's NY trial begins New York: The July 29, 2008, phone call between two titans of Wall Street began with the old friends exchanging mild pleasantries, but then quickly turned serious and - by the government's account - criminal. Hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam asked about a rumor that Goldman Sachs "might look to buy a commercial bank". On the other end of the phone, then-widely respected Goldman board member Rajat Gupta confided there...
09:37 AM, May 21, 2012
Now Showing: Masand reviews 2 movies, interviews Freida

Now Showing: Masand reviews 2 movies, interviews Freida

This week Rajeev Masand reviews 'Department' and 'The Best Exotic Marigold Hotel'. He also visits the 65th Cannes film festival and talks to Freida Pinto. ...
03:40 PM, May 19, 2012
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