New York: Apple Inc unveiled a new digital textbook service called iBooks 2 on Thursday, aiming to revitalise the US education market and quicken the adoption of its market-leading iPad in that sector. The consumer electronics giant has been working on digital textbooks with publishers Pearson PLC, McGraw-Hill and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, a trio responsible for 90 per cent of textbooks sold in the United States. The move pits the...
12:35 AM, Jan 20, 2012
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Let's face some hard facts squarely. India are a team on the decline. In two away series they have faced a quality team in England ...
10:07 AM, Jan 03, 2012
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India came into the Boxing Day Test in Melbourne with a win over West Indies under the belt after a disastrous tour of England. Australia ...
02:15 PM, Dec 30, 2011
Mumbai: Indian equity benchmark Nifty snapped 8-day losing streak on Tuesday - bouncing back above the 4800 mark - led by technology, banks, metals and auto (four-wheeler) stocks. But the market was extremely volatile during the day due to choppy trade in rupee. Both the benchmarks trimmed gains in late trade following cut in gains in European markets and downward spiral in the rupee. The 30-share BSE Sensex rose 119.32...
09:03 AM, Nov 22, 2011
New Delhi: Bradley Cooper is the latest Hollywood heartthrob to be named People's sexiest man alive, the magazine announced on Wednesday. In choosing Cooper, who has enjoyed box office success most notably in The Hangover films, the magazine said there was more to the actor than his dazzling baby blues and a killer smile. The 36-year-old is also a Georgetown University graduate, can cook, rides a motorcycle and is fluent...
10:10 AM, Nov 17, 2011
St Simons Island: Indian golfer Arjun Atwal missed the cut at the McGladrey Classic after returning a disappointing two-over 72 in the second round here. Atwal ended three-over overall, four shots off the cut which came at one-under. Webb Simpson shot a three-under 67 and at 130, he was two shots behind leader Billy Horschel (64), who picked up four shots in his last four holes. Simpson and Luke Donald...
02:22 PM, Oct 15, 2011
St Simons Island, USA: Arjun Atwal got off to a disappointing start as he shot one-over 71 to be placed tied 91 after being two-under at one stage here at the McGladrey Classic on the PGA Tour. Atwal, who is now on 92nd position in the Money List and needs to stay inside top-125 to keep his card for 2012, had two birdies and two bogeys on the front nine...
05:58 PM, Oct 14, 2011
New Delhi: The industrial growth of the country slowed to 4.1 per cent in August on account of the poor performance of the manufacturing sector and a decline in mining output, indicating an economic slowdown. Growth in factory output, as measured in terms of the Index of Industrial Production (IIP), stood at 4.5 per cent in August last year. During the April-August period this fiscal, IIP growth stood at 5.6...
11:42 AM, Oct 12, 2011
Anchorage, Alaska: Former Alaska Governor Sarah Palin threatened to sue the author and publisher of an unflattering biography she said was filled with "lies and rumors presented as fact." The book by veteran political writer Joe McGinniss, "The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin," was published last week as speculation mounted about whether the Republican conservative firebrand would launch a late bid for her party's presidential nomination in 2012....
11:44 AM, Sep 29, 2011
Cast: Jason Momoa, Ron Perlman, Rose McGowan Director: Marcus Nispel Former Baywatch star and hulking slab of granite Jason Momoa steps into the presumably big shoes of Arnold Schwarznegger to play that grunting, brutish warrior from the ancient land of Cimmeria in the new version of 'Conan The Barbarian'. This dull, humorless remake is just as dumb as the campy 1982 film starring Schwarznegger, but makes the fatal flaw of...
10:58 PM, Aug 26, 2011
Rajeev Masand says 'Conan The Barbarian' is a dull, humourless remake. What do you say? Write your own review and win prizes.
10:45 PM, Aug 26, 2011
Mumbai: The Bombay Stock Exchange benchmark Sensex on Tuesday added over 156 points as investors picked up stocks, particularly IT shares, available at lower levels after recent losses, amid firming global cues. The 30-share barometer advanced by 156.77 points to close at 16,498.47 points. The index initially touched the day's low of 16,213.18. The broad-based National Stock Exchange index Nifty closed higher by 50.10 points at 4,948.90 after touching a...
09:21 AM, Aug 23, 2011
New Delhi: The longlist for the 2011 Man Booker Prize for Fiction - the 'Man Booker Dozen' - is announced. The 13 books on the list include: one former Man Booker Prize winner; two previously shortlisted writers and one longlisted author; four first time novelists and three Canadian writers. The list also includes three new publishers to the prize - Oneworld, Sandstone Press and Seren Books. The titles were chosen...
09:17 PM, Jul 26, 2011
New Delhi: Lets not lose market share even if it means sacrificing margins in the short term. Long Procter and Gambles battle cry, in the last few years it had increasingly become an intrinsic part of arch-rival Unilevers strategy as well. Hardly surprising, as Paul Polman who became Unilever CEO in 2009 had spent 27 years at P&G. With mergers and acquisitions picking up globally, it was only a matter...
12:14 PM, Jun 24, 2011
London: In what could be one of the biggest deals in the global FMCG sector, consumer goods giant Procter & Gamble is rumoured to be lining up a 38 billion pounds bid for its biggest rival Unilever. Wild rumours are doing the rounds that Procter & Gamble (P&G) could make a mega offer for Unilever, according to British publication Daily Mail. There are "wild rumours from across the pond that...
11:07 AM, Jun 02, 2011
Mumbai: You've seen the ads - but have you wondered what it is exactly that Speak Asia does and how it makes money for you? Speak Asia claimed FMCG majors paid them for conducting market surveys, but after the companies denied it, Speak Asia said it was a miscommunication. Speak Asia CEO Manoj Kumar said, "We apologise to the companies concerned." So how does Speak Asia work? It say it ...
06:59 AM, May 19, 2011
New York: A New York City woman who was getting $ 850 a month in alimony because she was supposedly disabled and unable to work had her payments slashed after her ex-husband spotted online photos of her belly dancing. Brian McGurk went to court after discovering a blog that showed his 43-year-old ex-wife dancing at a gallery. In other Internet postings, she wrote about dancing vigorously for several hours every...
11:55 AM, Apr 18, 2011
Mumbai requires on an average, 700 units of blood per day for transfusions, due to accidents and other illnesses. ...
09:14 AM, Apr 12, 2011
Mumbai: India's fast moving consumer goods industry is hoping the upcoming budget will bring in concrete measures to tame spiralling inflation and viable tax structure to ensure continued growth. The 130-billion-rupee industry, which is the fourth largest sector in the Indian economy, has been reeling under the pressure of surging input costs and subsequent impact on profit margins. "Prices of agri-commodities are on the rise. Prices have risen by 30-35...
03:32 PM, Feb 24, 2011
