Ronaldinho vows to give everything to Brazils cause
Two-time FIFA World Player of the Year Ronaldinho has vowed to "give everything he has" to re-establish his place in Brazil's national football team. Ronaldinho was recalled to Brazil's squad ...
View ArticleHennessey Venom GT sports car sets world record of 0-300 kmh acceleration
American sports car Hennessey Venom GT has set the Guinness World Record (GWR) for having the fastest 0-300 kilometres per hour (kmh) acceleration. Hennessey Venom GT, which set the record at ...
View ArticleNo blackouts during World Cup
The staging of the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil will be free of power blackouts, Nelson Hubner, head of the country's national electricity agency (Aneel) has asserted. Hubner, who is in charge of ...
View ArticleChina holds edge as top manufacturer Survey
China, regarded as the top manufacturing destination glabally, will retain this spot over the next five years, says an international study which found Germany and the US following it but set to be ...
View ArticleAIFF president meets Blatter for U-17 World Cup
All India Football Federation (AIFF) president Praful Patel Wednesday met FIFA president Joseph Blatter to discuss issues relating to guarantees from the Indian government required by the apex soccer ...
View ArticleGlobal project to showcase brands leaders from most promising nations of Asia
World Consulting and Research Corporation (WCRC) has declared the genesis of Asia's most promising brands and leaders for fiscal 2012-13. The project will accentuate brands and leaders involving the ...
View ArticleConstitutional amendment for GST by year-end Chidambaram
Finance Minister P. Chidambaram Wednesday hoped that parliament would by the end of this year approve the constitutional amendment needed to introduce the goods and services tax (GST) regime. ...
View ArticleAnand Sharma meets leading Western firms executives
India's Commerce and Industry Minister Anand Sharma Wednesday met senior executives of leading firms, including BAE Systems chairman Richard Olver and Royal Philips Electronics president Frans A. van ...
View ArticleBoeing delivers IAFs first C-17 for flight tests
The first of 10 C-17 Globemaster III airlifters for the Indian Air Force (IAF) is all set to enter a US Air Force flight test programme at Edwards Base in Palmdale, California. Boeing delivered ...
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World's thinnest tablet computer unveiled by Sony
NEW YORK - Sony has unveiled what it claims is the world's thinnest and lightest 10-inch tablet computer, measuring just 6.9mm in thickness, weighing just 1.1lb, and powered by Google's popular ...
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19 per cent drop in class action suits filed in 2012 against US corporate
WASHINGTON - Fewer investors filed class actions suits against American corporate for fraud in 2012, compared to the trend witnessed since 1997, according to a study by Stanford Law School and ...
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Chevron to explore in 3 offshore Moroccan sites
SAN RAMON, California - Chevron Morocco Exploration Ltd, a subsidiary of US energy giant Chevron Corporation, has signed petroleum agreements with Morocco's Office National Des Hydrocarbures Et Des ...
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IBM stock gains with better than expected Q4 earnings
NEW YORK - International Business Machines Corp (IBM), world's largest technology services company, has reported stronger-than-expected earnings and revenue for the fourth quarter, giving a boost to ...
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Europe expected to contract slightly in 2013 says IMF
WASHINGTON - The International Monetary Fund has marginally pared down projection of global growth to 3.5 per cent this year, up from 3.2 per cent in 2012, but a downward revision of just 0.1 ...
View ArticleMedvedev certain Russian economy to stand firm without shower of petrodollars
DAVOS, January 23 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev believes that the Russian economy will not collapse even if the shower of petrodollars runs ...
View ArticleRussia’s former finance minister Alexei Kudrin expects sharp worsening of...
DAVOS, January 23 (Itar-Tass) - Russia’s former finance minister, Alexei Kudrin, is expecting a sharp worsening of the situation in the euro area by the end of this year or the middle of next ...
View ArticleRussian PM disagrees with Europe’s position on Third Energy Package
DAVOS, January 23 (Itar-Tass) - Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev disagreed with Europe’s position on the Third Energy Package as it calls for a revision of existing ...
View ArticleAeroflot to get Boeing 787 Dreamliners in 2016
DAVOS, January 23 (Itar-Tass) – Aeroflot-Russian Airlines will get Boeing 787 Dreamliners in 2016, the company’s Director-General Vitaly Savelyev said on Wednesday, January ...
View ArticleRock slide repairs to begin later this week on Alcoa Highway
The emergency project will stabilize the rock face where falling boulders tore through protective mesh and rolled onto the northbound lanes of U.S. 129 near Woodson Drive on Jan. ...
View ArticleDollar flat after IMF cuts global growth forecast
The dollar was little changed against other major currencies Wednesday after the International Monetary Fund cut its estimates for world economic growth this ...
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