India may escape worst effects of crisis - RBI (Reuters) Posted: 12 Oct 2008 02:12 AM CDT Reuters - India may escape the worst consequences of the global financial crisis due to its strong internal drivers for growth but money, debt and credit markets may be impacted indirectly, its central bank chief said. |
Amitabh Bachchan to leave hospital in few days (Reuters) Posted: 12 Oct 2008 02:37 AM CDT Reuters - Leading Bollywood actor Amitabh Bachchan will be discharged in a few days from a Mumbai hospital where he was admitted after complaints of abdominal pain, a hospital official said on Sunday. |
India's Christians celebrate first woman saint (Reuters) Posted: 12 Oct 2008 02:05 AM CDT Reuters - Thousands of Christians in Kerala are attending special prayers ahead of the canonisation on Sunday of a Roman Catholic nun who will become the country's first woman saint. |
Australia start slowly after taking 70-run lead (Reuters) Posted: 12 Oct 2008 02:08 AM CDT Reuters - Australia were nine without loss at lunch on the fourth day after taking a handy 70-run first innings lead in the first test against India at the Chinnaswamy Stadium on Sunday. |
Alonso wins in Fuji while Hamilton fails to score (Reuters) Posted: 12 Oct 2008 02:43 AM CDT Reuters - Renault's Fernando Alonso stormed to his second win in a row at the Japanese Grand Prix on Sunday while McLaren's championship leader Lewis Hamilton plunged from first to last and failed to score. |
Scramble to save banks as IMF warns of meltdown (Reuters) Posted: 12 Oct 2008 02:55 AM CDT Reuters - Rich nations rushed to shore up the global financial system after the International Monetary Fund warned of meltdown, with Australia and New Zealand guaranteeing bank deposits and newspapers reporting plans for Britain's biggest retail bank rescue. |
France fight back as Spain, Germany, England win (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2008 09:54 PM CDT Reuters - Spain, Germany and England all chalked up victories in their qualifiers for the 2010 World Cup on Saturday while France, finalists two years ago, had to fight back from two goals down to draw 2-2 in Romania. |
The week that was: Most popular on Reuters (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2008 01:35 PM CDT Reuters - Here is a roundup of the most popular stories over the week from the world of business, politics, general news and entertainment. |
IMF warns of meltdown; France says Europe to act (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2008 10:57 PM CDT Reuters - The IMF warned the world's financial system was near meltdown and France promised that a meeting of European leaders in Paris will detail measures to keep a market panic from triggering the most severe global downturn in decades. |
Amitabh Bachchan admitted to hospital on birthday (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2008 11:45 AM CDT Reuters - Actor Amitabh Bachchan was admitted to a hospital in Mumbai on Saturday after complaining of stomach pain, a hospital spokesman said. |
Players could boycott 2009 WTA Tour, says Safina (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2008 11:09 PM CDT Reuters - The top players could boycott next year's WTA Tour if their questions were left unanswered, world number three Dinara Safina said on Saturday. |
Hamilton goes from first to last in Japan (Reuters) Posted: 12 Oct 2008 12:59 AM CDT Reuters - Formula One leader Lewis Hamilton went from first to last in Sunday's Japanese Grand Prix after a poor start and then clashing with Ferrari rival Felipe Massa on the second lap. |
Harbhajan helps India rally with fighting fifty (Reuters) Posted: 11 Oct 2008 08:27 AM CDT Reuters - Harbhajan Singh smashed his fifth test fifty to frustrate Australia after left-arm Mitchell Johnson had ripped through India's top-order with a four-wicket haul in the first test on Saturday. |