Google seeks to speed up Web searches (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 04:53 PM PDT Reuters - Google Inc's search engine now displays results before users finish typing. |
A Minute With: Aamir Khan and his Midas touch (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 09:43 AM PDT Reuters - One of India's most popular actors, Aamir Khan, is considered Bollywood's man with the Midas touch. |
India takes F1 calendar to record 20 races (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 07:22 AM PDT Reuters - Formula One will stretch to a record 20 races next year with India making its grand prix debut in late October although no new teams will be coming in, the sport's governing body said on Wednesday. |
BP and partners trade blame for U.S. oil spill (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 04:26 PM PDT Reuters - BP Plc and its Gulf of Mexico oil well partners traded blame on Wednesday after an internal BP investigation tried to downplay the company's role in the world's biggest offshore spill. |
Florida pastor not backing down on Koran-burning (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 05:32 PM PDT Reuters - An obscure U.S. Christian pastor whose plan to burn copies of the Koran on Sept. 11 has sparked an international outcry said on Wednesday he would go ahead with the event despite warnings it would endanger American troops in Afghanistan and Iraq. |
Weightlifter Sanamacha Chanu fails dope test, faces life ban (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 05:48 AM PDT Reuters - Indian weightlifter Sanamacha Chanu has failed a dope test for a second time and could be banned for life, a top official said on Wednesday. |
Bombay High Court rules against Vodafone in tax case (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 08:01 AM PDT Reuters - India's tax department has jurisdiction over tax bills in cross-border mergers, a court ruled, dismissing a petition by Vodafone and setting a precedent for foreign firms looking to buy into Indian companies. |
Pakistan's response to floods mired in "doom and gloom" (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 07:52 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan, whose economy has been battered by the worst floods in its history, needs to abide by terms of an IMF bailout loan by enforcing fiscal austerity, the chances of which happening appear close to zero. |
Ferrari escape further penalty over orders (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 10:40 AM PDT Reuters - Formula One's governing body (FIA) upheld a $100,000 fine for Ferrari but will impose no further sanction following the team orders controversy, an Italian motorsport official told reporters on Wednesday. |
RBI: No timeframe for freeing savings rate (Reuters) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 11:58 PM PDT Reuters - The RBI has not set any timeframe for deregulation of deposit rates on savings bank accounts, Deputy Governor Usha Thorat said on Wednesday. |
Shaken not stirred: 007's Aston Martin goes up for auction (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 07:03 AM PDT Reuters - James Bond fans with deep pockets will soon have the chance to get their hands on the ultimate piece of 007 memorabilia, as the martini-sipping, daredevil spy's Aston Martin DB5 goes up for auction next month. |
ArcelorMittal may get land for $6.4 bln Karnataka plant by Dec (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 05:38 AM PDT Reuters - ArcelorMittal, the world's top steelmaker, can start building its $6.4 billion steel plant in Karnataka by December after local authorities compensate displaced farmers, a senior government official said on Wednesday. |
EXCLUSIVE - Thuuz website aims to tip sports fans to hot games (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 08:57 AM PDT Reuters - Venture capitalist Warren Packard hopes sports fans will stop listening to their friends and start heeding his new website to find out which games they should watch. |
Online brainteaser helps send rice to Pakistan (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 06:06 AM PDT Reuters - Help for millions affected by the recent floods in Pakistan may be coming from an unusual source: an online vocabulary game that feeds the hungry. |
Qureshi gives Pakistani sports fans something to cheer (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 03:35 AM PDT Reuters - For a nation devastated by floods, rocked by terrorism and embarrassed over a cricket corruption scandal, Pakistanis are pinning their hopes on an unlikely sporting star to give the country something to cheer. |
Essex police clear Kaneria over betting allegations (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 06:06 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan leg-spinner Danish Kaneria has been cleared by Essex police of betting during an English county match last season, his lawyer said. |
Book Talk: Self-help author finds animals give twist on life (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 05:57 AM PDT Reuters - Heard the one about the pair of ducks who moved into a New Jersey home? Or the doe that stopped a woman in the woods as her fawn was stuck in a fence? |
Fines of $7 in "tough" new China anti-smoking rules (Reuters) Posted: 08 Sep 2010 02:04 AM PDT Reuters - China's "toughest" ever smoking ban which aims to stop people lighting up during November's Asian Games will carry fines of $7, state media said on Wednesday, a limited deterrent to smokers in one of China's richest cities. |
John Lennon's killer refused parole for sixth time (Reuters) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 10:58 PM PDT Reuters - John Lennon's killer was denied parole for the sixth time on Tuesday, three months before the 30th anniversary of the former Beatle's death. |
U.S. religious leaders condemn 'anti-Muslim' frenzy (Reuters) Posted: 07 Sep 2010 07:24 PM PDT Reuters - U.S. religious leaders on Tuesday condemned an "anti-Muslim frenzy" in the United States, including plans by a Florida church to burn a Koran on Sept. 11, an act a top general said could endanger American troops abroad. |
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