Clinton takes on doubts on India-U.S. partnership (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 09:43 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton vowed on Thursday to confront doubts over the U.S.-India partnership, saying the two giant democracies stand at a pivotal moment in their relations. |
Monsoon 11 pct below normal in week to June 2 (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 07:57 AM PDT Reuters - Monsoon rains were 11 percent below normal in the week to June 2, the weather office said on Thursday. |
ANALYSIS - Population, incomes tilt India towards food imports (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 03:16 AM PDT Reuters - India's anxiety over erratic monsoon rains will become more acute as rising incomes and a growing population push up demand for farmed produce faster than supply, turning the nation into a major importer within 5 years. |
S.Africa's MTN says not in talks with Reliance Comm (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 08:23 AM PDT Reuters - South Africa's MTN Group said it was not in talks with India's Reliance Communications, following a newspaper report on Thursday that Reliance was mulling a merger with MTN. |
Food, fuel inflation quicken in late-May (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 12:38 AM PDT Reuters - India's food and fuel price inflation quickened in late-May, putting upside pressure on the wholesale price index that could prompt further monetary tightening by the Reserve Bank of India. |
Pakistan recall Shoaib Akhtar, Shoaib Malik for Asia Cup (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 06:22 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan recalled fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar and all-rounder Shoaib Malik on Thursday for this month's Asia Cup one-day tournament. |
UK fines JPMorgan record $49 mln, warns other banks (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 05:48 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. investment bank JPMorgan Chase & Co has been fined a record 33.32 million pounds ($49.12 million) in Britain for failing to protect billions of dollars of client money over almost seven years. |
EXCLUSIVE - World Cup soccer fans turning more to cellphones (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 05:30 AM PDT Reuters - The billions of fans of soccer World Cup, globally the premiere sporting event, will increasingly turn to mobile phones to track the action, according to a Nielsen survey released on Thursday. |
Services growth slows slightly in May - survey (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 12:46 AM PDT Reuters - Business activity among Indian services firms expanded for the 13th consecutive month in May, but at a slower pace than in April, as growth in business expectations and prices charged ebbed, a survey showed. |
Titanic film director says BP turned down help offer (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 12:18 AM PDT Reuters - Film director and deep-sea explorer James Cameron said on Wednesday that BP Plc turned down his offer to help combat the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. |
Fish conservation an economic saviour for Uttarakhand villages (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 02:03 AM PDT Reuters - Conserving an endangered fish in Uttarakhand's Ramganga river has proved to be not only environmentally rewarding but also an economic saviour to villages along the banks of the river. |
Israel resists international probe into Gaza ship raid (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 02:20 AM PDT Reuters - Israel on Thursday resisted calls for an international inquiry to investigate its lethal seizure of a Turkish ship bound for blockaded Gaza. |
BP inches ahead in latest bid to control oil spill (Reuters) Posted: 03 Jun 2010 03:37 AM PDT Reuters - Robot submarines plying the dark, frigid depths of the Gulf of Mexico made halting progress in BP's latest bid to siphon off oil belching from its ruptured wellhead, but tar balls and other debris from the spill posed new threats to the region's shoreline. |