Witness recalls Rajaratnam beach trip before arrest (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 03:39 PM PDT Reuters - Days before Raj Rajaratnam and his friend Anil Kumar were arrested, they sat in deck chairs on a Miami beach. |
India says to test Japan food imports for radiation (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 10:42 AM PDT Reuters - India has ordered imported Japanese food products to be tested for radioactivity, food safety authorities said on Tuesday. |
Fire at Japan nuclear reactor heightens radiation threat (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 04:34 PM PDT Reuters - Japan raced to avert a catastrophe after fire broke out on Wednesday at a nuclear plant that has sent low levels of radiation wafting into Tokyo, prompting some people to flee the capital and triggering growing international alarm at the escalating crisis. |
India nuclear plans on track despite Japan crisis (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 04:51 AM PDT Reuters - India's plans to rapidly build more nuclear power plants are unlikely to change despite the crisis in Japan, as Asia's third-largest economy seeks to end blackouts, officials and experts said on Tuesday. |
Bahrain declares martial law, violence flares (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 11:20 AM PDT Reuters - Bahrain's king declared martial law on Tuesday as his government struggled to quell an uprising by the island's Shi'ite Muslim majority that has drawn in troops from fellow Sunni-ruled neighbour Saudi Arabia. |
Apple delays iPad 2 launch in Japan (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 11:07 AM PDT Reuters - Apple Inc said it will delay the launch of the iPad 2 tablet computer in Japan, in the wake of last week's earthquake and tsunami. |
Indian software firms ready to relocate Japan staff (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 05:17 AM PDT Reuters - Indian software services firms on Tuesday braced to relocate their employees from Japan as panic spread following a rise in radioactive levels around a quake-hit nuclear power plant. |
Cabinet okays GST bill; to be sent to parliament (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 04:03 AM PDT Reuters - The cabinet on Tuesday approved a bill to usher in a national goods and services tax (GST), Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said, the final step in the country's most ambitious tax reform before introducing it in parliament. |
Duminy anchors South Africa into last eight (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 09:38 AM PDT Reuters - JP Duminy agonisingly missed out on his first World Cup hundred by a run but his sparkling effort propelled South Africa into the quarter-finals with a crushing 131-run win over Ireland on Tuesday. |
SPECIAL REPORT - A PlayBook for fighting Apple and Google (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 05:40 AM PDT Reuters - Once upon a time, BlackBerry was king. Then came the iPhone, followed by Android. And BlackBerry seemingly lost its way -- if not quite its throne. |
Pakistan's Afridi dismisses fears over playing in India (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 02:50 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistan's captain Shahid Afridi said his team were happy to play their World Cup knockout stage matches in India despite earlier voicing concerns about security. |
Bangladesh court puts off hearing on Yunus appeal (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 12:57 AM PDT Reuters - Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Tuesday adjourned the hearing of an appeal by Nobel laureate Muhammad Yunus against a lower court decision upholding his removal from Grameen Bank, the microlending bank he founded. |
Mumbai gas supply disrupted, affects public transport (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 02:50 AM PDT Reuters - A disruption in the supply of natural gas to Mumbai has partially affected private taxis and three-wheelers, the primary mode of local transport after trains and buses in the city. |
Japan braces for potential radiation catastrophe (Reuters) Posted: 15 Mar 2011 07:19 AM PDT Reuters - Japan faced a potential catastrophe on Tuesday after a quake-crippled nuclear power plant exploded and sent low levels of radiation floating towards Tokyo, prompting some people to flee the capital and others to stock up on essential supplies. |
EXCLUSIVE - Ethical companies spread open approach - survey (Reuters) Posted: 14 Mar 2011 10:52 PM PDT Reuters - Companies that embraced the spirit of full disclosure -- breaking bad news to their customers or investors promptly -- stood out on a 2011 ranking of the world's most ethical companies. |
FACTBOX: How much radiation is dangerous? (Reuters) Posted: 14 Mar 2011 10:52 PM PDT Reuters - Japan asked local governments to make more frequent radiation checks after explosions at two nuclear reactors, with reports of radiation levels nine times normal briefly detected in Kanagawa near Tokyo. Below are some facts about the health dangers posed by higher radiation levels. |