Trial of 26/11 accused Tahawwur Rana hears final arguments (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 03:57 PM PDT Reuters - In final arguments to the jury on Tuesday, U.S. prosecutors said evidence was clear that Pakistan-born Chicago businessman Tahawwur Rana, accused of supporting the 2008 attack on Mumbai, knew he was aiding a plot that ultimately killed 166 people. |
Anna Hazare to defy ban on anti-graft fast (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 01:40 AM PDT Reuters - Anna Hazare, a veteran social activist, plans to defy a police ban and go on a hunger strike in the capital on Wednesday to protest against corruption and the crackdown on a peaceful fast led by popular yoga guru Swami Ramdev. |
Nintendo lifts lid on Wii U, seeks hardcore gamers (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 04:10 PM PDT Reuters - Nintendo Co Ltd has unwrapped a new touchscreen controller for its next-generation Wii to positive early reviews, spurring hope it might attract a hardcore gaming crowd that has drifted to rivals such Microsoft Corp's Xbox. |
Ford eyes India, China to hit 50 pct growth target (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 03:11 PM PDT Reuters - Ford Motor Co is aiming to expand its presence in the fast-growing auto markets of India and China with an eye toward increasing the number of vehicles it sells per year by 50 percent by the middle of the decade. |
Injured Woods pulls out of U.S. Open (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 03:40 PM PDT Reuters - Tiger Woods has ruled himself out of next week's U.S. Open because of injury, he announced Tuesday. |
Web companies test Internet's readiness for future (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 04:47 PM PDT Reuters - Web companies including Google, Facebook and Akamai are joining forces on Wednesday to test the Internet's readiness for a future in which billions more people and devices will be connected. |
Lower growth, shakeout await microfinance firms (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jun 2011 11:03 PM PDT Reuters - D. Maniamma, for one, has had enough of microlenders. |
India says not committed support to Lagarde for IMF top job (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 06:34 AM PDT Reuters - India has not committed to support French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde's candidacy for the International Monetary Fund's (IMF) top job, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Tuesday, a sign that India may still be hopeful of nominating an alternative candidate. |
Maruti says talks continue as workers' strike enters 3rd day (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jun 2011 11:31 PM PDT Reuters - The management of India's top car maker Maruti Suzuki is continuing talks with striking workers at its Manesar plant, a company spokesman said, as the strike entered its third day on Tuesday, disrupting output and weighing on its shares. |
Young drug users forgotten amid India AIDS success (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 03:13 AM PDT Reuters - Aslam began to smoke marijuana at the age of ten, lured into it by friends. Soon he graduated to other drugs, mostly heroin, stealing mobile phones and snatching gold necklaces from around women's necks to pay for his habit. |
Following the man who stole tea from China (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 02:27 AM PDT Reuters - Robert Fortune was a scientist, a botanist and, in some ways, an industrial spy. But he is best known as the man who stole tea from deep within China and took it to India in the mid-1800s, changing history. |
S.Africa says BRICS still talking about IMF head (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:58 AM PDT Reuters - The BRICS group of countries are still talking about a possible candidate to head the International Monetary Fund, South Africa's Finance Minister Pravin Gordhan said on Tuesday. |
U.S., Pakistan authorities dispute Ilyas Kashmiri's death (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 10:35 AM PDT Reuters - U.S. and Pakistani officials disagree sharply over claims that senior al Qaeda leader Ilyas Kashmiri was killed in a recent missile strike, suggesting strains persist between the often uneasy allies. |
Apple's Jobs makes big push into an everyday cloud (Reuters) Posted: 06 Jun 2011 07:23 PM PDT Reuters - Apple Inc CEO Steve Jobs unveiled services for people to store more of their photos, music and other data online, giving the iPad and iPhone maker the lead in a fast-expanding new consumer market. |
Lagarde says India positive on IMF job, next stop China (Reuters) Posted: 07 Jun 2011 05:22 AM PDT Reuters - French Finance Minister Christine Lagarde said on Tuesday that Indian officials had positive views on her credentials as she contests for the head of the International Monetary Fund (IMF), and that she hoped to get a view on China's position later this week. |