England beat India by 319 runs in 2nd test (Reuters) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 10:14 AM PDT Reuters - Tim Bresnan bowled England to a crushing 319-run victory over India in the second test on Monday with a test best of five for 48 as the world number one side capitulated for 158 with a day to spare. |
House approves U.S. debt deal a day before deadline (Reuters) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 04:45 PM PDT Reuters - The House of Representatives on Monday approved an 11th-hour deal to raise the U.S. borrowing limit, clearing the biggest hurdle to averting a potentially catastrophic U.S. debt default. |
Parliament reopens to grapple with major reforms (Reuters) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 04:49 AM PDT Reuters - Parliament reopened on Monday but opposition politicians forced a shutdown within minutes, a sign that little progress is likely to be made in passing reforms to accelerate growth in Asia's third-largest economy. |
Injuries and batting failures hit India hard says Dhoni (Reuters) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:31 PM PDT Reuters - India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni blamed the absence of key players and batting failures for the team's latest heavy defeat to England at Trent Bridge on Monday. |
India sees further signs of slowdown; RBI talks tough (Reuters) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 06:43 AM PDT Reuters - India's economy showed further signs of slowdown on Monday, with July factory expansion the weakest in 20 months, a government panel cutting its growth forecasts and its top carmaker posting a steep drop in sales. |
DiCaprio, Depp top list of best-paid actors (Reuters) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 02:56 PM PDT Reuters - Leonardo DiCaprio and Johnny Depp, actors who alternate between box office blockbusters and quirky, independent films, topped the list of Hollywood's highest-earning actors, Forbes.com said on Monday. |
Indian refiners start clearing Iran debt via Turkey (Reuters) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 07:56 AM PDT Reuters - Iran is receiving long overdue payments for its oil exports to India as two major buyers have started using a Turkish bank to get around U.S.-led moves to isolate the Islamic Republic, industry sources said on Monday. |
Key political risks to watch in India (Reuters) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 03:26 AM PDT Reuters - India's coalition government has shown some signs of shaking off the paralysis it has suffered for months, but political wrangling will limit its thrust for reforms during the parliament session that begins on Aug 1. |
Chinese retailers hijack the Ikea experience in fast-growing west (Reuters) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 06:54 AM PDT Reuters - Nestled in a sleepy southern district of Kunming city in southwest China, is a 10,000 square metre, four-storey building that could make Swedish furniture giant Ikea uneasy. |
Maruti posts record fall in July car sales (Reuters) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 01:12 AM PDT Reuters - Maruti Suzuki, India's top car maker, posted a record 25 percent slump in July sales as production of one of its popular sedans |
Competition easing, consolidation seen in mobile market: Mittal (Reuters) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 03:26 AM PDT Reuters - Bharti Airtel, India's top mobile carrier, is seeing stiff competition in the Indian market easing and feels consolidation in the 15-player market is imminent, Chairman Sunil Mittal said in the company's annual report. |
Dhoni's act of sportsmanship finds praise, critics back home (Reuters) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 02:11 AM PDT Reuters - Mahendra Singh Dhoni's decision to recall Ian Bell after a bizarre runout at Trent Bridge on Sunday will have gone down well with English cricket fans but his act of sportsmanship appears lost on some of his compatriots. |
India rocked by Bresnan burst in second innings (Reuters) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 08:21 AM PDT Reuters - Tim Bresnan took four wickets as India capitulated to 68 for six in pursuit of a world record victory target of 478 in the second test against England on Monday. |
Dravid falls as India chase world record 478 (Reuters) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 05:49 AM PDT Reuters - India lost the key wicket of Rahul Dravid in their pursuit of a world record fourth-innings score of 478 to win the second test against England on Monday. |
Foxconn plans to use 1 mln robots in 3 yrs (Reuters) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 05:13 AM PDT Reuters - Taiwan's Foxconn Technology Group, known for assembling Apple's iPhones and iPads in China, plans to use more robots, with one report saying the company will use one million of them in the next three years, to cope with rising labour costs. |
Serena claims first title since 2010 Wimbledon (Reuters) Posted: 01 Aug 2011 12:47 AM PDT Reuters - Comeback queen Serena Williams won her first tournament in more than a year when she overpowered third seed Marion Bartoli of France 7-5 6-1 in the Stanford Classic final on Sunday. |
Al Pacino's daughter arrested for drunken driving (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jul 2011 11:50 PM PDT Reuters - The 21-year-old daughter of actor Al Pacino was arrested in Manhattan for driving while intoxicated, police said on Sunday. |
Bell admits he was naive in runout furore (Reuters) Posted: 31 Jul 2011 07:58 PM PDT Reuters - England batsman Ian Bell accepted the blame for a bizarre runout controversy against India which threatened to create a feud between the teams on the third day of the second test at Trent Bridge on Sunday. |