2011年8月16日星期二

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Police order Anna Hazare freed after protests (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 02:33 PM PDT

Veteran Indian social activist Anna Hazare waves from a car after being detained by police in New Delhi August 16, 2011. REUTERS/Adnan AbidiReuters - Police ordered the release of Anna Hazare, the country's leading anti-corruption campaigner, from jail on Tuesday after mounting nationwide protests against his arrest for planning a hunger strike forced a U-turn by beleaguered Prime Minister Manmohan Singh.


July inflation eases; rate hike still seen (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 02:39 AM PDT

A vendor arranges watermelons for sale along the side of a road in Kolkata August 4, 2011. India's wholesale price index (WPI) rose an annual 9.22 percent in July, government data showed on Tuesday. REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - The inflation eased in July although the still-high headline number and persistent price pressures in manufactured goods raised the odds that policy will have to stay tight in the economy despite the rising risks to growth.


Fitch affirms U.S. AAA rating, disagrees with S&P (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 11:02 AM PDT

The Fitch Ratings building is seen in New York May 7, 2010. REUTERS/Jessica Rinaldi/FilesReuters - Fitch Ratings on Tuesday confirmed the United States' top-notch credit rating and, in blatant disagreement with rival Standard & Poor's, gave a vote of confidence to Washington's deficit-reduction efforts.


London deemed top fashion capital - survey (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 05:29 PM PDT

Britain's Catherine, Duchess of Cambridge arrives for the wedding between Zara Phillips, the eldest granddaughter of Queen Elizabeth, and England rugby captain Mike Tindall, at Canongate Kirk in Edinburgh, Scotland July 30, 2011. REUTERS/Dylan MartinezReuters - London has overtaken New York as the world's fashion capital for 2011, fuelled by media interest in late British designer Alexander McQueen and Kate Middleton, according to a survey by the Global Language Monitor.


Reporter's letter ties Murdoch execs to hacking (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 04:37 PM PDT

Clive Goodman arrives at the City of Westminster Magistrates Court in central London August 16, 2006. REUTERS/Alessia Pierdomenico/FilesReuters - Many senior executives at Rupert Murdoch's News of the World knew about phone hacking at the British tabloid, according to a 2007 letter written by a reporter which contradicts James Murdoch's denials and drags Britain's prime minister back into the scandal.


Judge denies Rajaratnam's bid to toss conviction (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 04:37 PM PDT

Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam leaves Manhattan Federal Court in New York April 20, 2011. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/FilesReuters - Galleon Group hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam has lost a bid to have his conviction thrown out after he was found guilty on insider trading charges in May.


Man United plans $1 bln Singapore float - sources (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 08:38 AM PDT

Manchester United supporters wave flags outside the stadium before their English Premier League soccer match against Blackpool at Old Trafford in Manchester, northern England, May 22, 2011. REUTERS/Darren Staples/FilesReuters - English Premier League soccer champions Manchester United are looking to raise $1 billion via a stock market flotation in Singapore by the end of 2011, sources with direct knowledge of the situation said on Tuesday.


Russia sees orders for fifth generation jet from 2015 (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 03:43 AM PDT

A man stands near a new multi-functional front-line fifth-generation fighter, code-named Reuters - Russia expects initial orders for its fifth-generation T-50 fighter jet, being developed with India, to be booked from 2015, United Aircraft Corporation's chief said on Tuesday.


In-flight film "explains" mysteries of female pleasure (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 02:15 AM PDT

A file photo shows a model waiting for visitors during the opening day of the annual Sexpo in Sydney July 24, 2008. The in-flight entertainment on some planes run by Australian airline Qantas currently contains a somewhat unusual offering -- a movie that purports to elucidate the mysteries of female sexual pleasure. REUTERS/Daniel Munoz/FilesReuters - The in-flight entertainment on some planes run by Australian airline Qantas currently contains a somewhat unusual offering -- a movie that purports to elucidate the mysteries of female sexual pleasure.


Bharti Airtel suspected of forex rule violation - minister (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 05:07 AM PDT

A labourer cleans a Bharti Airtel advertisement billboard installed on a truck in Kolkata November 19, 2010. The Directorate of Enforcement is investigating the country's top mobile phone carrier Bharti Airtel for suspected violations of foreign exchange rules, the Minister of State for Finance said on Tuesday. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - The Directorate of Enforcement is investigating the country's top mobile phone carrier Bharti Airtel for suspected violations of foreign exchange rules, the Minister of State for Finance said on Tuesday.


DLF hit with $139 mln anti-competition fine (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 05:45 AM PDT

A man paints a logo of Indian property developer DLF Ltd. at their construction site in Mumbai June 11, 2007. DLF was served a penalty fine of 6.3 billion rupees by the country's competition watchdog on Tuesday after it found the company to have abused its dominant market position. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - DLF, India's largest real estate developer, was served a penalty fine of 6.3 billion rupees ($138.9 million) by the country's competition watchdog on Tuesday after it found the company to have abused its dominant market position.


Google's bold Motorola bet to reshape Asian phone makers (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 12:23 AM PDT

A Motorola Droid phone is seen displaying the Google search app in New York August 15, 2011.  REUTERS/Brendan McDermidReuters - Asian handset makers using Google's Android operating system might turn to rival platforms such as Microsoft's Windows after Google upended the mobile landscape by buying Motorola Mobility Holdings for $12.5 billion.


Rebels say Tripoli encircled; U.S. says Scud fired (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Aug 2011 07:33 PM PDT

A rebel fighter holds a Libyan identification card and a Libyan Army card seized from a man the rebels said is a Libyan Army soldier at a checkpoint in the coastal town of Zawiyah, 50 km west of Tripoli, August 14, 2011. REUTERS/Bob StrongReuters - Libyan rebels said they had seized a second strategic town near Tripoli within 24 hours, completing the encirclement of the capital in the boldest advances of their six-month-old uprising against Muammar Gaddafi.


The songs they are a'changing for The Dylan Project (Reuters)

Posted: 16 Aug 2011 03:43 AM PDT

Reuters - When a band of veteran British rock musicians took to the stage with a different take on Bob Dylan's music at the weekend, they were so good someone in the crowd even shouted "Judas".
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