2011年10月24日星期一

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Gaddafi to be buried Tuesday, location secret - NTC (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 01:55 PM PDT

A Libyan woman visits the body of slain Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi (L) inside a storage freezer in Misrata October 24, 2011. REUTERS/Thaier al-SudaniReuters - The body of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi will be buried on Tuesday in a simple ceremony, attended by Muslim clerics, in a secret location in the Libyan desert, an official with the National Transitional Council said on Monday.


Steve Jobs book may be Amazon's 2011 top seller (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 04:39 PM PDT

A poster advertising the new biography of Apple CEO Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson is displayed at a bookstore in New York October 24, 2011.  REUTERS/Shannon StapletonReuters - The new biography of the late Apple Inc chief Steve Jobs is likely to be Amazon.com Inc's top-selling book of 2011, a spokeswoman at the Internet retailer said on Monday.


Key excerpts from Steve Jobs' biography (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 04:53 PM PDT

Store clerk Allison Page unpacks a box of the new biography of Apple CEO Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson in San Francisco, California October 24, 2011.  REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - A new biography of late Apple Inc co-founder Steve Jobs hit book-shelves on Monday, offering arguably the most comprehensive, insightful look to date at the life and times of the revered technology visionary.


Delhi race a game-changer for Sauber chief (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 02:23 PM PDT

A convoy of cars drive around the track at the Buddh International Circuit, the venue for the first ever Indian F1 race at Greater Noida October 18, 2011. REUTERS/Parivartan SharmaReuters - India's first Grand Prix this weekend could be the breakthrough that changes the way the country's businesses look at Formula One, according to Sauber chief executive Monisha Kaltenborn.


Cheaper silver dominates festival sales in India (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 10:07 AM PDT

A silver trader weighs his silver ornaments inside his shop in Ahmedabad April 27, 2011. REUTERS/Amit Dave/FilesReuters - Small-sized silver bars and coins dominated festival sales in India, the world's top consumer, as precious metals consumers hit by inflation chose the cheaper white metal in hopes of future price gains.


Carlyle, General Atlantic in talks to invest in Flipkart: sources (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 07:57 AM PDT

A generic picture of a woman in an office using a computer mouse. U.S. private equity firms Carlyle Group and General Atlantic are in talks to jointly invest about $150 million to $200 million in online retailer Flipkart, two sources familiar with the matter told Reuters. REUTERS/Catherine Benson/FilesReuters - Private equity firms Carlyle and General Atlantic are in talks to jointly invest about $150 million to $200 million in online retailer Flipkart, according to two sources with knowledge of the deal.


RBI warns of growth risk ahead of rate decision (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 07:00 AM PDT

The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) logo is pictured outside its head office in Mumbai May 3, 2011. REUTERS/Danish Siddiqui/FilesReuters - The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) said inflation remains "sticky" even though risks to growth have risen, while weakening investment imperils growth for the next fiscal year, complicating its policymaking task a day before it is expected to raise interest rates.


Reliance Group unit challenges 2G charges (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 02:16 AM PDT

A man makes a phone call on his mobile phone in front of an advertisement for Reliance in Mumbai June 8, 2010. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - A unit of Reliance Communications, part of billionaire Anil Ambani's Reliance Group, filed a petition on Monday to overturn charges against the firm and three of its executives related to a multi-billion dollar telecoms scam, the company said in a statement.


India may allow foreign airlines to invest in local carriers - official (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 02:16 AM PDT

An aerial view of Air India planes parked at Bombay airport August 4, 2005. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - The government is likely to approve a plan to allow foreign airlines to buy stakes in Indian carriers, India's industry secretary told Reuters on Monday.


Reviewers praise new Steve Jobs biography (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 01:03 PM PDT

Store clerk Allison Page reacts after opening a box containing the new biography of Apple CEO Steve Jobs by Walter Isaacson at a bookstore in San Francisco, California, October 24, 2011.  REUTERS/Robert GalbraithReuters - The biography of late Apple Inc. co-founder Steve Jobs' hit the bookstores on Monday, and reviewers wasted little time in heaping praise on the much-anticipated book destined for the bestseller list.


Rajaratnam: U.S. pushed to turn on friend - report (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 09:07 AM PDT

Galleon hedge fund founder Raj Rajaratnam departs Manhattan Federal Court after his sentencing in New York October 13, 2011. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson/FilesReuters - Just weeks before fallen hedge fund tycoon Raj Rajaratnam was sentenced to 11 years in prison for insider trading, U.S. prosecutors pressed him to turn on his friend, former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta, The Daily Beast online newspaper reported.


Tata, Woolworths end 5-year partnership - report (Reuters)

Posted: 23 Oct 2011 10:36 PM PDT

Reuters - Tata Group has not renewed a five-year agreement with Australia's largest retailer Woolworths for retailing consumer electronics in India, the Economic Times reported on Monday, quoting unnamed persons close to the development.

Libya "liberated", but Gaddafi still unburied (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 11:19 AM PDT

A woman reacts after seeing the corpse of Muammar Gaddafi in Misrata October 23, 2011. REUTERS/Thaier al-SudaniReuters - A day after Libyans declared a "liberation" that consigned Muammar Gaddafi to the "garbage bin of history", hundreds again filed past his rotting corpse in a grim display that has raised questions about the nation's new direction.


ANALYSIS - U.S. talks up Pakistan role in Afghan peace talks (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 12:14 AM PDT

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton listens as she is introduced to speak after touring the GM Powertrain plant in Tashkent, Uzbekistan October 23, 2011. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - After years of demanding Pakistan crack down on militants in a lawless tribal area on its border with Afghanistan, the United States has now set out a possibly tougher challenge -- bring those militants to the peace table.


Gaddafi still on show, rotting as wrangling goes on (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 06:45 AM PDT

People take pictures of the body of former Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi inside a meat locker in Misrata October 22, 2011. REUTERS/Youssef BoudlalReuters - Libyans filed past Muammar Gaddafi's decomposing body for a fourth day on Monday, to see for themselves that the dictator was dead, while talks dragged on among emerging local factions over disposing of the corpse.


Turkey quake toll exceeds 260 dead, hundreds missing (Reuters)

Posted: 24 Oct 2011 06:45 AM PDT

Rescue workers work to save people trapped under debris after an earthquake in Ercis, near the eastern Turkish city of Van, early October 24, 2011. REUTERS/Umit BektasReuters - Rescuers clawed through rubble on Monday to free people trapped by a powerful earthquake that killed at least 264 people and wounded more than 1,000 in mainly Kurdish southeast Turkey.


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