India has one of world's weakest pension systems - study (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2011 05:48 AM PST Reuters - Greece, India, China and Thailand are home to the weakest national pension systems in the world, crippled by a mix of acute sovereign debt, young retirement ages, high ratios of pensioners to workers and poor pension take-up, a study showed. |
Michael Jackson doctor guilty of manslaughter (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2011 03:59 PM PST Reuters - Michael Jackson's personal doctor was found guilty on Monday of involuntary manslaughter in the singer's death following a six-week trial that captivated Jackson fans around the world. |
Barnes & Noble's new tablet keeps it in the game (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2011 03:08 PM PST Reuters - Barnes & Noble Inc introduced a new Nook to compete against Amazon.com Inc's Kindle Fire, entering the lower-end tablet war with a device that has more memory and speed but also costs $50 more. |
HPCL not heard from govt on petrol price hike rollback (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2011 03:49 AM PST Reuters - State-run Hindustan Petroleum Corp Ltd (HPCL) has not heard from the government about potentially rolling back an increase in petrol prices, its head said on Monday. |
Food inflation is matter of great concern: Finmin (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2011 04:08 AM PST Reuters - Food inflation in India was a matter of great concern, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Monday, and cited higher demand for meat, eggs, vegetables and milk as the prime reason for the recent spike in food prices. |
School on a bus brings classes to Hyderabad slums (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2011 01:26 AM PST Reuters - On a hot afternoon, a bright orange bus drives into a slum area of Hyderabad, parking amidst shelters made of tarpaulins and bits of wood. Barefoot children come running, eyes shining, and troop inside. |
Bowlers put India and Windies test on knife edge (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2011 06:03 AM PST Reuters - Seventeen wickets fell during a riveting second day's play but neither West Indies nor India could claim the upper hand in the see-saw first test at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium on Monday. |
Ex-central banker front-runner to become Greek PM (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2011 10:34 AM PST Reuters - A former deputy head of the European Central Bank emerged on Monday as frontrunner to become Greek prime minister, as party leaders bargained over who will lead a "100 day coalition" to push through a bailout before the nation runs out of money. |
Miss Venezuela crowned Miss World in London (Reuters) Posted: 06 Nov 2011 06:29 PM PST Reuters - A human resources graduate from Venezuela, whose ambition is to work with children, was crowned Miss World 2011 at a glittering beauty pageant in London on Sunday. |
Inside Room 200, home of U.S. "super committee" (Reuters) Posted: 06 Nov 2011 11:10 PM PST Reuters - Deep beneath the U.S. Capitol is a red-carpeted room that recently reverberated to the sound of Democrats and Republicans singing together, and then to their angry exchanges over how to fix the U.S. budget. |
Little hope seen of Taliban settlement before 2014 (Reuters) Posted: 07 Nov 2011 03:13 AM PST Reuters - When the Russians pulled out of Afghanistan in 1989, they left behind a government in Kabul which outlasted the Soviet Union, kept Islamist insurgents at bay, and collapsed only after the money ran out. |
Cash-rich cos sit tight, fearing govt meddling - Fidelity (Reuters) Posted: 06 Nov 2011 10:56 PM PST Reuters - Fears of government intervention and regulatory changes are causing companies in Asia and Europe to refrain from increasing spending despite improved balance sheets since the global financial crisis, a survey by money manager Fidelity Worldwide Investment showed. |
IAEA to say Iran nearing nuclear capability - report (Reuters) Posted: 06 Nov 2011 11:36 PM PST Reuters - Intelligence provided to the United Nations' nuclear watchdog agency shows that Iran has mastered the critical steps needed to build a nuclear weapon, The Washington Post reported on Sunday. |
SPECIAL REPORT - No longer the beast, Toyota strives for beauty (Reuters) Posted: 06 Nov 2011 09:19 PM PST Reuters - As Toyota Motor President Akio Toyoda passed the banged-up Aston Martin Zagato in his Lexus LFA on the Nuerburgring race track last month, he figured that was it for the British race car. |
Lady Gaga steals show at MTV Europe Awards...again (Reuters) Posted: 06 Nov 2011 09:32 PM PST Reuters - Lady Gaga stole the show at the MTV Europe Music Awards in Belfast on Sunday, scooping four prizes and going one better than 2010 when she also led the field with three. |