With an eye on the forthcoming general elections and budget, many companies are planning to allocate a higher proportion of their advertising budget to news channels in the next three months.

The CEO of US insurer AIG , which is looking to shed assets around the globe as part of a $152 billion US government...

India has been a major attraction for Wikipedia, the free internet encyclopedia, according to its founder Jimmy Wales.

It's a Rodney King flashback. When the Los Angeles cops badly beat up that man and claimed that this had been in self-defense, a bystander's video gave the lie to their claims.

In order to survive in the recession-hit market, the micro, small and medium enterprises have asked the Centre to create a Rs 10,000-crore soft window.

Even as it has been a tough time for traditional steel producers, for new entrants like the KKN Group, this has been an opportunity to get into the business of steel making.

In a surprise move, the Centre on Thursday withdrew its affidavit in the Bombay High Court seeking a third party status in the ongoing legal battle between Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries...

The Global Economic Prospects report for 2009, released by the World Bank, projects that world GDP growth will be 2.5% in 2008 and 0.9% for 2009. Developing countries will likely grow by 4.5% next year, down from 6.3% in 2008...

Sugar mills in Maharashtra, India's biggest producer, plan to import at least 1 million metric tonne of raw sugar as a reduction in crop area cuts sugar cane output.

Close on the heels of announcing that it will shut its five manufacturing plants that produce cars, utility and commercial vehicles for 3-6 days in December...

InfoVision Group, one of the leading domestic BPOs in the country, has been acquired by Serco Group Plc, a UK-based international service company for Rs 200 crore.

Scientists may be on track to identify the fatherhood gene after a landmark study of family trees dating back more than 400 years suggested that men with lots of brothers are more likely to have sons than daughters.

Ever since Franklin Roosevelt put the building blocks of the New Deal in place in his first 100 days in office, presidents have been subjected to the 100-days test.

The government's chaotic 3G licensing policy has been thrown into further turmoil with the news that many foreign operators have decided to stay away from the auction scheduled for January 2009.

Treating recently announced central relief package a great blessing that would help them tide over the unprecedented crisis, the leather units have sought more support support in certain areas.

Three-quarters of Americans say Goldman Sachs Group Inc., Citigroup Inc and other banks that accepted taxpayer funds should cancel all bonuses this year.

The government has sought help from Spain to conclude a comprehensive trade and investment pact with the European Union by the end of next year, commerce and industry minister Kamal Nath saidon Thursday.

Office managers fancying cost-cutting by trimming copier and printout expenses could do better to rummage for fresh ideas now.

South Africa is looking forward to strengthen the economic relationship with India. A delegation from its Parliament has come over to India, and is at present in Kolkata, to explore different avenues and business tieups.