Rethink lending to India & China, US counsels ADB The Asian Development Bank runs the risk of becoming obsolete if it persists with policies such as lending heavily to countries with huge currency reserves like India and China...
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Steve Ballmer shunned talks, says Jerry Yang Internets second most popular search engine Yahoo has said it was open to selling itself to Microsoft, but the software giants Chief Executive Steven A Ballmer and his deal makers were not keen to negotiate and ultimately withdrew their proposal.
Pegs GDP growth at 8.9 per cent
NCAER paints pretty picture Projecting a much better forecast than those made by the Centre and the Reserve Bank of India, economic think tank NCAER, on Tuesday, said the Indian economy despite a global slowdown could grow by up to 8.9 per cent during 2008-09,
Vodafone to retail Apples iPhone Vodafone, on Tuesday, announced that it had signed an agreement with Apple to sell the iconic iPhone to its subscribers in 10 countries, including India.
Protesters picket the Asian Development Bank at Manila's Mandaluyong city to protest the ADB's 41st annual meeting being held in Madrid, Spain. They scored the ADB allegedly for its strategic privatisation policies in the Asian region which according to them has led to huge and continuous increases in rates, monopoly of natural resources by private businesses, massive dislocations of communities and environmental damage. AP
Did Harbhajan Singh deserve the 11-match ban for his onfield misbehaviour with a fellow-player or is the punishment too harsh? Deccan Herald had invited readers’ opinion on the issue. Most of our readers opined that Harbhajan deserved the punishment as this is not the first time that the player has crossed the limits. Some readers questioned Sreesanth’s action in provoking Harbhajan and said both the players should amend their behaviour to suit the gentleman’s game.
