Indians Planet

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. stocks rose on Thursday as a string of solid corporate profits and a drop in the number of Americans staying on jobless benefits fueled economic recovery hopes.

MUMBAI (Reuters) - State Bank of India, the country's largest lender, topped forecast with a 42 percent jump in quarterly profit, aided by trading gains, but analysts cautioned that trading profits would ease in the coming quarters as bond yields climb. ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) - Power firm NHPC Ltd will kick off a $1.25 billion IPO next week in the first share sale by a state company since the Congress party's unexpectedly strong re-election in May spurred investor hopes for pro-market reforms. ...

NEW DELHI (Reuters) - Talks between between India's Bharti Airtel and South Africa's MTN that could eventually lead to a full merger of the two firms have not been finalised yet, an Indian government minister said on Thursday. ...

MUMBAI (Reuters) – The rupee dropped to one-week lows on Thursday, extending losses into a third session on month-end dollar demand from importers and as the market caught up with the dollar's gains versus major currencies.

China's efforts for the 2010 World Expo make it a clear winner compared to Indias for the Commonwealth Games.

PARIS (Reuters) - It is good news that financial markets are doing better but 2009 will still be a bad year for the world economy, International Monetary Fund Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn said on Wednesday.

Marketing is a mess today, Jack Trout is convinced. Brands are not able to create a difference, product categories have become commoditised, says the marketing guru in his latest book, In Search of the Obvious, quoting market research.

SAN FRANCISCO/SEATTLE (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp and Yahoo Inc inked a 10-year Web search deal to better compete against market leader Google Inc but stopped short of combining their display advertising businesses.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Search engine giant Google Inc said it was "interested" in Microsoft's 10-year search deal with Yahoo announced on Wednesday, adding that competition was usually good for online users.