Indians Planet http://www.indiansplanet.com Indian Technology Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:50:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7.1 en hourly 1 BSE Sensex seesaws; metals fall, techs rise http://www.indiansplanet.com/business/bse-sensex-seesaws-metals-fall-techs-rise/ http://www.indiansplanet.com/business/bse-sensex-seesaws-metals-fall-techs-rise/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:50:21 +0000 Reuters: Money News INIndia-46823720100311 ]]> MUMBAI (Reuters) – The BSE Sensex was little changed in flip-flop trade on Thursday morning, as Asian markets edged lower with investors fretting over tighter monetary policy in China.

]]> http://www.indiansplanet.com/business/bse-sensex-seesaws-metals-fall-techs-rise/feed/ BSE Sensex seesaws; metals fall, techs rise http://www.indiansplanet.com/business/bse-sensex-seesaws-metals-fall-techs-rise/ http://www.indiansplanet.com/business/bse-sensex-seesaws-metals-fall-techs-rise/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 05:50:21 +0000 Reuters: Money News INIndia-46823720100311 ]]> MUMBAI (Reuters) – The BSE Sensex was little changed in flip-flop trade on Thursday morning, as Asian markets edged lower with investors fretting over tighter monetary policy in China.

]]> http://www.indiansplanet.com/business/bse-sensex-seesaws-metals-fall-techs-rise/feed/ BSE Sensex marginally down amid mixed Asian cues http://www.indiansplanet.com/business/bse-sensex-marginally-down-amid-mixed-asian-cues/ http://www.indiansplanet.com/business/bse-sensex-marginally-down-amid-mixed-asian-cues/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 03:40:25 +0000 Reuters: Money News INIndia-46821420100311 ]]> MUMBAI (Reuters) – The BSE Sensex was trading marginally lower in early trade on Thursday, amid mixed Asian cues, with Tata Steel and Housing Development Finance Corp declining the most.

]]> http://www.indiansplanet.com/business/bse-sensex-marginally-down-amid-mixed-asian-cues/feed/ U.S. Senate passes $149 bln for jobless aid, tax breaks http://www.indiansplanet.com/business/us-senate-passes-149-bln-for-jobless-aid-tax-breaks/ http://www.indiansplanet.com/business/us-senate-passes-149-bln-for-jobless-aid-tax-breaks/#comments Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:46:25 +0000 Reuters: Money News INIndia-46811420100311 ]]> WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. Senate on Wednesday passed a $149 billion package of jobless aid and tax breaks, as Democrats continued efforts to lower the 9.7 percent unemployment rate before congressional elections in November.

]]> http://www.indiansplanet.com/business/us-senate-passes-149-bln-for-jobless-aid-tax-breaks/feed/ World’s mega-rich adding wealth, Carlos Slim No. 1 http://www.indiansplanet.com/business/worlds-mega-rich-adding-wealth-carlos-slim-no-1/ http://www.indiansplanet.com/business/worlds-mega-rich-adding-wealth-carlos-slim-no-1/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:57:20 +0000 Reuters: Money News INIndia-46818020100310 ]]> NEW YORK (Reuters) - Mexican tycoon Carlos Slim is the world’s richest person, knocking Microsoft founder Bill Gates into second spot, as the wealth of the world’s billionaires grew by 50 percent over the last year, Forbes magazine said on Wednesday.

]]> http://www.indiansplanet.com/business/worlds-mega-rich-adding-wealth-carlos-slim-no-1/feed/ NEWSMAKER - World’s richest man, Slim, a born wheeler-dealer http://www.indiansplanet.com/business/newsmaker-worlds-richest-man-slim-a-born-wheeler-dealer/ http://www.indiansplanet.com/business/newsmaker-worlds-richest-man-slim-a-born-wheeler-dealer/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 23:18:03 +0000 Reuters: Money News INIndia-46816720100310 ]]> MEXICO CITY (Reuters) - Mexico’s Carlos Slim, named the world’s richest man on Wednesday, first showed a talent for business as a 10-year-old kid when he filled his pockets with pesos selling drinks and snacks to his family.

]]> http://www.indiansplanet.com/business/newsmaker-worlds-richest-man-slim-a-born-wheeler-dealer/feed/ Greece says EU could intervene, mechanism in works http://www.indiansplanet.com/business/greece-says-eu-could-intervene-mechanism-in-works/ http://www.indiansplanet.com/business/greece-says-eu-could-intervene-mechanism-in-works/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 21:02:07 +0000 Reuters: Money News INIndia-46813220100310 ]]> WASHINGTON/BRUSSELS (Reuters) - Greek Prime Minister George Papandreou said on Wednesday the EU stood ready to intervene if speculation against his country’s debt continued and euro zone sources said finance ministers would discuss next week a mechanism to support Greece.

]]> http://www.indiansplanet.com/business/greece-says-eu-could-intervene-mechanism-in-works/feed/ Banks, tech lead Wall Street higher http://www.indiansplanet.com/business/banks-tech-lead-wall-street-higher/ http://www.indiansplanet.com/business/banks-tech-lead-wall-street-higher/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 20:10:52 +0000 Reuters: Money News INIndia-46811520100310 ]]> NEW YORK (Reuters) - Bank and technology shares lifted Wall Street on Wednesday on hopes the sectors may be poised for a recovery as the U.S. economy improves.

]]> http://www.indiansplanet.com/business/banks-tech-lead-wall-street-higher/feed/ The power of social networks http://www.indiansplanet.com/lifestyle/the-power-of-social-networks/ http://www.indiansplanet.com/lifestyle/the-power-of-social-networks/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 18:37:53 +0000 Business Standard | Life & Leisure | All http://business-standard.com/common/storypage_c.php?leftnm=10&autono=388204 Once every year or so, a book comes along that opens a new window in your mind, and gives you a different prism through which to view the world. The Long Tail, The Search and Freakonomics are examples that come to mind. Connected is one such.

]]> http://www.indiansplanet.com/lifestyle/the-power-of-social-networks/feed/ A decade later, lessons in the Nasdaq collapse http://www.indiansplanet.com/business/a-decade-later-lessons-in-the-nasdaq-collapse/ http://www.indiansplanet.com/business/a-decade-later-lessons-in-the-nasdaq-collapse/#comments Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:44:27 +0000 Reuters: Money News INIndia-46807220100310 ]]> SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Ten years ago today, before the dot-com bubble burst, the Nasdaq composite index hit a record 5,132.52 points — a peak that the technology-heavy market shows no sign of scaling again any time soon.

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