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The Michael Jackson concert movie "This Is It" topped Britain's box office over the weekend, according to Screen International on Tuesday, knocking Disney's "Up" off the No. 1 spot after three weeks.

Our 25th annual survey of America?s largest private companies reflects the same turbulence that is rocking the publicly traded firms that make all the headlines. Seven companies on this year?s list are operating in Chapter 11 bankruptcy, including aluminum maker Aleris (taken private by Texas Pacific Group) and Reader?s Digest (by Ripplewood Holdings).

When an elephant attempts to change course, it takes a while for it to align its massive frame with the new course. While liberalised India has grown past its initial struggle, it still has to travel some distance before it regains its equilibrium on the new path, writes Sunil Mittal.

Michael Jackson fans poured out of cinemas around the world on Wednesday applauding a new movie about the singer which they said proved he deserved the title King of Pop.

Eight times grand slam winner Andre Agassi has admitted using the recreational drug crystal meth and lying to men's governing body the ATP to escape a ban.

Michael Jackson's "This Is It" premiered to a star-filled crowd including Will Smith, Jennifer Lopez and four of the singer's brothers on Tuesday, winning early praise from critics and showing fans that the King of Pop could still entertain.

The dialogue is steamy, the actors pout and smoulder, but this isn't a typical day at a Bollywood studio -- the movie icons are part of a fashion trend that's got Indians wearing their favourite movies.

India, Oct. 27 -- Reality show Bigg Boss-Season 3, anchored by Bollywood star Amitabh Bachchan, is in trouble.

Resplendent in an olive green 'kurta' with leaf motifs, former India cricket skipper Kapil Dev lent glitz on Saturday to India's premier fashion event.

A small group of Michael Jackson's dedicated fans have started an "awareness" campaign surrounding the upcoming movie "This is It," saying it covers up the grim reality of the dead pop star's final days.

A 16-year-old Australian yachtswoman set sail from Sydney on Sunday in a controversial bid to become the youngest person to sail solo around the world.

India's billionaire Ambani brothers face off in the country's top court next week over a gas pricing case with all guns blazing: lined on each side are a battery of India's highest paid legal brains.

Since becoming a CEO, Elizabeth Miles, a co-founder and chief executive of Iken Business Ltd., a legal software company based in Bristol, U.K., has been "shocked to find that (on average) women employees are grateful for pay increases, whereas men expect and demand more. It's as if women can feel less deserving.

Jokes help. So does audience participation. The trick to making an effective presentation, says Alex Macris, chief of Themis Group, a Durham, N.C., holding company for gaming and media Web sites, is to keep your energy high and engage the crowd.

New Delhi, Oct. 13 -- It is not just roads, flyovers and stadiums that need overhauling before the Games.

Each year, as Diwali rolls around, a thick smog from burning firecrackers hangs in the air in large parts of India.

A post mortem on Boyzone singer Stephen Gately, 33, on the Spanish island of Majorca revealed on Tuesday that he died of natural causes due to fluid on the lungs, a court official said on Tuesday.

We've been going out on a date every Tuesday morning for months now. All thanks to the love and affection you've been showering me with, Tuesdays are the new Sundays for me.

A U.S. academic who proved that communities can trump state control and corporations became the first woman to win the Nobel prize in economics on Monday, sharing it with an expert on how companies make decisions whose work could influence post-crisis regulation.