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Time for national reconciliation, Obama tells Rajapaksa HT - Sat, Feb 6
President Barak Obama has urged newly re-elected President Mahinda Rajapaksa to lead Sri Lanka towards national reconciliation in the post-Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam (LTTE) era and heal the divisions created by conflict.
Call for top Obama NRI to quit HT - Sat, Feb 6
Rajiv Shah, the seniormost Indian-American in the Obama Administration, may be coordinating the American relief effort in quake-hit Haiti, but a senior Congressman has demanded for his removal from the post of Administrator of the United States Agency for International Development (USAID) for lacking minority staffers.
Obama turned down Chatwal's funding HT - Sat, Feb 6
During Barack Obama?s presidential campaign in 2008, his finance committee refused to accept any contribution from controversial hotelier Sant Singh Chatwal, because of the latter?s ?background and baggage?, a member of his campaign finance committee told Hindustan Times.
China blocks Iran sanctions HT - Sat, Feb 6
China on Thursday threw a roadblock in the path of a US-led push for sanctions against Iran, saying that it is important to continue negotiations as long as Iran appears willing to consider a deal to give up some of its enriched uranium.
Avatar smashes North American box office record HT - Fri, Feb 5
India, Feb. 4 -- Avatar has reached yet another milestone, smashing the North American box office record previously held by the 1997 James Cameron epic Titanic, Fox studios announced on Wednesday.
US rejects prisoner swap with Iran for detained hikers HT - Thu, Feb 4
The US on Wednesday rejected Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad's offer of releasing three American hikers held in Iran in exchange for Iranian citizens held in US prisons.
Millionaire High School Dropouts Forbes - Wed, Feb 3
For some, diplomas are (barely) worth the paper they're printed on. These star entrepreneurs jumped right in.
US set for arms deal with Gulf allies HT - Mon, Feb 1
The Obama administration is quietly working with Saudi Arabia and other Persian Gulf allies to speed up arms sales and rapidly upgrade defenses for oil terminals and other key infrastructure in a bid to thwart future military attacks by Iran, according to former and current US and Middle Eastern government officials.
US is at war with Lashkar, says ex-CIA official HT - Sat, Jan 30
The United States is now ?at war with Lashkar-e-Tayyeba (LeT)?, according to a former senior official of the Central Intelligence Agency.
US continues to get info on possible terror strikes in India PTI - Sat, Jan 30
The US continues to receive information about terrorist groups planning attacks against India, the State Department has said and advised its nationals to be alert during their travel to the country in the coming months.
Ranking The World's Most Sustainable Companies Forbes - Fri, Jan 29
Helen Coster, Forbes.com
Over the past decade, "sustainability" has become a popular corporate buzzword with a nebulous definition. To most people it connotes an abstract sense of do-gooding that centers on a company's effects on society and the environment.
Wall Strasse beats Wall Street on Obama's bank bill FE - Fri, Jan 29
US President Barack Obama has taken a sledgehammer to the model that Wall Street investment banks have created over the last three decades.
Obama targets outsourcing, wants US jobs FE - Fri, Jan 29
The country's $50-billion software services export industry once again came in the line of fire with US President Barrack Obama reiterating his proposal to "slash the tax breaks for companies that ship our jobs overseas" and instead "give those tax breaks to companies that create jobs in the USA".
26/11 probe: Headley pleads not guilty HT - Thu, Jan 28
Despite cooperating with US federal prosecutors and investigators, Pakistani-American David Coleman Headley pleaded not guilty to all charges, including those relating to the 26/11 terror attacks in Mumbai.
Regulation vs recovery: bankers on backfoot defence at Davos HT - Thu, Jan 28
Upbeat bankers clashed with pessimistic economists on the opening day of the World Economic Forum, where the movers and shakers of global politics and business argued over whether to move forward with financial reforms ? or to abandon what some claim would be a ruinous path toward over-regulation.
Avatar breaks Titanic box office record HT - Thu, Jan 28
Sci-fi epic Avatar has sunk the global box office record set in 1997 by Titanic, distributor 20th Century Fox confirmed.
Tiger Woods' wife calls off divorce HT - Thu, Jan 28
Los Angeles, Jan. 27 -- The wife of Tiger Woods has called off their divorce after visiting the golfing superstar at a clinic where he is undergoing rehab for sex addiction, website radaronline.com reported on Tuesday.
American disapproval on the rise HT - Thu, Jan 28
The state of the union is obstreperous. Dyspepsia is the new equilibrium. All the passion in American politics is oppositional. The Americans know what they don?t like, which is: everything.
Where Stars Are Born Forbes - Thu, Jan 28
Christina Fierro and Archana Rajan, Forbes.com
Last week Alec Baldwin won a Golden Globe award for playing television executive Jack Donaghy on NBC's 30 Rock. It's not the first time the actor's taken a golden statue home--the TV and film star can boast 23 major award wins and 36 nominations. But all that success hasn't made him forget where he came from.
Most Overexposed Billionaires Forbes - Thu, Jan 28
Katie Evans, Forbes.com
There's no escaping him. Donald Trump is everywhere--and he loves it that way. In New York City there are at least 13 buildings with the Trump name on them and at least 20 more around the world.