Renewal premium, one of the key indicators of long-term sustainability of the business, showed strong growth of 90% and stood at Rs3,423 crore for 2008-09.. more »

Bharat Sanchar Nigam Ltd today said the proposal relating to its public offer through divesting 10 per cent of its stake is with the Centre and is likely to get delayed due to the subdued capital market.. more »

At one point during Thursdays session, the S&P 500 fell below its 10 October closing low to its lowest since March 2003.. more »

Infrastructure Development Finance Company (IDFC) is in talks with GE Commercial Finance, the financial arm of GE, to acquire about 35% stake in the latter’s construction equipment finance business in India... more »

Some states, including Florida, Georgia and Colorado started early voting with a large number of people queueing up to cast their ballots .. more »

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Country's first low-cost airline Air Deccan, now Kingfisher Red, has the rather uncomplimentary distinction of having the highest number of passenger complaints registered against it for deficiency in services. .. more »

HDFC Mutual Fund has announced 6 November 2008 as ...... .. more »

Filed under: Sony PlayStation 3 , Rhythm Despite promises to the contrary, the PlayStation 3 Guitar Hero: World Tour drum set doesn't seem to be working with Rock Band 1 or 2 . Many users on the RB forums have noticed that the game is recognizing the wireless set as a microphone, and unfortunately, the mic isn't being recognized as a beat box .. more »

Gwen was the egg to Gavin’s bacon.  Not exactly original - but whatever! WENN ... .. more »

Could be. Could also be someone who still cares being there for someone in their time of need. It's hard to say. It's not like they had a long-term relationship. Mandy and Adam were only going out for a couple of months. He broke it off to chase Nicole Richie and she broke it off to disap... .. more »

What is it with October? Both the earlier 'great' stock market crashes happened in this month. On its anniversary, a look at The Great Depression 1.0 and the lessons it holds for us in 2008 .. more »

Joe McCain, the brother of John McCain, said Friday hell withdraw from campaign activities after calling 911 to complain about traffic. McCain called 911 in Alexandria, VA, and used an expletive to the operator and hung up. Listen to the call: I feel terrible about having hurt the campaign over this incident, he said. I wont [...]Broadcasting .. more »

FDIC Chairman Sheila Bair said the government can help struggling homeowners overhaul mortgages by giving banks an incentive to modify the loans. (Remarks) .. more »

A week from tonight, Barack Obama tries to seal the deal with voters who still may be up for grabs by appealing to them through a nationally televised, prime-time, 30-minute infomercial. It will be the latest manifestation of how his campaign's phenomenal fundraising has meant that money is no object for it as election day nears. But it also has .. more »

Today AppLoop launched a mobile application generator which lets you turn any RSS feed into a mobile application for either iPhone (available today) or Android (coming soon). The company, who also runs the analytics and advertising solution MediaLets , wanted to provide everyone with the tools to make a mobile app, even if they didn't have any .. more »

The sanctuary situated in the Mysore district abounds in various species of avi fauna. The flying fox, otter, python, tortoise, crocodile, cormorant, darter, egrets, heron, ibis, kingfisher, plover, parakeet, spoonbill, whistling teal and peregrine are some of the main species of birds that inhabit the sanctuary.When to visit: June to OctoberWhere .. more »

Mumbai, Sept. 30 Domestic equities that opened sharply lower on Tuesday following the failure of the US financial bailout package, bounced back on reassurance from the financial regulators. .. more »

The yellow metal fell by Rs50 at Rs12,720 per ten gram in the opening session .. more »

More than 120 heads of state or government are to attend the week-long general debate of the UN General Assemblys 63rd session.. more »