Not that many people outside of California care, but according to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger, the state faces a nearly $25 billion budget deficit. As the rich man that he is, the former movie star favors everybody else helping out by making his state's sales tax the No. 1 biggest, averaging 9.5%. According to the nonpartisan legislative analyst, .. more »

Nifty falls below 3K: Experts react.. more »

Oil fell below $60 for the first time since March 2007. Traders are betting heavily crude will continue to slide... more »

The U.S. dollar declined Friday after the Labor Department said more jobs were lost in October than forecast, indicating continued pain for the economy. .. more »

Here's a good reason why more loyal Ticket readers should take a little time to wander around elsewhere on LATimes.com. Yes, we know the map was in the newspaper. But most of our readers don't get the LA Times, silly people. So here's a wonderful map showing the 2008 presidential voting for John McCain and Barack Obama by county, no less. Which .. more »

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Finance helps the economy in much the same way a police force or an army helps keep the peace. Finance is a cost--not a benefit--of maintaining a complicated economy .. more »

Where to invest and how to stay afloat amid volatile markets. Here's what you need to know. Business Week in Pics | CEOtoons | Weekend Platter I Market Turmoil.. more »

Zubin Mehta isnt the right person to tell the story of his remarkable life .. more »

Poche settimane dopo l'annuncio dell'allargamento del programma di beta privata, i tipi di Good Old Games comunicano ufficialmente in queste ore l'apertura pubblica del sito. Lo store digitale del retrogaming è pronto ora ad accogliere gli orfani dei bei giochi di una volta e chi si dibatte tra abandonware e incompatibilità .. more »

JP Morgan India, which plans to invest one billion dollars across sectors in the country, has so far committed USD 450 million in real estate, infrastructure, manufacturing and financial sectors. .. more »

NBC Universal has shut down SendMeRSS, a popular RSS to Email service, that they acquired last year from Randy Morin. While the reasons for discontinuing the service are unclear, the relationship between NBC and Randy did end on an acrimonious note with NBC threatening legal action against Randy "for exposing the fact that they are not .. more »

Shipping Corporation of India (SCI) informed it has taken physical delivery at its cellular container vessel of 4400 TEU capacity - `m.v. SCI (Q, N,C,F)* Chennai`... more »

Often on the stump now, Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama and his vice presidential running mate Joe Biden have started to predict a tightening in the polls in coming days, polls that show the freshman Illinois senator with a six-to-eight point lead nationally. That's a smart strategic move because if the gap does narrow, Obama and .. more »

Halloween is almost here, but don't expect the traditional party to swarm San Francisco's Castro District. ... .. more »

Credit NBC with putting together back-to-back lures for political junkies. Sarah Palin's long-rumored appearance on "Saturday Night Live" this weekend is a done deal. And folks watching for that can just keep their sets tuned to the network when they go to bed, because the "must-see" TV on Sunday morning will be Colin Powell's .. more »

Chemcel Biotech to double turnover by March-end.. more »

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Compact Disc India (CDI) announced that iMedia Ventures, content developer to the world`s largest media houses and a pioneer in digital entertainment, has offered to invest USD 10 million in the expansion projects of CDI. iMedia Ventures is having presence in 28 countries, and has been associated with CDI for the last 6 years... more »

Singapore, 25 September 2008 - OUB Centre Limited today unveiled plans for a spectacular new 38-storey commercial tower which will form part of One Raffles Place, creating a new gateway to Singapores established centre of business and commerce. The new One Raffles Place tower will provide 350,000 square feet of Prime Grade A office space and [...] .. more »