The launch deadlines for two experimental projects in astronomy--Tauvex and Astrosat--have been sliding.. more »

WASHINGTON--President-elect Barack Obama will step down from his U.S. senate seat on Sunday, he said in a statement on Thursday. All political eyes in Illinois are on Gov. Rod Blagojevich to see who he will select to replace Obama for...ScrappleFace : Obama Resigns Senate Seat to Write Memoir ...2008 Democratic Convention Watch : Obama to resign .. more »

Job cuts, factory closures, unpaid export shipments stalling worldwide demand for products made-in-China is driving home a new economic reality for businesses that until recently were struggling to keep up with soaring exports... more »

During the proceedings,TDSAT directed the Trai not to take any further step over suspension of ESPNs downlinking licence as it was going for a final hearing of the matter .. more »

Obama wins the US election and the becomes the 44th President of US. It was an historic time in US and for the world time to witness the change in US. The winning of Obama certainly raise question over India outsourcing. While the software technology parks in India might interested to listen the version of the first president over software .. more »

Malcolm Pinkerton of Verdict Research has published a study on the retail industry, predicting that the video games market would grow by 1.37 billion pounds to reach 4.64 billion pounds in 2008. The... . .. more »

Mark-to-market -- or fair-value -- accounting has one big problem: Some very powerful people are trying to change it. .. more »

Indian equities continue to maintain the positive sentiment from the opening sessions with buying seen across BSE Bankex, capital goods and realty... more »

European shares swing sharply higher on Friday morning, taking back some of the previous sessions losses, with oil producers and technology shares fronting the advance. .. more »

The reality begins to leak out, this time from a GOP club in California. The latest newsletter by an Inland Republican womens group depicts Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama surrounded by a watermelon, ribs and a bucket of fried chicken, prompting outrage in political circles. The October newsletter by the Chaffey Community Republican .. more »

According this post at the the New York Times hockey blog, Sarah Palin was booed loudly as she dropped the puck at the Philadelphia Flyers-New York Rangers game last night. (H/T Powerline .) And then there was this -- some hard core left-wing anger at McCain supporters who had the temerity to march down the street in New York City. You don't have .. more »

Filed under: Nintendo Wii We have absolutely no idea why GAF user Shiggy was searching for a trademark for Nintendo-made pedometer. But his discovery of just such a trademark is a reminder of why this mixed-up, big, blue ball takes all kinds of people to keep it going round. We're a little sketchy on exactly what a pedometer is, but we're betting .. more »

The promoters have renamed Fortis Healthworld Ltd, SRL Ranbaxy Ltd and Ran Air Services Ltd, which are engaged in drug retail, diagnostics and air travel, under the Religare brand.. more »

www.epostindia.org your netpostmanWhile going through the latest job vacancies I came across this site www.epostindia.org - your net post man. This is an online application and result system for the most recent job advertisements and recruitment notifications from companies in India.Kindly visit their website and get more details of the current job .. more »

Inflation will come down to 10% by December said C Rangarajan, former chairman of prime minister`s economic advisory council (EAC) and Rajya Sabha member, as per his own estimates.He said inflation last year was moderate almost at the end of December, so base effect will be to amplify inflation in the current year... more »

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Hotel Leela plans to set up 7 new luxury hotels at Udaipur, Jaipur, Delhi, Hyderabad, Agra, Pune and Chennai over the next 3 to 5 years. India's best hotels.. more »

wheeler segment continued its lacklustre performance and clocked low volumes.Maruti Suzuki posted 9.2 .. more »

SEOUL (Reuters) - State-owned Korea Development Bank (KDB) confirmed on Tuesday that it was in talks with Lehman Brothers for a possible investment in the troubled U.S. bank, but other reports said the price of the deal remained an issue. ... .. more »

Any counterbid on Imperial to come in next 45 days: ONGC.. more »