The Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development forecast that GDP for its 30 member countries would decline 0.3 percent in 2009 from 2008, as data showed the German economy is already in recession... more »

President-elect Barack Obama will meet with a group of high-profile economic experts in Chicago on Friday... more »

The Indian American community has grown from 1.6 million people in 2000 to over 2.3 million in 2005 .. more »

On Sunday, my colleague P. J. Gladnick helped break the story about Barack Obama discussing how his carbon cap and trade proposals would bankrupt coal-fired power plants. Hot Air's Ed Morrissey has found a video of that interview with the San Francisco Chronicle (embedded right). Sunday evening, the Chronicle's Carla Marinucci refuted claims that .. more »

LONDON (MarketWatch) -- The Japanese yen was back in the driver's seat Friday, gaining ground against most major currencies as risk appetite faded in the wake of a smaller-than-expected rate cut by the Bank of Japan. .. more »

A federal judge ruled this week that Ohioans can cast ballots next Tuesday even if their "residence" is a park bench or street grating. U.S. District Court Judge Edmund Sargus says that voters, presumably the homeless, need not have an actual address in order to vote and help determine whether Ohio's crucial 20 electoral votes go to the .. more »

Expect 10-15% downside in largecap realty stks: Chakraborty.. more »

Let's give John McCain's staff credit for knowing, several months ago, when to fold 'em. As the Ticket noted at the time, the Republican presidential campaign went through the formality of establishing a campaign headquarters to serve heavily Democratic New York -- and located it in New Jersey. A new survey by pollsters associated with Marist .. more »

British consultancy major Axon Group on Thursday decided to accept GBP 441 million offer from HCL Technologies, while withdrawing its support to a smaller bid from Infosys. HCL offer is at a premium of 8.3% to Infosys` bid, worth 407.1 million pounds. Infosys said that the company was evaluating its options and would announce any further move at .. more »

The government is looking at hiking FDI in DTH TV services to 74 per cent from the current 49 per cent, a senior official said on Wednesday. .. more »

All the business owners in Delhi are waiting for the shraadh paksha to get over as it is considered inauspicious for shopping or starting any new ventures during this period .. more »

Nepal has an installed power generation capacity of 617MW, of which around 570MW is generated from hydropower .. more »

The Planning Commission has prepared a draft report for better coordination of India's energy requirements to fuel its economy. .. more »

Even as country's private sector firm RIL has begun oil production from its eastern coast D6 block and is all set to shortly start gas production, the ONGC is saddled with procedural hassles which continue to delay its oil and gas production plans. .. more »

A great read from Barbara Quint. We first covered this story a few weeks ago but BQ adds much more. As usual, Google appears to view any cost concerns as mere quibbling when it comes to bringing ever more content into its giant maw. If all it takes is resources, technology, effort, and money to ..... more »

The types of independent groups that so affected the 2004 presidential campaign are flooding back in the final sprint to the election, financing provocative messages... more »

Bloodbath in mkt has forced firms to restructure their ESOPs to assuage employees who are seeing a large portion of their 'wealth' disappear. Bond with your boss.. more »

Open Test Results from the Directorate of Education, NCT DelhiYou can now get the open test results from edudel.nic.in site - this is from the Directorate of Education, Government of NCT Delhi.edudel.nic.in is the official website of this directorate and if you want to see the open test results and the School Allotment report then kindly visit the .. more »

The agreement will provide Indian professional benefits of his social security, pension and other benefits even after leaving France. Easy remittance.. more »

Microsoft indicated that by mid-2008 it had sold in excess of 120 million licenses of the Office 2007 System, in tandem with the 180 million copies of Windows Vista shipped. Following the RTM of Windows Vista Service Pack 1, the Redmond giant introduced new discounted prices for the Home Premium and Ultimate editions of the operating system. While .. more »