A parliamentary committee has observed that the exodus was proportionately high for staff involved in strategic and technical areas like E&P and drilling.

Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries Ltd and the benchmark indices took a hit on the bourses after the Bombay High Court on Thursday restrained the company from selling natural gas from its reserves in the Krishna-Godavari basin to a third party

Congress leader Sonia Gandhi, steel baron Lakshmi Mittal and Pepsico CEO Indra Nooyi figure in Time magazine's coveted list of 100 most influential people, which also includes Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden.

Aditya Birla group flagship Hindalco Industries' net profit jumped 55% at Rs 2,564.3 crore for the year ending March 31, 2007 from Rs 1,655.5 crore in 2005-06.

Shares of Yahoo! Inc, the most-visited US website, jumped as much as 17% in Europe after the New York Post reported Microsoft Corp asked for formal negotiations over a possible acquisition.

The move opens a debate on the role of independent directors nominated by institutions.

Analysts said Areva still has a window under German rules to scale up its offer.

Jaipur's corporate tax collection shot up to 158 per cent. In comparison, tax collections for the whole country grew 44.7 per cent during the year.

The company said in a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission that in addition to the salary, Pai earned a bonus/incentive of $117,336, other annual compensation of $21,779 and $15,287 as long-term benefits.

Central Bank Governor Riad Salameh on Friday projected a GDP growth of 2 percent and 4 percent inflation at the end of 2007. But he warned that political stability and the implementation of reforms will be crucial if Lebanon hopes

As per the Weights and Measurement Act, weight must be mention as 'g' and not 'gms' and this should always be in small 'g'. A capital 'G' can get you into trouble.

Railway tickets can now be booked at select Indian Oil petrol pumps and LPG stations, following an agreement between IOC and Indian Railway Catering and Tourism Corporation in this regard.

A study by Motorola has revealed that almost half of European broadband users watch television online.

for 2007-08 with Rajya Sabha returning the Appropriation Bill and the Finance Bill by voice vote.

Complimenting Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath for the $19 billion foreign direct investment inflows in 2006-07, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has expressed optimism that current year's target of $30 billion will be met.

ICICI Bank fixed May 19 as the record date for ascertaining the eligible shareholders of Sangli Bank, which was merged with the country's largest private sector lender in April.

Tata Steel on Thursday announced that it had secured the largest ever loan for an Indian company.

The Supreme Court on Friday stayed Delhi high court order directing Monopolies and Restrictive Trade Practices Commission to investigate allegations of financial irregularities by Star Plus television channel in its game show Kaun Banega Crorepati.

India has said that developed countries were trying to go back on their commitment on the development content of Doha round of WTO talks and are putting new conditions on developing countries leading to a deadlock.

Due to Opposition anger over the non-availability of the finance minister during discussion on the Finance Bill in the Parliament.