Just one in five adults, 55 years and older, who commit suicide are using antidepressants at the time of their death, according to a report in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health.
Thieves dressed as policemen talked their way past guards at Johannesburg's High Court, then locked them in a bathroom and stole highly-sensitive documents, a police spokeswoman said recently.
India was not immune to the crisis in the global credit market, and problems originating from the subprime credit crisis in the US were heading eastward, said David Lewis, Lord Mayor of the City of London.
A reversal in fiscal consolidation and deterioration in the balance of payments situation could put pressure on India's credit standing, said rating agency Standard & Poor's in a report. India's position as one of the least internationally integrated economies in
The SC dismissed as withdrawn petitions by the Birlas, challenging a Calcutta High Court judgement quashing a single-judge order appointing joint administrators for controlling a block of shares held by late Priyamvada Birla in four Birla group companies.
UK-based private equity major, 3i Group Plc announced that it has raised $1.2 billion for its 3i India Infrastructure Fund, which is about 20% higher than the initial $1billion target.
Bharti Retail, which has tied up with the world's largest retailer, the US-based Wal-Mart, launched its convenience stores in Ludhiana, marking the company's foray into organised retailing.
Standard Chartered Bank, the largest international bank in India, will invest $250 million in its Indian operations, raising the total capital base to $1.9 billion.
The battle for the Rs 1,000-crore print media advertisement market in Chennai has just got hotter with the launch of the financial daily Financial Chronicle from the Deccan Chronicle group.
In a move to develop the debt market and create a level-playing field for mutual funds which trade in government securities, the Sebi has allowed netting of trades to MFs in the G-Sec market.
Wall Street executives say they're preparing for more regulation in the $62 trillion market for credit derivatives that is partly responsible for $245 billion of losses and writedowns in the subprime crisis.
SBI and Australia-based Macquarie Capital Group will jointly float a $2 billion private equity fund that will invest directly in infrastructure projects in India.
The RBI is now looking at strengthening local institutions like co-operatives, RRBs, UCBs, small banks and SHGs in a bid to bring in more people into the financial fold, its deputy governor, Usha Thorat said.
