Perhaps environmental sustainability and economic competitiveness aren’t mutually exclusive.

Tabloids coming your way from one of the richest people in America.

I read about Black Girl Magazine in a recent newspaper article about teen magazines and went to the Web site to check it out. This Atlanta-based magazine was founded in '02 by Kenya Jordana James when she was just 14!

Bank of Baroda plans to set up an offshore branch in Singapore, open another branch in Houston (Texas) in the US and a representative office in Thailand as part of plans to expand business overseas.

Infrastructure growth slowed down to 3.6 per cent in December 2004 from 7.8 per cent a year ago, owing to fall in petroleum and steel output.

Air India on Monday announced a direct flight to London from Kolkata and another one to Bangkok and Singapore -- both taking off this year.

British companies save a minimum of £10 million a year for every 1,000 jobs they move offshore, particularly to India, a study by ICICI OneSource, an outsourcing agency of India's ICICI Bank has indicated.

The French-speaking region of Western Switzerland has been promoting foreign investments by offering 10-year tax holiday for firms setting up manufacturing or contract manufacturing facilities there.

Siddharth Kak-promoted Surabhi Foundation for Research and Culture Exchange, in association with the Maharashtra government, is planning to set up a Rs 200 crore (Rs 2 billion) natural living heritage centre in Mumbai.

More US companies are likely to shift production of their high-value software products to Indian firms, which, they believe, can deliver quality products at a much faster pace, an industry expert said.

Reliance Infocomm said on Monday that it was working on new tariff plans in the post-paid mobile segment in view of the lower rates announced by telecom regulator Trai, and claimed its pre-paid tariffs were already low at present.

Long-term investors should take this opportunity to increase allocations to equities.

Telecom tribunal TDSAT on Monday directed TRAI to file a reply by January 26 on a petition by MTNL challenging the regulator's new levy regime, which could result in a loss of about Rs 550 crore (Rs 5.5 billion) to

DR IAN McKEEOUR local waiting list for ear nose and throat appointments shortened by at least one this week. No, not as part of some government-sponsored initiative, but simply because a patient on the waiting list died before she could

A NEW medical study carried out in Scotland has turned conventional wisdom on its head by suggesting that, during pregnancy, a high intake of vitamin C might have negative effects...

One in ten persons in the Chinese capital enjoys the luxury of driving his own car, according to the local statistics bureau.

Ratan Tata, Chairman, Tata Sons, in a critical reflection on Indian manufacturing industry, has said, "We do not set ourselves higher standards, we do not think big enough and we do not seem to plan to be global leaders."

The railways should leverage its revenues to raise money from the market to modernise and expand its facilities, planning commission deputy chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia said in New Delhi on Monday.

An Assocham survey says the IT and ITeS sector was the largest employer, with 44% of the total jobs advertised in the last 2 months from this sector.

Reliance Infocomm on Monday announced it would cover up to four lakh villages and 5700 cities and towns by December 2005 under its new expansion initiative.