Hey, they gotta earn a living

Thankfully, run for office again in Illinois!!

You can't scare me, I'm sticking to the union...

Payolagate rolls on!

Jamshyd N Godrej, chairman and managing director, Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co. Ltd is the only Indian corporate leader to have committed to supporting a zero-tolerance policy in a WEF-led collaborative move to fight corruption and bribery.

Commerce and Industry Minister Kamal Nath made a strong pitch for foreign investment in India at the World Economic Forum meeting on Friday.

Non-government provident funds have been allowed to invest five per cent of their assets in blue-chip shares and 10 per cent in corporate debts and equity-oriented mutual funds from April 2005.

State Bank of India will complete acquisition of a bank in Africa by March-end, chairman A K Purwar said on Friday.

The Delhi high court on Friday asked the Centre to clarify by next Tuesday the timeframe within which it would take a decision on Telecom Regulatory Authority of India's recommendation that private FM Radio broadcasters be shifted from licence fee

Wha? They, like, exterminated people here?

Elian, Elian, wherefore art thou Elian?

Godrej-GE Appliances which sold a faulty refrigerator has been held guilty of deficiency in service by a Delhi consumer court.

Must be all the American-side Humvees -- or lack thereof?

Oracle Corporation will bank on small and medium business segments to further its growth in India and expects to secure a "commendable" size of the SMB market, which had posted a 40 per cent growth in last quarter.

IT major Wipro Infotech on Friday started its operations from the Infopark in Kerala, aiming to make its Kochi unit one of its key complexes.

Telecom tribunal TDSAT on Friday reserved the judgement on MTNL's petition challenging the new levy regime of TRAI, which could result in a loss of Rs 550 crore (Rs 5.5 billion) to the public sector undertaking, till Monday.

Gift Tax was abolished some time ago, but it has now been brought back in a different form.

In its bid to woo more investors to the capital market, the Securities and Exchange Board of India on Friday said that no charge should be levied on opening of a demat account except statutory charges effective from February 1.

The government is expected to raise Rs 5,000 crore (Rs 50 billion) in the first week of February even as market borrowing declined 27 per cent to Rs 96,000 crore (Rs 960 billion) till January 20, 2005.

IDBI has hired human resource consultancy firm Hewitt & Associates for advice on introducing cost-to-company approach and an integrated compensation package for employees, chairman and managing director M Damodaran said on Friday.