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John Brennan to take over as new CIA chief
09 Mar 2013
The US Senate has approved the nomination of John Brennan as the next director of the Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Volkswagen rejigs Indian management
09 Mar 2013
Former Italian premier Slivio Berulsconi convicted in wiretap case
07 Mar 2013
Berlusconi was sentenced to one-year prison term for breach of confidentiality in the illegal publication of wiretapped conversations
Nicolás Maduro takes charge in Venezuela as cancer claims Chavez
06 Mar 2013
President Hugo Chavez, who led Venezuela for the past 14 years, passed away on Tuesday, losing a long fight to cancer and leaving thousands of his supporters mourning on the streets of Caracas
Convicted Rajat Gupta ordered to pay $6.2-m to Goldman
26 Feb 2013
The money that Gupta now has to pay Goldman is separate from the cost of Gupta's legal defence, which has thus far exceeded $30 million
ADB president Haruhiko Kuroda expected to head Bank of Japan
25 Feb 2013
Haruhiko Kuroda, with his overseas connections and language skills, is widely expected to win foreign understanding for Prime Minister Shinzo Abe’s monetary policy
The king-sized ego that felled the king of good times
23 Feb 2013
Ego, which often fires our resolve to do even the seemingly impossible, could also be an intense force of self-destruction. When a business leader is blinded by bloated ego, it not only destroys his or her own personal wealth, but also the wealth and incomes of employees, business partners, and shareholders. Vijay Mallya is only the most recent example. By Shivshanker Verma
Hari Shankar Singhania passes away
23 Feb 2013
Singhania, 81, passed away peacefully in his sleep late on Friday night
Alcatel-Lucent appoints Michel Combes as CEO
23 Feb 2013
T S Vijayan is new IRDA chief
21 Feb 2013
Cameron regrets Jallianwala Bagh, but doesn’t apologise
20 Feb 2013
David Cameron today became the first serving UK prime minister to pay his respects at the scene of one of the bloodiest massacres in Indian, and British history.