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Clinton clinches nomination, talks with Sanders
15 Jun 2016
The two agree on raising wages for working families, eliminating undisclosed money in politics and reducing the cost of college for students and their families, and on defeating Donald Trump
AirAsia chief Tony Fernandes receives Overseas Citizenship of India
14 Jun 2016
OCI confers the same privileges that are enjoyed by non-resident Indians
AirAsia chief Tony Fernandes receives Overseas Citizenship of India
14 Jun 2016
OCI confers the same privileges that are enjoyed by non-resident Indians
Blow to Mallya as special PMLA court declares him proclaimed offender
14 Jun 2016
A person can be termed a proclaimed offender in a criminal case if the court has reasons to believe that the accused against whom a warrant of arrest has been issued has absconded or is concealing himself so as to avoid arrest
Steve Jobs did not create iPhone, US government did, says Nancy Pelosi
13 Jun 2016
US government deserves more credit for the iPhone as most of its features were based on federal investment, research and breakthroughs, says the lawmaker
No legal basis for attaching properties, says Mallya
13 Jun 2016
Mallya, a former Rajya Sabha member and chairman of United Breweries Group, said the ED’s move seems to have motives and that it would make it difficult to raise money to repay loans to banks
No legal basis for attaching properties, says Mallya
13 Jun 2016
Mallya, a former Rajya Sabha member and chairman of United Breweries Group, said the ED’s move seems to have motives and that it would make it difficult to raise money to repay loans to banks
Ratan Tata invests in e-ticketing firm Kyazoonga
11 Jun 2016
Patriarch of Silicon Valley Thomas J Perkins dead
11 Jun 2016
The founder of Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byers virtually invented venture capitalism as we know it now, putting relatively small amounts of money into, and then mentoring, promising start-ups, including Amazon and Google
Osamu Suzuki to step down as CEO in wake of mileage scandal
09 Jun 2016
Osamu Suzuki, who has led the company for nearly four decades, acknowledged that during the past few years it had become difficult to oversee all of the company's operations on his own
Osamu Suzuki to step down as CEO in wake of mileage scandal
09 Jun 2016
Osamu Suzuki, who has led the company for nearly four decades, acknowledged that during the past few years it had become difficult to oversee all of the company's operations on his own
Angela Merkel is Forbes Woman of the Year for 6th time
08 Jun 2016
Forbes magazine cited German Chancellor Angela Merkel's “sheer humanism” while naming her Woman of the Year for the sixth year running; followed by presumptive Democratic presidential nominee Hillary Clinton in second place
Clinton virtually clinches Democratic nomination
07 Jun 2016
Hillary Clinton has reached the number of delegates needed to clinch the US Democratic presidential nomination, it emerged on Monday, a day before six states are set to vote in nominating contests
Keep speculating, says Rajan on reappointment
07 Jun 2016
‘The Greatest’ is no more: boxing legend Muhammad Ali dead
04 Jun 2016
Much more than a three-time world heavyweight champion, Muhammad Ali paradoxically became a symbol of peace and global understanding, being named a UN Messenger of Peace in 1998
Zuckerberg could lose control of Facebook if he quits
03 Jun 2016
The rules, which were first proposed as part of a reclassification of Facebook’s shares to help meet Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropy plans, will be voted on by shareholders at an annual meeting on 20 June
Zuckerberg could lose control of Facebook if he quits
03 Jun 2016
The rules, which were first proposed as part of a reclassification of Facebook’s shares to help meet Mark Zuckerberg’s philanthropy plans, will be voted on by shareholders at an annual meeting on 20 June
Admiral Sunil Lanba takes over as Navy chief
01 Jun 2016
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