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Alan Mullaly spurns Microsoft; to continue as Ford CEO
08 Jan 2014
Scorching speculation that he could be in the race to succeed Microsoft's Steve Ballmer, Ford Motor CEO Alan Mullaly has said he plans to stay on at Ford.
Alan Mullaly spurns Microsoft; to continue as Ford CEO
08 Jan 2014
Scorching speculation that he could be in the race to succeed Microsoft's Steve Ballmer, Ford Motor CEO Alan Mullaly has said he plans to stay on at Ford.
Telenor Group appoints Morten Karlsen Sorby as Uninor CEO
08 Jan 2014
Morten Sorby steps into the new role just as Uninor reached cash flow break even in December, just four years of operation
US Senate confirms Janet Yellen as next Fed chief to succeed Bernake
07 Jan 2014
Janet Yellen is a well-respected economics scholar who has taught at the Harvard University, the London School of Economics and the University of California, Berkeley
Japanese PM to be chief guest at Republic Day
07 Jan 2014
Former Walmart India president Raj Jain to head Bharti Retail
04 Jan 2014
Bharti Enterprises had appointed Raj Jain, former president of Walmart India, as chief executive heading its retail operations Bhatri Retail
Former Walmart India president Raj Jain to head Bharti Retail
04 Jan 2014
Bharti Enterprises had appointed Raj Jain, former president of Walmart India, as chief executive heading its retail operations Bhatri Retail
Former Walmart India president Raj Jain to head Bharti Retail
04 Jan 2014
Bharti Enterprises had appointed Raj Jain, former president of Walmart India, as chief executive heading its retail operations Bhatri Retail
Mylan ropes in Biocon’s marketing head Rakesh Bamzai
03 Jan 2014
Mylan Inc today announced that Rakesh Bamzai has joined the company as its president, India commercial and emerging markets
Mylan ropes in Biocon’s marketing head Rakesh Bamzai
03 Jan 2014
Mylan Inc today announced that Rakesh Bamzai has joined the company as its president, India commercial and emerging markets
Manmohan Singh unwilling to be PM after elections; says Modi will be a disaster
03 Jan 2014
Ducking charges levelled against his scam-hit government and defending Rahul Gandhi’s possible selection as the Congress party’s prime ministerial candidate, Prime minister Manmohan Singh today said Narendra Modi as PM will be a disaster
AAP names Maninder Singh Dhir as Delhi Speaker
31 Dec 2013
S K Srivastava to be new Delhi chief secretary
31 Dec 2013
US to prosecute Devyani Khobragade despite India’s protests
31 Dec 2013
The US is going ahead with the prosecution of senior Indian diplomat Devyani Khobragade despite protests by India and asserted that it has no intention of withdrawing the case of visa fraud against he
Devyani arrest: US softens as India gets tougher
30 Dec 2013
Bungling by US official led to Indian envoy’s arrest: report
27 Dec 2013
While Devyani Khobragade entered $4,500 as the salary she expected to be paid in the US, Mark Smith, a diplomatic security services agent who led the investigation against her, seriously erred in reading the figure of $4,500 as the salary to be paid to the nanny, which led to her arrest, say reports
Mission accomplished says Snowden
24 Dec 2013
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