President Barack Obama will meet with a group of business and government leaders on Friday morning to discuss the economic and security benefits of the proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership trade pact, the White House said. “Tomorrow’s discussion is an opportunity for the president to hear directly from a diverse coalition of ... Read More »
Education Minister Naftali Bennett has managed to set two main goals for the education system since entering the ministry. Last year, it was strengthening the study of mathematics, but now the emphasis has shifted to bolstering the study of Judaism. “Studying Judaism and excelling in it is more important to ... Read More »
MUMBAI: Continuing its downward trend, the benchmark BSE Sensex fell over 30 points in early trade on Wednesday as investors indulged in cutting down their bets on disappointing macroeconomic data and weak trend in Asian markets. The 30-share barometer declined by 30.22 points or 0.10 per cent to 28,323.32 with ... Read More »
Second public issue from the L&T group will be open for subscription on September 12 and will close on September 15. Priced at Rs 850-860 per share, L&T Technology Services aims to raise Rs 894.4 crore. L&T Technology Services is subsidiary of engineering & construction major L&T. The company on ... Read More »
The interest rate-sensitive real estate and utilities sectors suffered on Friday after atop policymaker at the Federal Reserve argued that a “reasonable case” could be made for a rate rise ahead of the central bank’s monetary policy meeting this month. Investors rotated out of the utilities sector, which declined 3.8 ... Read More »
Bengaluru: Builders across cities are rushing to complete the projects they promised as courts and customers hold them to their words ahead of tighter real estate regulation. The result: A large number of projects that were stuck are now set to be completed and delivered during the current financial year, ... Read More »
Stocks across the globe fell the most since June on Friday, weighed by comments from Federal Reserve officials that lifted bets on an interest rate hike and after German trade data cast doubt on the strength of the euro zone’s largest economy. German exports fell sharply in July, shrinking the ... Read More »
Lower food prices likely cooled India’s inflation rate in August, a Reuters poll showed, but probably not by enough to give the central bank scope to ease monetary policy again anytime soon.Official data on the consumer price index is due to be released at 1200 GMT on Monday. The median ... Read More »
U.S. Vice President Joe Biden on Thursday called on the Republican-led Congress to allow a vote on funding to combat the Zika virus, calling the efforts to fight it a “national emergency.” Biden called for an up-or-down vote speaking alongside fellow Democrats at the Capitol. U.S. lawmakers are mired in ... Read More »
NEW DELHI: Indian travellers are getting increasingly younger. They are also travelling and spending more than ever before, according to a survey byMakeMyTrip. Sample this: 30% of new travellers are in the age group of 18 to 24 years, compared to 24% last year and both spending and average vacation ... Read More »
The price of oil jumped after Russia and Saudi Arabia agreed to discuss ways to stabilise the oil market. The announcement was made by the countries’ energy ministers, Alexander Novak and Khalid al-Falih. The price of Brent crude initially jumped by 5% but then fell to to stand 1.6% higher ... Read More »
Hurricane Newton has made landfall in western Mexico near the popular tourist resort of Cabo San Lucas. The US National Hurricane Center said hurricane-force winds were spreading over Baja California Sur. The Center registered maximum sustained winds of 150km/h (90mph). Forecasters earlier predicted torrential rains and possible flash flooding and ... Read More »
