Walmart tightens anti-corruption practices in IndiaWalmart said it is tightening anti-corruption practices in India, amidst reports of US lawmakers asking it to review its operations in the ...
13 Jun, 2012, 10.13 PM IST
- TransCanada asked to disclose if using Indian steel
US lawmakers have asked a Canadian company to immediately disclose that it is not using steel made in India.
11 Feb, 2012, 12.42 PM IST
BP gets OK to burn off captured oil, gas at seaBP won permission to start burning oil and gas piped up from its broken seafloor well.
15 Jun, 2010, 09.09 PM IST
- ‘Former Lehman CEO Fuld understated pay to Congress’
Before Lloyd Blankfein of Goldman Sachs Group Inc. took his place, Richard S Fuld Jr’s angry face was the universal symbol of Wall Street g...
01 May, 2010, 07.37 AM IST
- Toyota aims to quash electronic defect claims
Crisis-hit Toyota was preparing a public test on Monday of its technology with the aim of rebutting allegations by a vocal critic that an e...
08 Mar, 2010, 04.10 PM IST
- US amendment may leave Indian biopharma cos shaken & stirred
Indian biopharmaceutical companies are likely to face more hurdles in the US.
16 Jul, 2009, 12.00 AM IST
'14 years of data exclusivity is crazy'William Haddad, chairman and CEO of Biogenerics spoke on the immense potential Indian generic manufacturers have in the global market. Exce...
29 Jun, 2009, 03.42 AM IST
- Fannie, Freddie execs turned aside warnings
Top executives at mortgage finance companies Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac ignored warnings that they were taking on too many risky loans long...
10 Dec, 2008, 04.32 AM IST
- Obama low key but active in auto rescue talks
Even while publicly sidelining himself, President-elect Barack Obama was active behind the scenes during congressional debate this past wee...
22 Nov, 2008, 06.17 PM IST
- Don't trim Wall St bonus, just eliminate 'em, say taxpayers
US taxpayers, who feel they own a stake in Wall Street after funding a $700-bn bailout for the industry, don’t want executives’ bonuses red...
12 Nov, 2008, 01.53 AM IST
- Execs' posh retreat after bailout angers lawmakers
Less than a week after the federal government had to bail out American International Group Inc., the insurance company sent executives on a...
08 Oct, 2008, 06.53 AM IST
- Congress opens hearings on financial meltdown
Lehman Brothers arranged millions in bonuses for fired executives as it pleaded for a federal lifeline, lawmakers learned, as Congress bega...
07 Oct, 2008, 06.48 AM IST
- Congress grills Lehman boss over millions in bonuses
US lawmakers Monday grilled the head of Lehman Brothers demanding to known why he had earned hundreds of millions of dollars from the faile...
07 Oct, 2008, 02.14 AM IST
- US Congress opens hearings on financial meltdown
Days from becoming the largest bankruptcy in US history, Lehman Brothers steered millions to departing executives even while pleading for a...
06 Oct, 2008, 11.48 PM IST
- Obama gets 4 of Edwards' delegates, 4 new superdelegates
Barack Obama collected the support of four of John Edwards' Democratic National Convention delegates, then gained the backing of four super...
16 May, 2008, 05.54 AM IST
- US backed India on Glivec patent
A day after the Madras High Court struck down the petition of pharma giant Novartis on Glivec, civil society organisations, including Medec...
10 Aug, 2007, 01.01 AM IST
- Safety scare over Glaxo drug fuels talks of tougher laws in US
Law makers are seizing on last month’s study linking GlaxoSmithKline’s diabetes drug Avandia and heart risks to press for new US drug-safet...
06 Jun, 2007, 12.15 AM IST