Oil prices jump on vaccine hopes, EU dealBenchmark Brent crude was up $1.24 cents at $44.52 by 1337 GMT, on track for its biggest daily rise since mid-June at around 3%. West Texas...
Oil steady as vaccine news counters rise in virus casesPrices were offered some support by positive news on the development of vaccines as drugmakers and medical institutions rush to find a way ...
Why this Japanese company is paying its employees $570 to get a full night's sleepIt is in fact true that well-rested workers are good for business.
Lotto fever grips US as Mega Millions jackpot hits $1 billionThe winner can opt for an immediate cash payment of $565.6 million or receive the $1 billion prize over 29 years
Barnes & Noble seeks big expansion of its college storesBarnes & Noble is trying to go beyond the usual campus stores by offering amenities like bigger cafes, a larger selection of clothing, and ...
Apple battling U.S., states over proposed e-book limitsAnalysts have said the bigger issue for the company in this case might be damage to its reputation, not financial harm.
- Tablets war: Barnes & Noble launches new Nook HD to take on Kindle Fire, iPad
Barnes & Noble Inc launched two new high-definition tablets in its latest effort to compete with Amazon.com Inc's newly launched Kindle Fir...
- Microsoft aims at Android with e-reader lawsuit
Microsoft said it also filed a complaint with the International Trade Commission, which has the power to bar imports of infringing products.
- Six US companies to pay penalty for bribery
Six US companies have agreed to pay a criminal penalty of more than $ 156 million on charges of paying bribes to foreign countries, includi...
- Six US companies to pay penalty for bribery
Six US companies have agreed to pay a criminal penalty of more than $156 million on charges of paying bribes to foreign countries, includin...
- Barnes & Noble launches Wi-Fi version of Nook
Barnes & Noble Inc introduced a new Wi-Fi version of its "Nook" electronic book reader on Monday and lowered the price on its 3G-compatible...
- Sony plugs Google's library into e-readers
Sony Corp said on Wednesday it has made available over 1 million public domain books on its electronic readers via Google Inc's Books proje...
- Sales of Jackson music, videos climbs online
Michael Jackson's death has led to skyrocketing sales of his music and videos, with major retailers like Amazon.com Inc. and Barnes and Nob...
- Church takes up environment campaign
Noting the degradation of environment in Meghalaya, the Church has come up with a noble initiative to spread awareness against depletion of...
- India Inc's cash generation far robust than US, UK
The high growth in profits between financial years 2004 and 2008 was not accompanied by matching operating cash-flow growth for Indian firm...
- India Inc adopts a noble idea
Karishma Sharma, an executive with a Bangalore-based IT major, is on an adoption maternity leave for a month.
- Watch out, India Inc may go for ‘creative accounting’
In the US, cases of accounting fraud, also known as ‘creative accounting’, tend to shoot up when the economy starts slowing down. Indian co...