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India has a story to tell in single malts that is not borrowed from Scotland or Japan: Alcobrew’s Romesh PanditaIn a freewheeling chat, Romesh Pandita, Chairman and Managing Director, Alcobrew Distilleries India, highlights how Indian single malts are...
Quote of the day by Andrew Carnegie: “The concerns which fail are those which have scattered their activities…..” Learn from the master of the American Dream — from a penniless Scottish immigrant to the richest man in the worldQuote of the day by Andrew Carnegie: Andrew Carnegie’s $310 billion inflation-adjusted fortune proves his "one basket" rule works. Most bus...
Scotland plans to launch first govt bondsScotland is set to launch its first government bonds, nicknamed 'kilts', in the 2026/27 fiscal year. This move aims to boost financial sove...
Borrowed flavours or colonised minds?A chance discovery sparks a culinary investigation. The writer explores the origins of Turkish lamb stew and Dutch poffertjes. Similarities...
Liz Truss vows energy crisis action after becoming Britain's new PM"I am confident that together we can ride out the storm. We can rebuild our economy, and we can become the modern brilliant Britain that I ...
UK's Johnson to quit as Prime Minister, Truss to take overJohnson, who was forced to quit after losing the support of dozens of his ministers, bids farewell from Downing Street before jetting to no...
Liz Truss elected as Britain's new Prime MinisterLong the front-runner in the race to replace Boris Johnson, Liz Truss, has become the Conservatives' fourth Prime Minister since 2015 elect...
Global equity benchmarks near record peaks, dollar shuffles higherAustralia's S&P/ASX200 had risen 0.6% and Hong Kong had climbed 0.7% in thin trading due to holidays in both China and Japan.
- Red carpet for our green heroes
When Shanti Tekam, a woman from a remote MP village, walked on to the stage on Friday night to receive an award on behalf of her community ...
PM Narendra Modi goes to SiVa: Silicon Valley values innovation and risk-taking over manufacturingWhen PM Modi heads out to Silicon Valley on a journey that can euphoniously be dubbed NaMo goes to SiVa, he will arrive at what is arguably...
Deutsche Bank may extend Juergen Fitschen’s contract to match Anshu Jain’sChairman's committee of supervisory board will propose extending his contract through March 2017 at a board meeting in late October.
- NTPC raises $500 million from overseas markets
NTPC has raised $500 million from overseas markets through its medium term note offering on Monday.
NTPC raises $500 mn in overseas bond marketNTPC has raised $500 mn through in overseas markets taking advantage of govt's guidelines for lower withholding tax on external commercial ...
- Falling rupee a ticking bomb for companies; repayment of foreign borrowings to cost more
The slide of the rupee to record lows could tear up balance sheets of many corporates that have borrowed overseas in the last few years.
- House 0f unCommon! A Conservative-Liberal deal?
UK's general election delivered a hung parliament for 1st time in 36 yrs.
- Rescue efforts show difficulty of fixing bank woes
The day before Obama takes office, the escalating troubles facing major banks around the world couldn't be clearer. Top banking crises sinc...
- IMF approves Pakistan loan package
The economic crisis threatening Pakistan eased on Tuesday after the International Monetary Fund agreed a $7.6 billion bailout.
- Bankers find their new calling as civil servants
In what now looks like the final phase of the credit crunch, one thing has become clear: Many of the world’s major banks will end up in sta...
- Essar to raise $4.5b overseas at ‘lower’ rate
The Essar group plans to raise $4.5 billion from the overseas loan market.
- European jobless rates fall as manufacturing expands
European manufacturing expanded for a 17th month and unemployment declined as executives and consumers became more confident about the econ...