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India
Growth can surpass 7.5% if rains forecast comes true: Arun Jaitley
India may grow faster than 7.5 per cent gross domestic product (GDP) growth rate it recorded last year, if predictions of above-average monsoon rainfall come true, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley has said. If the predictions of good monsoon were to ...
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India
Digital India to be $1-trn economy in 5-7 yrs: Prasad
Ravi Shankar Prasad, the Union minister for communication and information technology, said he expected Digital India to be a $1 trillion economy in the next five to seven years.Prasad was speaking at the launch of LG's K7 and K10 smartphones here. ...
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USA
Shyam Saran: A lopsided strategic partnership
We should be honest enough to acknowledge our strategic partnership with the US may be valuable, but has clearly defined limits
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India
India bright spot in weakening global recovery: IMF
Christine Lagarde said weak economy can deter higher living standards, fresh employment levels, controlling debt of nations
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USA Giappone
Apple, GE, other U.S. giants stashed $1.4 trillion in offshore tax havens: Oxfam
U.S. corporate giants like Apple and General Electric have stashed nearly $1.4 trillion in dozens of offshore tax havens, denying the U.S. and other governments needed tax income, Oxfam America said Thursday. A new report by the U.S. arm of the global anti-poverty group Oxfam said that the funds amassed ...
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Giappone
Canada dollar slump spurs U.S. to buy wild blueberries to halt price plunge
The U.S. Department of Agriculture will buy up to 30 million pounds 30,000,000 pounds (13.6 million kgs) of wild blueberries to help stabilize prices and supply, as officials say the low value of the Canadian dollar has hurt one of Maine’s signature industries. The members of the state’s congressional delegation ...
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Giappone
Microsoft sues for right to tell customers if U.S. is prying into their online data
In the latest clash over privacy rights in the digital age, Microsoft is suing the U.S. government over a federal law that allows authorities to examine customer emails or online files without the individual’s knowledge. The lawsuit comes as the tech industry is increasingly butting heads with U.S. officials over ...
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USA
Estados Unidos: Empleados de McDonald's demandan aumentos salariales
Los organizadores dicen que se planeaban protestas en Nueva York, Boston, Chicago, Los Ángeles, Miami y Nueva York.En París, unas 100 personas con banderas rojas sindicales se congregaron en las afueras de un restaurante de McDonald's.
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Angola
Angola autoriza fusão entre Millennium e Atlântico
O Banco Nacional de Angola e o Governo angolano autorizaram a constituição do novo Banco Millennium Atlântico, informou esta quinta-feira, em Luanda, fonte ligada à fusão, que dará lugar a um dos maiores bancos nacionais.
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Angola
Governo angolano autoriza fusão entre bancos Millennium Angola e Atlântico
O BMA e o BPA podem assim avançar com uma fusão no mercado angolano. O BCP fica com uma participação de 20% no novo banco