The Bryan brothers, Bob and Mike, talk about life and times, and, of course, tennis.

Not only is it the year's top animated film thus far, it's the top Kung Fu offering as well, and an effort that will doubtless bring a smile to fans of both genres. Lord knows, it's the best film to star Jackie Chan in ages.

Talk show host Oprah Winfrey is the world's most powerful celebrity for the second straight year and for the fifth time ever

For those who believe only grey cells set apart leaders from the rest, there is another hair raising observation among corporate America that most of the successful CEOs including Pepsico's Indra Nooyi part their hair to the left, says US business magazine Fortune.

American Jessica Hardy kept the world records flowing at the world short-course championships with a sparkling victory in the women's 50 metres breaststroke on Thursday. Hardy, who won the world long-course title in 2007, clocked 29.58 seconds to beat the 29.90 set by Australia's Jade Edmistone in Brisbane in 2004. It took the world record tally to four after three marks tumbled on Wednesday's opening night.

AT&T has applied for a mobile licence in India in partnership with Mahindra Telecommunications, a local telecoms company, and Mr de la Vega said it was hoping to acquire spectrum for its wireless services.

The cut is being seen as an emergency measure to boost the US economy.

Paceman Ishant Sharma scalped three wickets to brighten his prospects for a berth in the team for the third Test but it was an unexpected name that stole the limelight on the second day of the three-day tie between the tourists and ACT Eleven at the Manuka Oval in Canberra on Friday.

This week, Citigroup named as chief executive Vikram Pandit, a cerebral strategist with a degree in electrical engineering and one of the best minds in the business.

The risk of a collision between the Federal Reserve and the markets grew on Friday after Fed governor Randall Kroszner made it clear that the US central bank was not planning to cut interest rates at its next policy meeting, but was largely ignored by investors.

Forget sack races and Slip 'n Slide. These days select companies are adding luxe touches to their annual employee outings.

The US is set to cut aid to India by 35% in 2008 after the South Asian nation was categorised as a 'transforming' country with one of the best-performing economies in the world.

As India and England go into the first Test of the three-match series at Lord's on Thursday, here's a look at the highs and lows between the two teams.

Seeking full utilisation of the Indian airspace, civil aviation authorities are in the process of training pilots and ATC personnel and introducing advanced technology to gradually reduce air distnce between two aircraft from 50 nautical miles to 15.

Costa Rica's squad for the World Cup finals in Germany comprises the following 23 players:

e 23-man lists of the 32 teams for the 2006 football World Cup after the May 15 deadline to confirm squads ended on Monday.

A newspaper report says the US is now finding that a lot of security equipent acquired after 9/11 is unreliable and costly to maintain.

The law allowing use of force against Taiwan has Washington up in arms.

Mexico's Julio Cesar Chavez beat Frankie Randall before a roaring home crowd, bringing an end to his 24-year professional boxing career.

The US government is threatening to obstruct low-income countries from accessing generic HIV/AIDS drugs approved by the World Health Organization, a human rights group charged on Friday.

In an apparent coordinated effort to stop 'spam', four major Internet providers - American Online, Earthlink, Yahoo and Microsoft - have filed lawsuits seeking monetary damages and injunctions against senders' bulk junk e-mail.

Terri Schiavo, who has been in coma since in 1990, will be taken off the life support system Wednesday.