After MacDonald's and Pizza Hut it is the turn of US-based restaurant chain 'Hooters of America' to open outlets in major Indian cities.
Crude oil prices zoomed to news highs closing in on the $47/barrel mark after supply concerns from Venezuela and Iraq. The US Nymex crude has advanced 27 cents to $46.85/barrel in intra-day trades.\n\n
The midfielder froze on the big occasion once again as Argentina were muscled out by the ruthless, physical Brazilians.
Argentina routed Peru 4-0 while Mexico thrashed 10-man Paraguay 6-0 at the Copa America football tournament.
Brazil and Uruguay confounded the critics who had labelled them dull and unimaginative by combining to fire 10 goals past their opponents in reaching the Copa America semi-finals on Saturday.
Argentina finished the group stages of the Copa America as the only team with a 100 percent record after a 1-0 win over Paraguay.
Defending champions Brazil beat Ecuador 1-0 to complete the quarter-final line-up at the Copa America.
Argentina, helped by a brace from Juan Roman Riquelme, beat Colombia 4-2 to reach the Copa America quarter-finals.
Robinho scored a hat-trick to give Brazil a badly-needed 3-0 Copa America win over Chile.
The JV was supposed to get at least 45 per cent stake.
Days after the collapse of mean exporters of gold jewellery from India, the world's largest producer, would now have to pay an import duty of four per cent.
Mexico striker Nery Castillo scored a sublime goal to set his team on their way to a shock 2-0 win over defending champions Brazil.
Peru produced a shock 3-0 win over Uruguay while Bolivia twice fought back to draw 2-2 with hosts Venezuela in a dramatic opening to the Copa America on Tuesday.
If things go according to the plans of the Indian government, Mumbai may rob Belgium's Antwerp, currently the world's top diamond destination, of its priced position.
Ferrari team principal Maurizio Arrivabene welcomed back the Kimi Raikkonen of old on Sunday.
Real Madrid will take the Spanish championship for the first time in four years if they beat mid-table Real Mallorca at home on Sunday.
Brazil will not release Robinho to play for Real Madrid in Sunday's Spanish League decider but have asked him instead to join their Copa America training camp immediately.
The State Department's annual report on human trafficking released worldwide on Tuesday, ranked India for a fourth consecutive year in the report's second-worst category, the so-called Tier 2 Watch List.
Brazil have added Real Madrid striker Julio Baptista to their Copa America squad after midfielder Ze Roberto quit international football.
Argentina put behind a dismal first half to beat Algeria 4-3 in a friendly international.
The petroleum ministry has recommended a hike in the foreign direct investment cap in government-owned refineries to 49 per cent from the current 26 per cent.
India has offered African countries --Botswana, Angola, South Africa and Namibia, incentives to strengthen their jewellery industry in return for direct procurement of rough diamonds from these countries.
For most of the 95 years that Argentina have been playing Brazil in the great South American "clasico", the Argentines have boasted the better head-to-head record.
As India witnesses a spurt in property prices, its financial capital Mumbai has been ranked as one of the world's top 10 expensive locations in terms of accommodation cost.
Kaka and Ronaldinho were included in the squad for Brazil's friendlies against England and Turkey next month even though they asked not to be picked for the Copa America.
The AC Milan striker says it's not revenge against Liverpool but another chance for his team to make a mark on history.
A high-level Nigerian government delegation was present at the launching ceremony, which was telecast live in Nigeria.
'If a person whom Vijender had thrashed earlier is now a World champion, why can't Vijender be champion now too?'
Mexican side Necaxa have been forced to move their Libertadores Cup tie at home because their stadium is to be used for a concert by pop star Shakira.
He said the penetration of US policies was evident in sectors like education and other key areas besides in the economic policies of the country.
ONGC Videsh Ltd, the overseas arm of the state explorer, Reliance, IOC and Oil India Ltd had in April this year come together to consider jointly bidding for a 40 per cent stake in a field in the vast Orinoco heavy crude oil belt. To make up for the loss of Reliance, OVL has opened talks with global energy firms and is even willing to take a smaller role in case a major company joins the consortium.
'India-US relations seem to have soured when the US expected India to not only balance China in the Asia-Pacific, but also make concessions to Pakistan as a price for US technological help,' says Colonel Anil A Athale (retd).
Trade sanctions on Russia by Europe and the US offer an opportunity for India, but the devaluation of the rouble may play spoilsport
If things go according to the plans of the Indian government, Belgium's Antwerp, the diamond destination of the world, may be robbed of its priced position by Mumbai soon.
The American continued her comeback from injury with a 6-4, 6-4 win over 16-year-old Dane Caroline Wozniacki.
Holders Brazil landed a tricky draw for the Copa America on Wednesday as they were thrown into Group B along with Mexico, Ecuador and Chile.
"The poor will not suffer disproportionately due to bouts of sharp inflation, and the middle class will not see its savings eroded," Raghuram Rajan said.
There were hardly any positive outcomes at the summit -- what we had instead were rants. We had despots, dictators, autocrats and leaders of banana republics rubbing shoulders with each other, talking of providing a new management for a global order, says Smita Prakash from Tehran.
Today, the biggest challenge for any state is to evolve indigenous hardware options. It is important for the states like Germany, India etc to increase their stakes in the global IT setup and this could allow them to control the US domination, says Ajey Lele.
'A few months ago, everybody was saying, "Why isn't Vijender taking part in the Olympics?"' 'This is not like going to Haryana or Delhi that you just take a ticket and reach there.' 'Going to the Olympics is not easy'
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