Wanted to become an architect, then a basketball player: Obama

Sitting in front of a mural of abolitionist Frederick Douglass, U.S. President Barack Obama visits Anacostia Library to participate in a live "virtual field trip" with middle school students in......

Comic strip Peanuts has new owner

The iconic comic strip Peanuts and its characters Snoopy and Charlie Brown now have a new owner, with the E W Scripps Company selling the brand to Iconix Brand Group for $175 million. Media......

Wadhawan forays into lifestyle retail

Wadhawan Holdings (WHPL), promoters of Spinach retail chain, is entering lifestyle retailing with the launch of global brands such as Ed Hardy, Christian Audigier and Kitson. The company has......

Shopping: It's no longer about offline or online

Companies like Ace Turtle are helping brands enable omni-channel retail, bridging the offline and online gap. Abhishek Jejani reports. IMAGE: Omni-channel experts are helping brands and......

Lesser-known firms set to make a mark in oil and gas sector

These new kids on the block have come up through a mix of entrepreneurial grit and backing from oil industry veterans. India may soon see a new set of oil barons with lesser-known companies......

Lessons from Bollywood: How to dress for a date

Cool tips to dress up pretty! If movies are to be believed, picking a perfect outfit for a romantic date is very, VERY important. That is, if you care about leaving a grand impression on the......

How Global Remakes Fare In Bollywood

The Aamir Khan starrer Laal Singh Chaddha releasing on August 11 is an official remake of Forrest Gump. It is one of the rare instances of a Hindi film for which official rights have been taken......

Review: Maan Gaye Mughal-E-Azam

Boredom leads to nitpicking. A discovery I made some few hours ago whilst enduring Sanjay Chhel's chew-my-brains brand of farcical comedy, Maan Gaye Mughal-E-Azam. In those brief eight reels, the......

Review: MSG The Messenger is not a movie

MSG The Messenger is a feature-length advertisement you’d be best advised to forego, says Raja Sen.This is not a movie. MSG, formerly known as Messenger Of God and now retitled as......

Gooch on England's Ashes prospects

Hope is a hardy plant -- it thrives on little sustenance, or none.That has been the story of English cricket -- every fresh win is a 'resurgence'; every 'resurgence' is a signal for the 'Bring on......