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Stanford University honours A R Rahman

A R Rahman was waiting backstage and appeared sweet, modest and patient as he chatted with the stagehands around him. He was to be honoured shortly and both of us had been told by the organisers to......

Obama nominates Indian American for district court judge

United States President Barack Obama on Thursday nominated Indian American Manish S Shah to serve on the United States District Courts judgeship for the Northern District of Illinois. If confirmed......

Age of excess fuelled rise of Ponzis

For at least 13 years, big and small investors alike turned over their money to Paul Greenwood and Stephen Walsh, two New York money managers, in the belief that an "enhanced equity index" strategy......

Secrets of the self-made billionaires

What's the difference between a millionaire and a billionaire? And what does it take to bag those three extra, all-important zeros? Put such questions to America's wealthiest......

Raju named world's 4th most outrageous CEO

It's one Forbes list where none would want to figure, but Ramalinga Raju, the founder-chairman Satyam Computers (now Mahindra Satyam), has managed the feat of being among the world's 10 most......

Apple ups hiring, but faces obstacles to making phones smarter

The company has also stepped up its courtship of machine-learning PhD's, joining Google, Amazon, Facebook and others in a fierce contest Apple has ramped up its hiring of artificial intelligence......

The world's richest bachelors

There may no longer be a need to troll online dating sites looking for The One. If you are looking for a wealthy mate, we have the definitive list of the world's most eligible bachelors -- 80......

Hollywood Gets Emotional At SAG Awards

Hollywood's awards season continues with the Screen Actors Guild Awards at the Fairmont Century Plaza in Los Angeles, on February 26. A look at the big winners of the night. Photograph: Frazer......

Allen Stanford timeline

Texas billionaire Allen Stanford and three of his companies were charged with "massive" fraud on Tuesday as federal agents swooped down on his US headquarters. A timeline of the 58-year-old......

US charges Allen Stanford with 'massive' fraud

Texas billionaire Allen Stanford and three of his companies were charged with "massive" fraud on Tuesday as federal agents swooped down on his US headquarters. In a civil complaint filed in......

Stanford jailed for 110 years in fraud case

Disgraced American businessman Allen Stanford, who bankrolled a $20 million Twenty20 match between England and West Indies before being convicted of defrauding investors, has been sentenced to 110......

Cricket mogul Stanford sent to US prison hospital

Financier and cricket mogul Allen Stanford was sent to a US prison hospital for drug addiction treatment, officials said Tuesday. The decision wastakenso he can be fit to stand trial on charges of......

English cricket severs ties with Stanford

English cricket severed its ties with Texas billionaire Allen Stanford on Friday following accusations he was involved in an $8 billion (5.5 billion pounds) fraud. Stanford landed in a helicopter......

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