Maya Angelou passes away: Her life in PHOTOS

Maya Angelou, the celebrated poet, writer and activist who rose from a childhood of poverty in Arkansas to become an American literary icon, died on Wednesday morning at her home in Winston-Salem,......

In PHOTOS: Here it's colder than Mars!

The Arctic chill, which has now extended to the east, has left all of the United States and Canada frozen, shattering temperature records. A deadly artic blast gripped in the United States as......

Nitish, Hazare, Malala among top 100 global thinkers list

Foreign Policy, a United States-based magazine has placed 15-year-old Pakistani child rights activist Malala Yousafzai in its top 100 Global Thinkers list. Chief Minister Bihar Nitish Kumar is the......

Readers' Pix: The eco-friendly Lord Ganesh!

We had asked our readers to send their favourite photographs of Lord Ganesh. We present some of the best entries. Click on NEXT to go further... This home-made Ganapati at the house of ......

Wal-Mart sues Visa for $5 billion over card swipe fees

Wal-Mart Stores Inc this week sued Visa Inc for $5 billion, accusing the credit and debit card network of excessively high card swipe fees, several months after the retailer opted out of a class......

Wal-Mart pays lawyer fees for dozens of execs in bribery probe

The US Department of Justice is investigating whether Wal-Mart paid bribes in Mexico to obtain permits to open new stores there, and whether executives covered up an internal inquiry into the......

Red tape, graft spoil Wal-Mart's big plans in India

The delay and faltering partnership mean Wal-Mart may miss out on the "first-mover" advantage in a country considered the last great frontier for global retailers. When India announced last......

The Walmart protests that India ignored

Walmart is huge. It has 10,300 stores in 27 countries and net sales of $449.3 billion in the fiscal ended January 2012, which is bigger than the 2011 gross domestic product of Singapore and Vietnam......