Biden-Putin shake hands, hold much-anticipated meet in Geneva

United States President Joe Biden and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Wednesday smiled and greeted each other awkwardly with a handshake outside a villa in Geneva, before heading in for a......

World leaders congratulate Biden, 'look forward' to work with him

World leaders said they were looking forward to working with Joe Biden, as they welcomed the 46th President of the United States with praise and took parting shots at his predecessor Donald Trump.......

Joe Biden takes oath as 46th US President

Joe Biden was sworn in as the 46th President of the United States and Kamala Harris took oath as first woman Vice President on Wednesday in a historic but scaled down ceremony under the......

Pence defies Trump, says he has no power to reverse defeat

IMAGE: US Vice President Mike Pence takes part in a joint session of Congress to certify the 2020 election results at the US Capitol in Washington. Photograph: Saul Loeb/Pool/Reuters United States......

Businessman. Leader. Philanthropist. Role model. Convicted felon. Author

‘With unchecked powers and resources and unbridled access to the media, prosecutors can manipulate witnesses.’ ‘Typically, the prosecutors are political animals, so they’re......

US jury strikes down discrimination suit against TCS

The nine-member jury found in an Oakland, California court on Wednesday that the TCS did not have a "pattern or practice" of intentionally discriminating against non-South Asian workers due to......

Rajat Gupta seeks re-hearing of insider trading conviction

India-born former Goldman Sachs director Rajat Gupta has petitioned that a three-judge panel, which upheld his conviction on insider trading charges, should reconsider its decision and the court......

How Wall Street created the Federal Reserve

In 1910 the who's who of Wall Street met in total secrecy in an American town to work towards the first draft of the bill that would finally give the United States a central bank. The clock had......

Wall Street 2 is very entertaining

Aseem Chhabra reviews Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps.What a difference 23 years make. In 1987 when Oliver Stone directed the original Wall Street, his intent was to expose the excesses of the......

Oliver Stone to helm Wall Street 2

Filmmaker Oliver Stone has been signed on to helm the sequel to his 1987 hit film Wall Street starring Michael Douglas. Douglas, who won an Oscar for the original film, is set to reprise his Gordon......

Nagal, Ramkumar lose in US Open qualifiers

IMAGE: Sumit Nagal serves. Photograph: Al Bello/Getty Images/Getty Images Indian tennis players' struggle at the Grand Slam events continued as both Sumit Nagal and Ramkumar Ramanathan lost their......

Tennis Round-up: Serena suffers worst career defeat in Silicon Valley opener

IMAGE: Serena Williams of the United States reacts during her match against Johanna Konta of Great Britain on Day 2 of the Mubadala Silicon Valley Classic at Spartan Tennis Complex in San Jose,......

Serena shakes out rust to advance in Auckland

IMAGE: USA's Serena Williams plays a backhand in her match against France's Pauline Parmentier on day two of the ASB Classic in Auckland on Tuesday. Photograph: Anthony Au-Yeung/Getty Images World......

Indians at US Open: Sania wins; Paes, Bopanna crash out of doubles

IMAGE: Sania Mirza of India and Ivan Dodig of Croatia during their first round mixed doubles match. Photograph: Michael Dodge/Getty Images. India's top doubles players Leander Paes and Rohan......

What will happen to brand Sharapova now?

Sharapova fallout shows sponsors have no tolerance for banned drugs IMAGE: Maria Sharapova. Photograph: Scott Barbour/Getty Images. In the day following Russian tennis star Maria Sharapova's......