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Bidding for MF Global's operations in Asia and Australia was extended by one day because of an influx of offers for the collapsed U.S. brokerage, a provisional liquidator for the company's Hong Kong unit said Saturday.

Bidding for MF Global's operations in Asia and Australia was extended by one day because of an influx of offers for the collapsed U.S. brokerage, a provisional liquidator for the company's Hong Kong unit said on Saturday.

Rahul Gandhi, General Secretary of Indian National Congress, is likely to step into the shoes of his mother Sonia Gandhi.

Here's a billion people. Here's 300 to 500 of those billion-plus people newly added to the middle class. Now, how do you market your product to them? That's a question that even a beverage giant like Coca-Cola has yet to figure out.

Videocon Industries is looking to sell a 25 percent stake in its direct-to-home broadcast services business for roughly $75 million to $100 million.

The flooding in Thailand put Bangkok's Safari World underwater on Thursday, forcing officials to find dry ground for several exotic animals.

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When an Indian journalist asked Zhang about the incorrect map, the Chinese envoy reportedly told him to “shut up.”

Following uproar from all quarters for hiking the price of petrol by 2.7 percent amidst inflated economy, sources from the ruling Congress party said that there is possibility of partially roll back in the hike.

The Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Ramalinga Raju, founder and former chairman of outsourcing firm Satyam Computer Services Ltd, in a $1.5 billion financial fraud case.

China should await workable plans from Europe before Beijing puts money into any bailout package, an adviser to the Chinese central bank said on Friday, adding that China should insist on certain controls over how the money will be used.

India's Supreme Court on Friday granted bail to Ramalinga Raju, founder and former chairman of outsourcing firm Satyam Computer Services Ltd, in a $1.5 billion financial fraud case, after the federal investigative agency failed to file charges on time.

India's top mobile phone carrier, Bharti Airtel, on Friday posted a bigger-than-expected 38 percent fall in fiscal second-quarter profit, hit by higher interest costs and losses on foreign exchange and in its African operations.

Pakistan has backtracked since announcing earlier this week that it had granted India the status of Most Favoured Nation in trade.

Determined to reveal the India behind the glitz and glamour of its economic boom, Sonia Faleiro spent five years immersed in the brothels of Mumbai - befriending bar dancers, transsexuals and policemen.

After a decade-long gap, the 'Miss World' contest is back in London, but the feminist organizations are set to protest the beauty pageant, which, according to them, is a sexist event.

A bank officers' body has served a notice to State Bank of India for a two-day nationwide strike, which could hit customer service at its branches on Tuesday and Wednesday, the bank said in a notice in the Economic Times newspaper.

India's top mobile phone carrier Bharti Airtel on Friday reported a bigger-than-expected 38 percent fall in fiscal second-quarter profit, its seventh straight quarterly profit drop, hit by higher interest costs and foreign exchange losses.

Unilever (ULVR), the second-largest global consumer goods company, posted an underlying sales growth of 7.8 percent in the third quarter, but said profitability for the fiscal year still may fall.

Europa, a suspense drama about astronauts from different countries who head to the frigid glacial moon of Jupiter, has found a warm reception at this year's American Film Market, selling in 12 territories so far.

Kenya Airways used fuel hedges to protect its bottom line from an escalation in direct costs in its first-half ended September, it said on Thursday, as it prepares to raise funds to finance its expansion.