INDIA

China has installed its first gold vending machine, offering coins and bullion to shoppers in a Beijing shopping district, according to a report.

A fan who threw a hot dog at Tiger Woods and missed during Sunday's final round of the Frys.com Open was arrested by local police, officials said.

Two entries in the Academy's Best Foreign-Language Film category are among the five Best Feature Film nominees at the 2011 Asia Pacific Screen Awards, which announced its nominees on Monday.

India will let cellular carriers share airwaves and allow for consolidation in a crowded industry that has been battered by ferocious competition as well as a licensing scandal that may have cost New Delhi up to $39 billion in lost revenue.

BlackBerry users in Europe, the Middle East, Africa and India suffered email outages for several hours on Monday, adding to the woes of struggling manufacturer Research in Motion, increasingly seen as a takeover target.

India gold rose nearly a percent on Monday afternoon, extending gains for another session, following a similar trend in overseas markets, although a rising rupee checked gains, dealers said.

Singh was hailed for making ghazal music more accessible to the Indian public.

India gold futures are likely to extend gains this week helped by the weakness in the U.S. dollar, which enhances appeal of the yellow metal as an alternative investment, and after France and Germany pledged to strike a proposal to recapitalize euro zone banks.

Gold prices jumped nearly 2 percent Monday on a plunging dollar and strong physical buying from India and China.

India's software services companies are set to report strong revenue growth when they kick off their quarterly earnings next week. However, a slowing U.S. economy and the debt crisis in Europe may crimp orders.

Starbucks Corp is finalising an equity joint venture with Tata Coffee Ltd for opening coffee shops in Asia's third-largest economy, the Times of India reported on Monday.

Starbucks Corp is finalizing an equity joint venture with India's Tata Coffee Ltd for opening coffee shops in Asia's third-largest economy, the Times of India reported on Monday.

(Reuters) - Maruti Suzuki, India's top carmaker, has halted production at its Manesar plant as a workers' strike resurfaced, a spokesman said on Friday, dealing a further blow to production in the midst of the festive season.

Steve Jobs, Apple's mastermind who took charge of the golden era of personal computing, led a full life characterized by several idiosyncrasies, some of which portray the amusing personality he was.

Facing the prospect of a deeper crisis in Europe, the International Monetary Fund is weighing whether it could expand its rescue lending capacity through debt issuance or bilateral borrowing.

Since Jobs died on Oct. 5, the public has been curious about reports he dated Joan Baez and Diane Keaton

Gold headed up Friday for its biggest weekly gain in a month as equities regained strength after fresh European efforts to resolve the debt crisis eased worries about a global recession, while purchases from jewelers offered additional support.

The United States claimed Steve Jobs as one its national heroes, but the rest of the world loved him too much to let him go down in history as just an American genius. The outpouring of heart-felt grief across the world over his death was encapsulated by global media that tried to put Jobs' place in history in perspective. Here is a glimpse into how global media looked at Steve Jobs and his legacy:

Gold headed for its biggest weekly gain in a month Friday as equities regained strength after fresh European efforts to resolve the debt crisis eased worries about a global recession, while purchases from jewelers offered additional support.

The respect that Steve Jobs commanded didn't stem exclusively from his corporate position as the co-founder of Apple and a visionary CEO. A man of diverse interests, hailed as a revolutionary, Jobs strictly kept his personal life to himself. However, he always stood by what he believed in and wouldn't care much about his public-perceived image. Here are some little known facts about Jobs, whose personal life was marked by experiments with the obscure.

“India is trying to create an anti-Pakistan Afghanistan [and trying to form] a weak Pakistan so that it can be dominated.