INDIA

A senior bullion logistics executive in Switzerland yesterday told BullionVault that shipments of Gold Bullion to China are running much higher – and have begun much earlier – to meet consumer demand for the Chinese New Year, which will start on 3rd Feb. 2011.

National Association of Software and Service Companies (Nasscom) expects India’s IT-BPO industry to reach $70 billion mark by the end of the current fiscal following rise in demand for software technology products.

India and Russia signed a deal worth $30 billion to design and make fifth generation fighter aircraft taking defense co-operation between the two nations to a new level.

Idea Cellular , India's No. 6 mobile phone operator, said on Wednesday it has commissioned Nokia Siemens Network to build and manage its 3G network in four telecom zones and supply equipment.

Contrary to the prevailing view, the U.S. economy will gain growth momentum in the year ahead, while GDP will grow stronger in Europe and Japan, research firm IHS Global Insight has said in its forecast for 2011.

Toyota Motor Corp on Tuesday said that it expects to sell 7.7 million vehicles worldwide next year, up 3 percent from 2010, by tapping emerging markets Asian markets, such as China and India.

Anglo-Australian miner Rio Tinto is finalizing a $3.8 billion takeover bid for Africa-focused Riversdale , according to two sources, upping an earlier offer as it seeks to gain key coking coal supplies amid soaring demand from India and China.

It makes sense for China to invest heavily in green energy.

New York prosecutors sued Ernst & Young, accusing the accounting firm of helping to hide Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc's financial problems, the first major government legal action stemming from the Wall Street bank's 2008 downfall.

New York prosecutors sued Ernst & Young, accusing the accounting firm of helping to hide Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc's financial problems, the first major government legal action stemming from the Wall Street bank's 2008 downfall.

India continues to be world’s most preferred destination for offshore outsourcing, a new study by Gartner Inc said.

Internet search engine Google Inc is hiring people to fill over 70 vacant positions in India in different areas to meet its business requirements.

Internet search engine Google Inc raced ahead of consulting firm McKinsey as India’s most preferred employer in business schools in 2010, according to a study by The Nielsen Company.

Nissan Motor Co on Monday unveiled the all-new Global sedan model 'Sunny' at the 8th China (Guangzhou) International Automobile Exhibition. The model will be launched in China in January 2011 followed by India in the second-half of the next year and progressively across 170 countries.

The world's largest exchange traded gold fund - the New York, Tokyo, Hong Kong and Singapore-listed SPDR Gold Trust - added 15 tonnes to its holdings on Friday, the largest one-day addition since the height of the Greek deficit crisis in May.

South Africa wrapped up proceedings early on the final day to win the first test against India and take the series lead 1-0 at The Centurion, Pretoria.

South Korea announced on Sunday it will start charging a levy on banks' foreign exchange borrowings, a measure aimed at limiting the chances of capital exiting the economy at a time when military tensions with the North are escalating.

China would invest about $20 billion in Pakistan in the next 3 years, according to a communiqué issued by the two countries on Sunday.

India's Tata Group owned Jaguar Land Rover global sales were 79,959 nos. in November 2010, a growth of 6 percent over November 2009.

Japanese carrier NTT DoCoMo Inc <9437.T> plans to transfer television broadcast technology for cellular phones to Indian partner Tata Teleservices with an eye to launching mobile phone TV service in the South Asian country in 2014, the Nikkei reported.

Brazil’s unemployment rate fell to a record low in November as the country is set to witness the fastest growth in more than two decades.