India may temporarily shut down BlackBerry services if security concerns are not addressed in a Thursday meeting of telecom officials and operators, the latest global headache for smartphone maker Research in Motion.
Indian demands are giving a new headache to BlackBerry maker Research in Motion after New Delhi threatened a shutdown that could affect one million of the smartphone's 41 million users.
A new superbug could spread around the world after reaching Britain from India -- in part because of medical tourism -- and scientists say there are almost no drugs to treat it.
India may temporarily shut down BlackBerry services if security concerns are not addressed in a meeting on Thursday, sources said, in a signal the Canadian firm's tussle with authorities around the world is far from over.
India is on the cusp of a gold boom this week. With the onset of festival season in India on August 24 (Raksha Bandhan), bullion market is set to boom as demand for the yellow metal will shoot up in the country.
The worried and hassled world of bullion investors heaved a sigh of relief following the release of US Federal Reserve report this week following which the gold prices showed signs of gains.
India may temporarily shut down BlackBerry services if New Delhi's concerns about security are not addressed in a meeting between the government and mobile phone operators on Thursday, government sources said.
Bullion trades on the Indian bourses once again hit the bells as the latest trade data released by the Forward Markets Commission (FMC) for the fortnight 16th July 2010 till 31st July, 2010 showed bullion trade volumes rising 123.8% from the corresponding period last year.
Business productivity fell for the first time in 1-1/2 years in the second quarter and labor costs hardly rose, underlining the halting pace of economic recovery.
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion has agreed to hand over coveted codes to users' phones to try to avert a ban on its Messenger service in Saudi Arabia, an industry source familiar with the talks told Reuters on Tuesday.
BlackBerry maker Research In Motion on Tuesday won a reprieve from a threatened ban on its Messenger texting service as Saudi Arabia said progress was being made on addressing its concerns.
Gold prices fell for a second day in Europe on Tuesday as the dollar strengthened, but prices did not stray far from $1,190 an ounce as traders awaited the outcome of a U.S. Federal Reserve monetary policy meeting.
Gold prices eased below $1,200 an ounce in Europe on Tuesday as the dollar strengthened, but remained supported by uncertainty ahead of a monetary policy meeting of the U.S. Federal Reserve later in the day.
Who's the Swiss investor hwo lapped up a major quantity of Krugerrand gold bullion coins by the Rand Refinery and dried up its Kruggerand reservoir?
Rand Refinery, the world's largest gold refinery refuses to reveal the identity of the individual but said that the stock can be replenished only in September.
BlackBerry users in Saudi Arabia were left guessing for a second time in a week on Tuesday after a deadline to address security concerns about encryption lapsed, but service continued normally.
Political activists in Gulf states where the maker of BlackBerry faces possible bans say its messaging service boosted their ranks, and they are now on the hunt for new ways to evade authorities.
A deadline Saudi Arabia has fixed for BlackBerry manufacturer Research In Motion Ltd and local mobile phone operators to address security concerns has lapsed, but the handset's services continue to operate normally.
Saudi Arabia told the kingdom's telecom operators on Saturday to test a proposed fix to the perceived national security threat posed by Research In Motion's BlackBerry smartphones, and said it would not ban service if the test was successful.
Car sales in China rose at their slowest in 15 months in July as the world's largest auto market cooled further after a roaring 2009, but Indian sales hit a record high thanks to sound economic prospects and new models.
Oman has no plans to block BlackBerry services, the small Gulf state said on Monday, as regional heavyweight Saudi Arabia worked with the device's maker on a solution that could avert a ban of some services.
People over 50 with HIV are more likely to be diagnosed with late-stage disease than younger adults, according to a British study.
Problems at the mines in South Africa, increasing demand due to the rise in auto sales and emerging markets like India and China will ensure that platinum and palladium outperform gold in the coming years.
