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• Back to the future: Apple and Microsoft on collision course, ag

  by Sindhuri G August 31, 2012
  Two decades and four U.S. presidents ago, Apple vs. Microsoft was worth watching. Since then it's been a snooze. That's about to change. This fall consumers will be able to choose from the widest-yet assortment of smartphone and tablet devices because Microsoft, a company that has been an also-ran...

• Memento for patent jurors: 42 articles they missed during trial

  by Sindhuri G August 31, 2012
  British author Douglas Adams joked in his seminal work "The Hitchhikers Guide to the Galaxy" that "the answer to life, the universe, and everything" was 42. It turns out that's the same answer the court in the Apple v. Samsung trial arrived at when considering the satisfactory number of news stories...

• Jiah Khan is back in B-town

  by Sindhuri G August 30, 2012
  After her last outing on the big screen in Housefull, Jiah Khan disappeared from the scene. During her long break, she pursued an acting course at a drama school in London and is now back in B-town. We hear she's inked a deal for three 'high concept economically budgeted' movies. However, she hasn...

• There's no anger, we're still friends with Gandhis: Big B

  by Sindhuri G August 30, 2012
  Megastar Amitabh Bachchan, whose relationship with the Gandhi family have been strained over the years, says in his mind there is no change in feelings about them and that there is "no anger, no angst" from his side. "It's not a question of reaching out. So long you understand, I don't have to nece...

• Delhi to host Singapore film festival

  by Sindhuri G August 30, 2012
  An interesting line-up of films will be showcased at the three-day Singapore film festival to be held at the India Habitat Centre from October 1. The films to be screened include 881 by director Royston Tan, Singapore GaGa by Tan Pin Pin, Liao Jiekai Liao Jiekai's Red Dragonflies and Boo Junfeng's S...

• 'Student of the Year' to be Karan Johar's shortest film

  by Sindhuri G August 30, 2012
  Filmmaker Karan Johar, who is known for his extensively narrated tales, says his newest outing 'Student of the Year' is the shortest film he has made till date. The duration of this campus film would be a little over two hours, while each of his earlier four directorial ventures have lasted for c...

• Rozlyn Khan's secret birthday

  by Sindhuri G August 30, 2012
  The controversial model Rozlyn Khan, who is known to grab headlines, had a secret birthday date. The model chose to celebrate her 23rd birthday with her 57 year old mother, who has been admitted at a private hospital for a prolonged illness. Rozlyn's mother who has been hospitalized since a week a...

• Supertech and Maserati hosted a launch party in Delhi

  by Sindhuri G August 30, 2012
  There's nothing better than a night of comedy and music and Delhiites got a chance to enjoy this combination at a launch party hosted by Supertech and Maserati. Real estate major, Supertech, and Maserati, the Italian luxury sports car manufacturer, came together to celebrate the launch of Spira re...

• I would love to romance Angelina Jolie: Jackky

  by Sindhuri G August 30, 2012
  Jackky Bhagnani is super excited about his upcoming film Ajab Gazabb Love and is all praises for his co-star Nidhi Subbaiah. The actor is three films old and has worked with all fresh faces, but claims that he would love to romance Angelina Jolie. Jackky believes that he is too new in Bollywood and...

• Salman Khan's chick list

  by Sindhuri G August 30, 2012
  Makers of No Entry Mein Entry chalk up a tentative inventory of probable actresses so that Khan can take his pick The search for the leading ladies (and there's quite a handful of them in this one) for Anees Bazmee's No Entry Mein Entry is still on. The filmmaker had earlier confirmed that there ...

• Shahid in a fix over his weight issues

  by Sindhuri G August 30, 2012
  The lean actor has to pile on 8 kg by October for his upcoming films Earlier, by his own admission, he was pretty much jobless for a few months after Mausam and Teri Meri Kahaani. And now that he has several plum projects in hand, Shahid Kapoor is faced with a different kind of dilemma. The actor...

• My wife suffered because of me: Ashish Chaudhary

  by Sindhuri G August 30, 2012
  Ashish Chaudhary talks about losing loved ones in 26/11, getting duped by trusted people and giving it all up to start again Ashish Chaudhary may not be remembered for his early films. But the startling story of this actor who started off with some promise before misfortune culled his chances, coul...
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• Priyanka Chopra is desi at heart

  by Sindhuri G August 30, 2012
  She asked the makers of her album to add an Indian flavour to the video of her first single Priyanka Chopra may have bagged a singing deal with an international label, but at heart, she still is a desi girl. While the first music video of her debut album that releases on September 13, has a global ...
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• Standard Chartered jumps 5 per cent on Sebi move on IDR convers

  by Sindhuri G August 30, 2012
  MUMBAI: Standard Chartered today jumped by over 5 per cent on Indian bourses after financial sector regulators RBI and Sebi allowed partial flexibility in conversion of Indian Depository Receipts (IDRs) into equity shares by investors. Defying the weakness in the broader market, Standard Chartered ...

• Bajaj Finserv to raise Rs 941 crore through rights issue

  by Sindhuri G August 30, 2012
  NEW DELHI: Diversified finance company Bajaj Finserv today said it plans to raise Rs 941 crore through a rights issue to fund its business growth. Issue of equity shares on a rights basis to its existing equity shareholders would aggregate to Rs 941 crore approximately, Bajaj Finserv said in a fili...

• Rajnikant Patel leaves Indian Commodity Exchange posts

  by Sindhuri G August 30, 2012
  MUMBAI: Rajnikant Patel, the man who was responsible for the corporatisation and demutualisation of BSE in 2005, has stepped down from his current post of MD & CEO of Indian Commodity Exchange (ICEX). He joined the exchange in 2009 ever since it commenced operations as India's fourth national commo...

• 30 Aug, 2012, 05.44AM IST, Rakhi Mazumdar,ET Bureau Steel impor

  by Sindhuri G August 30, 2012
  KOLKATA: A sharp surge in steel imports has the domestic steel industry on tenterhooks. During June-July 2012, steel imports rose 40% to 1.471 million tones (mt) against imports of 1.01 mt in the same period last year. Flat steel products used in cars and consumer durables accounted for 63% of total...

• 2G auction will not impact Idea Cellu

  by Sindhuri G August 30, 2012
  The balance sheet health of Idea Cellular will not be affected much in the near term post the 2G spectrum auction even if the bidding gets as aggressive as anticipated by the telecom minister. The provision of upfront payment of only 33% of the total spectrum bid value and the rest in a phased mann...