| Hershey trust pushes $17-bn offer for Cadbury | 22-NOV-09 |
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| Hershey Co’s controlling trust wants the candy company to make a $17 billion bid for British confectioner Cadbury Plc, the Wall Street Journal reported, citing unidentified people familiar with the matter. |
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| Indian appointed to key IMF post | 22-NOV-09 |
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| With an experience in managing complex work programmes, Indian economist Siddharth Tiwari has been named as secretary of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) by its Managing Director Dominique Strauss-Kahn. |
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| IOC fire burns Rs 100-cr hole in GIC's pocket | 22-NOV-09 |
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| General Insurance Corporation (GIC), India’s national re-insurer, is expected to take a Rs 100-crore hit in claims for the fire that broke out at the Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) complex near Jaipur last month. |
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| Markets await a clear direction | 22-NOV-09 |
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| A late charge by bulls helped key indices surpass crucial resistance levels. However, select momentum indicators are currently in a sell mode even while the trend is up. It seems that markets will remain directionless until a clear breakout in either direction appears. |
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| WKLY TECH ANALYSIS: Markets await a clear direction | 22-NOV-09 |
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| A late charge by bulls helped key indices surpass crucial resistance levels. However, select momentum indicators are currently in a sell mode even while the trend is up. It seems that markets will remain directionless until a clear breakout in either direction appears. |
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| Gadgets on wheels | 22-NOV-09 |
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| Bikram Dasgupta, chairman and CEO, Globsyn Technologies, traces his love for gadgets back to 1995, when he bought a Nokia 1011, loaded with games and polyphonic ringtones. Little did Dasgupta know that within 14 years, his so-called premium model phone would pale against his Mercedes E Class and custom-fitted laptops. |
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| Touch wood | 22-NOV-09 |
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| Leroy Alvares talks about his passion for wood and a delicate art form called Fretwork. |
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| Ride to nowhere | 22-NOV-09 |
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| Bicycles for hire at Metro stations is a great idea — on paper. |
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| Showing since 1955 | 22-NOV-09 |
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| One of India’s oldest English-language theatre groups, The Madras Players, turns to Pakistani literature for their latest production. |
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