* Bengaluru hit
Karnataka Chief Minister B S Yeddyurappa has constituted a special team to probe into the serial blasts that rocked Bengaluru on Friday
* Images: Obamania sweeps Berlin
To say Barack Obama's tour to Germany was a hit is an understatement. The US Democratic presidential candidate and the frontrunner floored Berlin. He was lapped up like a Pope star, wherever he went.
* Areas hit
It has become clear that the serial blasts in Bengaluru were carried out to create a scare. With due respect to those who lost their lives and were injured in the blasts, the people of Bengaluru could consider themselves lucky as the blasts were of low intensity in nature.
* The truth is security in India is a joke
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* Ammonium nitrate used | Special team for probe
Nine explosions in one single day leaving two dead and six injured. Bengaluru on Friday was placed very high on the terror map. Even as police dig deep to find out who is behind this attack, Intelligence Bureau sources say that it could be the handiwork of the Students Islamic Movement of India and Harakat-ul-Jihad-i-Islami.
* Images: Blasts rock Bengaluru
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* All employees are safe: Infosys
Reacting to the horrific blasts that ripped through Bengaluru, India's third-largest software company, Infosys Technologies Ltd , said that it had increased security on its campus and that all its employees are safe.
* HSBC, ICICI Pru, SBI to manage PF
Leading private financial players HSBC and ICICI [Get Quote] Prudential along with country's largest bank SBI [Get Quote] have been shortlisted to manage about Rs 25,000 crore (Rs 250 billion) in provident fund of about four crore employees annually
* India sticks to its guns.; WTO talks may flop
The US had recently made an offer to reduce its overall trade distorting subsidy to $15 billion."It is hardly an offer when their applied duty subsidy is $7 billion, Nath told reporters.He said the US offer is 'not commensurate with current food prices'. Developed countries have to put something on the table and not 'look into the pockets of the developing countries', he said.
* All employees safe: Infosys
* HUL Q2 net 13% at Rs 558 cr
On the back of robust growth in personal care and food products category, FMCG major Hindustan Unilever on Friday reported a 13.18 per cent rise in net profit at Rs 558 crore (Rs 5.58 billion) for the second quarter ended June 30, against Rs 493 crore (Rs 4.93 billion) during the same period last year.
* Sensex ends down 502pts; ICICI, Reliance weigh
Following weak cues from the global markets, the Sensex opened with a negative gap of 325 points at 14,452. The index barely managed to touch a high of 14,484, and then started slipping deeper into red.
* 2 roads to trading success in the markets
When markets are stormy and covered with dark clouds, even the hardiest of investors and traders sometimes feel discouraged. Is this is what it's all about, they wonder? Losing money left and right, getting decimated by choppy, unpredictable markets where nothing works? For the unprepared and the tip-followers, the answer is yes. It's not for lack of trading or investing tools, though, but for alack of clarity as to the road to follow...
* ArcelorMittal buys 70% pie in Brazilian firm
World's largest steel producer ArcelorMittal today said it has acquired 70 per cent stake in Brazilian steel processor Manchester Tubos e Perfilados SA.
* Indian brothers sued by Scrabble owners in US
* Global economy, national problems, petty politicians
The recent happenings, in the run up to the confidence vote and in Parliament, exposed the soft underbelly of Indian democracy. Perhaps no other democracy anywhere else in the world at any point in history is witness to such bizarre events. Surely, Winston Churchill's ghost continues to haunt us. Often one wonders whether he was a mystic, for who else could be so prophetic?
* 'We have hedged about 44% of our revenues'
MindTree, the Bangalore-headquartered IT services company created history last year by becoming the first listed Indian IT firm to acquire another listed Indian company, Aztecsoft.
* Madhuri Dixit joins Unforgettable tour in US
* *Ullasanga Utsahanga* is a good watch
* Watch *Money Hai* if you're a Govinda fan
* Don't miss this *Taj Mahal*
* Unforgettable takes toll on Amitabh; falls ill
* This *Mission* is a Turkey
* The Cheetah Girls in India
* Now, catch *Taare Zameen Par* in DVD
* 'Singing and dancing is done to death'
* Sarath Kumar's daughter debuts
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