Beijing, April 15 (IANS) China’s industrial value-added output growth eased to 9.5 percent year on year in the first quarter of 2013, down 2.1 percentage points from the same period last year, according to new official data. The pace was also 0.5 percentage points slower than the full-year growth registered [...]

Beijing, April 15 (IANS) Chinese companies were struggling to recover their confidence in the first quarter of this year amid a slowdown in economic growth, according to an index released by the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) Monday. China’s business climate index, a major gauge of the country’s macroeconomic outlook, [...]

London, April 15 (IANS) British banks have been criticized for poor customer service with a fifth of current account complaints not dealt with satisfactorily, said the consumer group Which?. According to a survey report on investigation into banking problems, the first of such issued by the costumer body, 26 percent [...]

Nostalgia about scenic homeland and memories not yet faded about the land of the snows overflowed into the rhyme and rhythm at the colourful ‘Himachal Day’ event that was held to mark the 66th Foundation Day of the North Indian state at the India Community Center (ICC), Milipitas in Silicon [...]

Panaji, April 15 (IANS) Entering Goa just got even more expensive. Visitors driving to Goa by road, on anything other than a two-wheeler, will be charged toll upwards of Rs.100, Chief Minister Manohar Parrikar said at a press conference Monday. “Five toll booths have already been erected at five entry [...]

Beijing, April 15 (IANS) China’s industrial value-added output growth eased to 9.5 percent year on year in the first quarter, down 2.1 percentage points from the same period last year, the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) said Monday. The pace was also 0.5 percentage point slower than the full-year growth [...]

Beijing, April 15 (IANS) China’s gross domestic product growth slowed to 7.7 percent in the first quarter but was still above the 7.5-percent full-year target, the National Bureau of Statistics announced Monday. The GDP growth in the first quarter was 0.2 percentage points lower than the 7.9 percent growth seen [...]

Washington, April 15 (IANS/WAM) Etihad Airways, the flag carrier of the UAE, will buy 12 Boeing aircraft in 2014 at a total value of 10.3 billion dirhams, a Boeing official said. John Wojick, Boeing’s senior vice president, said the company will deliver the aircraft in the first quarter of next [...]

New Delhi, April 14 (IANS) President Pranab Mukherjee Sunday condoled the passing away of industrialist R.P. Goenka, saying he had lost a personal friend. “Shri Goenka was an industrialist whose contribution to the establishment of various industrial and business enterprises helped in national development as well as created employment opportunities [...]

Kolkata, April 14 (IANS) RPG Group founder Rama Prasad Goenka, a doyen of Indian industry and business titan of eastern India, died Sunday morning at his South Kolkata home after a long battle with cancer. Goenka, 83, is survived by wife Sushila and two sons Harsh and Sanjiv – both [...]