Biz-Tech

    US’ Avid Tech eyes regional Indian TV

    Chennai, Sep 19 (IANS) US-based Avid Technology Inc, a global major in digital nonlinear media creation, management and distribution solutions, is betting big on the booming Indian regional TV industry for its future growth.


    IPhone: The super brand of the decade (Commentary)

    It’s the coolest design on the planet. It’s the super brand of the decade. And it has come to India - at midnight. The iPhone, like so many things Mac, defies logic.

Airtel, Vodafone launch BlackBerry Bold

Sep 19th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, India, Technology

New Delhi, Sep 18 (IANS) The country’s leading telecom service providers Bharti Airtel and Vodafone Essar, in association with the Canada-based wireless communication major Research In Motion (RIM), Thursday launched BlackBerry Bold smartphone in India.



Crisis stalks global air carriers

Sep 18th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, Business, Focused, World

Moscow, Sep 19 (RIA Novosti) A series of bankruptcies that have hit some leading air carriers and tour operators in the past month suggest that a serious crisis is brewing in global civilian aviation. Over the last six months about three dozen strong players have stopped or suspended operations. Among them are Russia’s AiRUnion, Britain’s XL Airways UK and Italy’s Alitalia.



IMF predicts 2009 recovery despite current financial turmoil

Sep 18th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, Business, World

Washington, Sep 19 (DPA) The International Monetary Fund has sought to put a positive spin on the current financial turmoil in the US, predicting the world’s advanced economies will stage a slow recovery by 2009 even as financial firms face potential bankruptcy.



Crude oil climbs by $25 a barrel

Sep 18th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, Business, World

Washington, Sep 23 (DPA) The price of crude oil climbed by $25 per barrel Monday, the largest jump ever over worries of a weakened dollar prompted by US government plans to buy failing mortgages from the troubled finance industry.



US launches major rescue package for financial sector

Sep 18th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, Business, World

Washington, Sep 19 (DPA) The US Friday unveiled part of a massive, comprehensive plan to help resolve the US financial crisis and prevent a rush of new bank failures in the coming weeks.



China unveils world’s largest sci-tech museum

Sep 18th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, Technology, World

Guangzhou (China), Sep 20 (Xinhua) China has unveiled the world’s largest science and technology museum in the southern city of Guangzhou that will demonstrate the country’s newest achievements in the field.



Dubai to host alternative investment meet in November

Sep 18th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, Business, World

Dubai, Sep 18 (IANS) Leaders of the global investment community, especially in the Middle East, will gather in Dubai in November to take part in a conference on alternative investment management.



US financial rescue plan could total $800 bn

Sep 17th, 2008 | By Sindh Today | Category: Biz-Tech, Business, World

Washington, Sep 20 (DPA) The US government is submitting a finance rescue package to Congress that is valued at $700-800 billion, media reports said Saturday.