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People walk past an electronic stock board of a securities firm in Tokyo Friday, Dec. 11, 2015.

Heavy rains have battered Chennai, Kanchipuram, Cuddalore and Thiruvallur districts for the past one month, resulting in floods that have killed over 325 lives and destroying assets worth several thousand crores of rupees.

“We recognize that bias and discrimination are significant challenges, and we welcome the opportunity to work with anyone that can help us reduce potential discrimination in the Airbnb community”, a spokesperson told the Huffington Post. The Airbnb study even used the...

The deal apparently would be followed by a breakup into three businesses: agriculture, specialty chemicals and commodity chemicals; it’s “like Pepsi and Coca-Cola merging, then splitting into syrup, bottling, and snacks and sundry businesses”, says Eric Linser...

Beijing lifted its first red alert on Thursday noon as planned and residents started to breathe the long-awaited clean air, which is expected to last less than two days before air pollution comes back on Saturday.

“In addition to our efforts to increase value and diminish uncertainty for investors, the ultimate separation of our Alibaba stake will be important to our continued business transformation”, said Marissa Mayer, CEO of Yahoo.

Japan’s Prime Minister Shinzo Abe (left) and his Indian counterpart Narendra Modi shake hands while exchanging documents during a signing of agreement at Hyderabad House in New Delhi, India today. “I have been told that United States dollars 11-12 billion fund has...

It remains unknown just what form that concept auto will take, but it has been speculated that Faraday will enter the market with a utility coupe like the BMW X6.

Beijing has had a color-coded emergency pollution plan for two years but had never issued a red alert.

Efforts to craft a global accord to combat climate change stumbled early on Friday after a “hard night” of talks, forcing host nation France to extend the United Nations summit by a day to overcome stubborn divisions.

Bhushan had termed the transfer of shares from AJL to YIL was “wholly illegal” and said he will challenge this whole transaction in the court. Bhushan clarified to Firstpost on Saturday that his father Vishwamitra held five preference shares in the company that has...

The world’s largest retailer announced Walmart Pay Dec. 10 as a fast and secure way for shoppers to make purchases in the company’s stores using any Android smartphone or Apple iPhone at any checkout lane using nearly any payment card.

The end result would be two separate, publicly traded companies. To help unlock the value of the underlying business – the Internet portal – Yahoo is considering a plan to spin-off its core business.

“It is shining symbol of a new level of mutual confidence and strategic partnership in the cause of a peaceful and secure world”, Modi said.

“We saw shocking behaviour when ruling party members, including ministers, were encouraging him”, he said.