US stocks end low on earning concernsNEW YORK - US stocks ended lower Monday as concerns about a decline in corporate profits overshadowed the prospect that President-elect Barack Obama’s tax cut plan will help avert the economic downturn. Yeddyurappa jumps the gun, claims larger victory than actualBANGALORE - An excited Karnataka Chief Minister B.S. Yeddyurappa Tuesday jumped the gun by declaring that his Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) had won in six of the eight assembly by-elections even as the state election commission withheld the result in one constituency. 2008: Watershed year for Indian telecom (Yearender 14)NEW DELHI - For a country that stood at the bottom of the pyramid in terms of telecom penetration a decade ago, 2008 was a watershed when India’s subscriber base topped 350 million users to make its network the second largest in the world after China, displacing the US. Key milestones in India’s telecom industry in 2008 (To go with Yearender 14)Following are key milestones and timeline of developments in India’s telecom sector in 2008, when the country’s network emerged as the second largest in the world after China’s, displacing that of the US: |