China’s campaign to wipe out Falun Gong drives tenacious movement undergroundBEIJING — A musician dies in police custody, a lawyer is beaten, an aid worker abandons China after 10 years of persecution — the stories are the human toll behind China’s decade-long campaign to wipe out Falun Gong, a spiritual movement that the government calls an evil cult. New York Times Co.’s 1Q loss of $74.5M, worse than expected as ad revenue plunges 27 percentThe New York Times Co. fell into a deeper financial hole during the first quarter as the newspaper publisher’s advertising revenue plunged 27 percent in an industrywide slump that is reshaping the print media. Its shares dived after the results were released Tuesday. IPL II introduces ‘time-outs’CAPE TOWN - Compulsory ‘time-outs’ are to be introduced into the Indian Premier League, which starts on Saturday in South Africa, in an attempt to squeeze in more television advertising. Noble Travels Group launches Bid2Travel.comNEW DELHI - Noble Travels Group, the leading provider of travel-related services throughout the Indian travel industry for over a decade, today announced the launch of Bid2Travel.com - India’s first online bidding site bringing unsold, last-minute inventory of rooms straight to the customer. Goldman Sachs bounces back with $1.8 bn profitWASHINGTON - Bailed out US investment bank Goldman Sachs has reported a much stronger-than-expected first-quarter profit of $1.81 billion, bouncing back from its worst quarter as a public company. Jaswant promises to raise Gorkhaland demand with DelhiDARJEELING - Vowing to carry the ‘voice of the Gorkhas’ to Delhi, Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) veteran Jaswant Singh Friday began his election campaign from this West Bengal constituency, and said the Gorkhaland demand was aimed at strengthening the unity of the country. Wishful betting can be contagious in financial marketsWASHINGTON - Wishful bettors, who make overly optimistic investments, not only harm themselves financially but contaminate the entire markets as well, say researchers. India can’t be exempt from mandatory greenhouse gas emission cap: John KerryNEW DELHI - India’s National Action Plan on Climate Change is ‘notably lacking in any fixed commitments and time-lines’ on capping its greenhouse gas emissions, US Senator John Kerry said Thursday, throwing down the gauntlet to India in international climate negotiations. |
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