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Starbucks's biggest mistakes and greatest challenges boil down to three words: location, location and location.

Bilateral trade between Thailand and India was expected to reach USD 10 billion by 2010, Tamil Nadu Governor Surjit Singh Barnala said on Friday.

G8 leaders aim to present a united front against global inflation, driven by soaring oil and food prices, at a summit in Japan next week, but solving the problem requires more than just a strong message from rich nations.

Having lost the battle against spiralling aviation turbine fuel costs, airlines like the national carrier Air India, private carriers Jet Airways and Kingfisher, amongst others, have cancelled some of their routes to tide over the dip in traffic during the lean season.

Sustained rise in the rate of inflation and firming up of crude oil prices continued to take its toll on the bourses with benchmark indices posting negative weekly closing for the seventh week in a row on Friday.

NEW DELHI: On the back of rising prices of food article, vegetable, oil seed and manufactured items like iron and steel, inflation rose to a new 13-year high of 11.63% on Friday. During the week en...

Private equity buyers apparently salvaged a record $52 billion deal for Bell Canada on Friday by postponing its closing date and canceling dividend payments.

The Swiss bank said it expected to break even or make a small loss in the second quarter, helped by a $2.96 billion tax credit.

A number of foreign businesses, anxious to distance themselves from a violent regime, have pulled out this week - but others continue to argue that their presence is beneficial for an impoverished people

Europe's divisions over inflation were highlighted on Friday when José Manuel Barroso, European Commission president, defended the European Central Bank against political critics