Bank of America investors to vote on CEO/Chair split

Last Updated: Friday, August 14, 2015, 09:10

Bank of America announced Thursday that it will hold a special meeting in September for shareholders to vote on splitting the chief executive and chairman roles.

Fed officials lean all ways on rate hikes, data in focus

Last Updated: Friday, April 17, 2015, 06:10

Federal Reserve officials on Thursday were again at public odds over when the U.S. central bank should start raising rates, underscoring the difficult task ahead for Fed Chair Janet Yellen as she tries to build consensus for a rate hike sometime later this year.

Wall St Week Ahead - Investors in ''patient panic'' over Fed language

Last Updated: Sunday, March 15, 2015, 23:14

U.S. stock markets are in the midst of a "`patient` panic" ahead of Wednesday`s Federal Reserve statement, when many investors expect a change in the Fed`s language that would send the clearest signal yet that a rate hike is coming soon.

Petrobras new chair says will have total autonomy

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 11, 2015, 20:07

Petrobras` new board chair has insisted he will have full autonomy as he leads the scandal-plagued Brazilian oil giant through a crisis that cost his predecessor her job.

Obama picks Stanley Fischer for Fed vice chair

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 23:06

US President Barack Obama Friday nominated former Israeli central bank governor and renowned economist Stanley Fischer as vice chair of the Federal Reserve, completing a shakeup of the board`s leadership.

Obama to nominate Stanley Fischer as Fed vice chair

Last Updated: Friday, January 10, 2014, 22:09

President Barack Obama on Friday nominated former Israeli central bank governor and renowned financier Stanley Fischer as vice chair of the Federal Reserve, completing a shakeup of the board`s leadership.

Rs 4.21 lakh bid for Narendra Modi’s Agra chair

Last Updated: Thursday, November 28, 2013, 08:17

The BJP leaders are engaged in a bidding war for a chair on which party prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi sat while addressing a rally in Agra.

Modi`s chair: Bid touches Rs 4L, BJP says against party culture

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 27, 2013, 18:43

The bid to purchase the chair on which BJP`s prime ministerial nominee Narendra Modi sat during the Agra rally has gone up to Rs 4.21 lakh even as senior leaders said the practice was against party`s culture.

Contractor refuses to sell the chair Narendra Modi sat on at Agra rally

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 27, 2013, 14:33

BJP leaders are now engaged in a bidding war to win the chair Bharatiya Janata Party`s prime ministerial candidate Narendra Modi sat on at a rally on November 21.

Indian physicist made Innovation Chair at New York University

Last Updated: Friday, August 9, 2013, 21:01

India-born distinguished experimental physicist, Dr Katepalli Sreenivasan, has been appointed to the Kleiner Chair for Innovation in Mechanical Engineering at the New York University (NYU).

Beijing airport blast sparks concerns over way of protests

Last Updated: Sunday, July 21, 2013, 15:19

Ji Zhongxing, a motorcycle taxi driver from Heze city, Shandong province, was paralysed from waist below after receiving beating at the hands of police in 2005.