GM earnings more than double on US truck demand; shares jump

Last Updated: Friday, July 24, 2015, 09:03

General Motors Co shares rose about 4 percent on Thursday after the automaker reported adjusted net income that more than doubled in the second quarter, driven by North American truck sales and continued strength in China.

Steel Strips bags $4.5 mn Canadian order

Last Updated: Wednesday, May 20, 2015, 12:12

SSWL was trading at Rs 322.30 on BSE, up 6.72 percent, from the previous close.

Oil market plumbs new five-year lows

Last Updated: Friday, December 5, 2014, 23:56

Crude futures have now slumped by about 40 percent since June, faced also with cheaper oil being extracted from North American shale rock.

`Ride Along` drives N. American box office

Last Updated: Monday, February 3, 2014, 03:59

Cop comedy "Ride Along" led the North American box office for a third weekend in a row, industry estimates showed Sunday.

Disney film ``Iron Man 3`` hottest ticket of 2013: Rentrak

Last Updated: Saturday, January 4, 2014, 03:47

Walt Disney`s film "Iron Man 3" was the hottest film of 2013, with ticket sales of $409 million in the North American market, one of four Disney films among the year`s top-selling movies, according to Rentrak.

Researchers overturn assumption about mercury in Arctic

Last Updated: Saturday, December 21, 2013, 13:47

For years, researchers assumed that if mercury`s high and increasing in fish in the North American and European Arctic, the same would also stand true of fish elsewhere in the Arctic.

`Hobbit` towers over competition at N America box office

Last Updated: Monday, December 16, 2013, 03:53

The latest installment of the Tolkien epic series, "The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug," claimed the top spot at the North American box office this weekend, industry estimates showed today.

India has all qualities to protect foreign investment: FM

Last Updated: Wednesday, April 17, 2013, 10:35

On the second leg of his North American tour to woo investors, Finance Minister P Chidambaram has said that India has all the qualities to guarantee that foreign investment is protected.

Passenger steps into co-pilot`s shoes mid-air!

Last Updated: Wednesday, November 21, 2012, 19:03

As the co-pilot of a Boeing 747 was struck down with a severe migraine mid-air on Monday, the crew held out no hope there might be a "pilot on the plane".