Audrey Hepburn’s lucky dress fails to sell

Last Updated: Thursday, December 1, 2011, 08:32

The lucky dress which the legendary actress Audrey Hepburn wore to collect her first Oscar has failed to sell at auction.

Govt launches campaign to sell FDI in retail

Last Updated: Sunday, November 27, 2011, 11:44

Almost the entire Opposition and Trinamool Congress are up in arms against the decision and have paralysed Parliament in protest.

Gold dips to 1-month low in commodities sell-off

Last Updated: Friday, September 23, 2011, 12:55

Silver prices tumbled and gold dropped to one-month lows on Friday, amid a sell-off in commodities as fear heightened that the global economy could plunge back into a recession.

Bank of America to sell China bank stake for $8.3 bn

Last Updated: Tuesday, August 30, 2011, 09:06

Bank of America Corp is selling about half its stake in China Construction Bank for USD8.3 billion, in its latest effort to shed assets and boost capital.

Oil heads for 12% weekly drop as recovery falters

Last Updated: Friday, August 5, 2011, 11:32

US crude fell below USD 83 on Friday, heading for its biggest weekly drop since early May, as fears of a global economic slowdown drive investors to the exits in a commodities selloff that has erased the benchmark's 2011 price gains.

Jobless man sells girl baby for Rs 40,000

Last Updated: Saturday, July 23, 2011, 17:40

An unemployed man has been arrested here for allegedly selling his one-month old baby girl to a Mumbai-based businessman for Rs 40,000 as he was in dire need of money to look after his family.

Delhi: Woman allowed to sell house to safeguard son`s future

Last Updated: Monday, May 30, 2011, 22:13

Dwarka resident Vashali Grewal told the court that she was merely a housewife having no income to meet her day-to-day expenses or even to pay back the monthly installment of the loan for her house.

Man sentenced to death for killing neighbour to sell his house

Last Updated: Monday, March 21, 2011, 16:04

A city court has awarded life sentence to a 46-year-old man who had poisoned his neighbour to death and buried his body in his own house so that he could sell the victim`s house.

Thieves try to sell rare Stradivarius violin

Last Updated: Thursday, March 3, 2011, 19:57

A gang of thieves stole a rare 1.2 million pounds Stradivarius violin.

Sylvester Stallone’s paintings sell out

Last Updated: Wednesday, February 23, 2011, 09:01

Sylvester Stallone is as good with paintbrushes as he is with machine guns.

Anhalt to sell Gabor`s clothes to pay bills

Last Updated: Thursday, February 17, 2011, 10:05

Zsa Zsa Gabor`s husband Prince Frederic von Anhalt is reportedly planning to sell the 94-year-old`s $600,000 collection of fur coats to pay for her ever-increasing medical bills.

Labourers selling MGNREGA cheques in Jharkhand

Last Updated: Wednesday, December 15, 2010, 21:35

In the absence of banking services in rural Jharkhand, some labourers had sold their MGNREGA cheques to `middlemen` for a discount to get the money on the spot, state Chief Secretary Ashok Kumar Singh said on Wednesday.