Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has appointed Ravi Swaminathan as managing director and regional vice president of sales and marketing.

Rajesh Kamat, CEO of the year and a half old television channel Colors became the Impact Person of the Year 2009.

Rajdeep Sardesai, editor-in-chief, IBN Network, has been re-elected president of the Editors Guild of India for a second term at the elections held in Delhi.

US president Barack Obama has named former Bush administration adviser Howard Schmidt to serve as national cybersecurity coordinator.

Volkswagen of America, Inc. announced today that its all-new sixth generation GTI has been named the 2010 Automobile Magazine's Automobile of the Year.

It is definitely boom time for small car makers in India, going by the number of new launches in this segment. Both Korea's Hyundai and Italian Fiat announced plans to enter this segment.

Rolls-Royce, for long considered the ultimate in luxury cars, on Friday unveiled the company's new four-door super-luxury saloon 'Ghost' in New Delhi.

Maruti Suzuki India said it would launch a new van within this economic year to replace its aging multi-purpose vehicle Versa.

GE Global Research, the technology development arm for the General Electric Company, has received a $2-million award from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences (NIEHS)

Researchers working on the European Commision’s Safe Road Trains for the Environment project are working on a novel road transport project to make it possible.

An inovative flexible photovoltaic solar cell packaged in the form of a roofing shingle that can be easily integrated with standard asphalt shingle materials.

Scientist at Geneva-based European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) has managed to restart the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) designed to recreate the Big Bang of the universe.

India's largest private sector company, Reliance Industries Ltd (RIL) has submitting a preliminary offer to acquire a controlling stake in the world's third-largest petrochemicals firm

Global steel major ArcelorMittal is seeking Karnataka government permission for setting up a six-million tonne integrated steel plant in the state, involving investment of around Rs30,000 crore.

US-based confectioner Hershey, run by the tight knit Hershey family's Hershey Charitable Trust, is planning to take on the Goliath food company Kraft by launching a solo bid of $17 billion.

Wind energy major Suzlon's indirect subsidiary in the Netherlands, AE-Rotor Holding BV, will sell 35 per cent equity in Belgium's Hansen Transmissions to private equity investors.

Reckitt Benckiser plc, a global health and personal care products company, may be close to a multi-billion pound merger with US consumer goods giant Colgate-Palmolive.

Caisse: Canada's largest institutional fund managers are badly affected by the global economic crisis. Caisse plans to issue bonds worth C$8 billion ($7.6 billion) in Canada, US and Europe

Global electronics company, Hitachi Ltd plans to raise as much as $4.6 billion by selling stock and convertible bonds to raise its battered capital and strengthen its finances.

Digital marketing agency The Upper Storey has appointed Christer Eriksson to the role of regional strategy director. He was the general manger of Tribal DDB Singapore

Ratan Naval Tata, 71 is considering retirement. The chairman of the legendary Tata Group, one India's largest conglomerates and most respected brands is looking for a successor to him.

Soft drinks giant PepsiCo prepared for a global meet in Mumbai. The company's chairman and chief executive officer Indra Nooyi says India is one of the top three markets for the beverages maker.

Fashion & You plans to become a significant sales channel for high fashion brands contributing to at least 10 per cent of their sales in India by the year 2011.

The income-tax department on Friday issued a detailed show-cause notice to the Netherlands incorporated Vodafone International Holdings for "failure to deduct tax at source in the $11.2-billion".

Piramal Lifesciences, the drug research company of the Piramal Group will invest Rs200 crore over the next two years for developing new medicines, according to a top group executive.

Nokia, the world's biggest mobile phone maker, has said that it is suing its US rival Apple for infringing patents on mobile phone technology for the iPhone.

Bajaj Auto, announced the launch of the Kawasaki Ninja 250R, priced at around at around Rs3 lakh. Widely claimed to be among the best 250cc motorcycle in the world.

The BMW Z4 Roadster was unveiled today in its petrol variant, Z4 sDrive35i, at the India Couture Week in Mumbai. For BMW the new Z4 literally represents the re-birth of the roadster.

Tata Motors has launched a new version of the Indigo sedan-Indigo Manza, built on a new car platform. The new model will be priced between Rs4.8 lakh&Rs6.75 lakh. Available in petrol & diesel versions