Business - Tata Motors upgrades existing cars as rivals launch new products

By Aradhana Aravindan PUNE, India (Reuters) - India`s Tata Motors on Wednesday launched eight upgrades of existing models, including a CNG-fuelled version of its low-cost Nano, but said little about plans for completely new vehicles to help reverse sliding car sales in India. In recent quarters, strong performance at its luxury Jaguar Land Rover unit has helped compensate for weak passenger car sales at home, where Tata is losing market share to rivals Hyundai Motor Co and Maruti Suzuki , which last year launched its successful Ertiga multi-purpose vehicle. ...

Wednesday, June 19, 2013  11:53

Top Stories - Ayers condemns Obama for `war crimes`

Former friend Bill Ayers condemns President Obama for alleged `war crimes.`

Wednesday, June 19, 2013  11:32

Personel Finance - Business majors most likely to be underemployed, report finds

What you major in can mean the difference between making an annual salary or making Frappucinnos post-graduation, according to a recent report.

Wednesday, June 19, 2013  11:17

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Wednesday, June 19, 2013  11:41

World - Bomb blasts, gunmen attack UN office in Mogadishu

MOGADISHU, Somalia (AP) — Al-Qaida-linked militants detonated multiple bomb blasts and engaged in ongoing battles with security forces in an attempt to breach the main U.N. compound in Mogadishu, officials said Wednesday.

Wednesday, June 19, 2013  11:41

Africa - Top South Sudan officials sacked

South Sudan`s President Salva Kiir sacks two high-ranking government ministers embroiled in a multi-million dollar financial scandal.

Wednesday, June 19, 2013  11:41

Asia-Pacific - VIDEO: South Korea in huge defence deal

South Korea is looking to buy 60 advanced fighter aircraft for $3.7bn in its biggest-ever defence deal.

Wednesday, June 19, 2013  11:36

World - Dozing prince a cult hero for disenchanted Czechs

By Christian Lowe and Jana Mlcochova PRAGUE (Reuters) - It was a moment of high drama: the Czech prime minister stood up in parliament to try to salvage a political career torpedoed by the arrest of an aide, and Foreign Minister Karel Schwarzenberg, sitting next to him, had dozed off. Schwarzenberg`s habit of napping has, instead of being a liability, made him popular among Czechs fed up with their political class and its endemic corruption, and desperate for someone who breaks the mould. ...

Wednesday, June 19, 2013  11:36

World - Syrian rebels claim attack on Shi`ites in Lebanon

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A Syrian rebel unit has claimed responsibility in a video for killing four Shi`ite men in Lebanon this week as Syria`s civil war spills into its smaller, religiously divided neighbor. In the video, posted on Tuesday by a group calling itself the `Syrian Mujahideen Unit`, a fighter says his brigade killed the four men as they were trying to enter Syria. He said they were members of Hezbollah, the Lebanese Shi`ite militant group that has actively helped Syrian President Bashar al-Assad in his fight against a mostly Sunni Muslim revolt. ...

Wednesday, June 19, 2013  11:09

Top Stories - 3 more Flying J Pilot execs plead guilty in fraud case

Number of plea deals in federal probe now stands at five.

Wednesday, June 19, 2013  11:53