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(Apr 5) - Global farm commodities supplier Olam said Friday it had dropped a defamation suit against US-based short-seller Muddy Waters on the advice of shareholders. The company, which is listed on the Singapore Exchange, has clawed back much of its losses after taking a hit in November last year when Muddy Waters, an influential... 

Former HRD minister Kapil Sibal behind Aakash fiasco (4 Apr) - It was a project of great national pride - to beat the rest of the world to an affordable touchscreen tablet for online education delivery. Touted in 2009 by Kapil Sibal, then Minister of Human Resource Development as India's low-cost US$35 tablet breakthrough for... 

(3 Apr) - President Barack Obama plans to give back 5 percent of his pay in a gesture of solidarity with government workers who must take unpaid leave as a result of deep spending cuts that went into effect last month. The president's self-imposed pay cut would be effective from March 1, when the spending cuts began, and would...