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Trains, planes and audacity: How Carlos Ghosn became the world’s most famous fugitive On Christmas Eve, Carlos Ghosn walked into his lawyers’ modest office in central Tokyo to speak to his wife, Carole, for only the second time since April. During his long odyssey through the Japanese legal system—several arrests, more than 100 days in solitary confinement, seemingly endless interrogations, and, after his release on bail, intrusive 24-hour surveillance—Ghosn had been forced to accept many humiliations. But few demoralized the ousted leader of Nissan Motor Co. and Renault SA as much as having to seek court permission even to call...

Soleimani killing: Iran’s Zarif vows response to US ‘act of war’ “Iran will respond because there was an act of war – an act of war combined with an act of terrorism against a senior official of the Islamic Republic of Iran and a citizen of Iran,” Zarif said. “We are bound to protect our citizens and our military officials. It was an act that has to be reciprocated by Iran. We will make the necessary deliberations and it will be an act that we will do, not in a hurry, not in a hasty manner.” Soleimani was killed along...

Tata Steel ‘can’t keep funding losses’ at UK’s loss-making Port Talbot plant: N Chandrasekaran LONDON : The chairman of the Tata group N Chandrasekaran has said the steel conglomerate cannot have a situation where India keeps funding the mounting losses at its struggling Port Talbot steelworks in the UK. He emphasised that the Port Talbot steelworks in Wales, one of the largest in Europe, needed to be “self-sustaining” in an interview with the Sunday Times. The head of the 84 billion-pound turnover conglomerate that also owns British luxury automaker Jaguar Land Rover, refused to commit to continuing to make UK steel,...

Next 10 years are going to be very challenging for even stock pickers: Sridhar Sivaram, Enam Holdings We are looking at opportunities outside the 15-20 stocks that most people have invested in including us, for 2020, says Sridhar Sivaram, Investment Director, Enam Holdings. Excerpts from an interview with ETNOW. Is 2020 going to be well worth the ride or is it going to be just testing your patience kind of game for the markets like 2019 was?My view that we will see the broader market rally in 2020. It cannot be just the 15-20 stocks which would taking the market up. We...

Zoho CEO slammed for being guest at RSS event, he retorts that he works as per conscience An RSS invite for a function, which has on its guest list the Founder & CEO of Zoho Corporation Sridhar Vembu as well as the Chennai MD of Accenture Solutions Rama S. Ramachandran, has kicked up a storm. The event titled ‘Resurgent Bharath’ is scheduled to be held on February 2 in Chennai. While Sridhar Vembu is the chief guest, Ramachandran is the guest of honour at the event.  Several users on Twitter were quick to criticise the Accenture Chennai MD and the Zoho...

Anand Mahindra shares menu of vegetarian eatery which serves Veg Mutton Dosa. Internet dies laughing Anand Mahindra is known for his interesting posts on Twitter as he often shares stuff on his timeline that go viral almost instantly. His recent tweet proves just the same. Mahindra took to Twitter on January 5 to post a hilarious tweet and netizens can’t stop laughing. He shared a picture of a standee-menu of a restaurant that claimed to be a ‘pure vegetarian’ eatery but the dishes listed on it…wait…why don’t you figure it out yourself? Mahindra posted the picture with the caption, “An...

Former Fox reporter claims Trump invited her to his office to ‘kiss’ A former Fox News reporter has claimed that President Donald Trump had once, before he became president, propositioned her in a phone call and had invited her to his Trump Tower office so they could “kiss”. Courtney Friel, the reporter who occasionally filled in as an anchor on Trump’s favorite TV show Fox & Friends, also recalls in her upcoming book, Tonight At 10: Kicking Booze and Breaking News, that Trump had told her she was the “hottest one at Fox”. Source: Hindustan Times

Lacks of funds forces Julián Castro to drop out of 2020 presidential race; rising Democrat star was first to call for Trump’s impeachment Austin: Former Obama housing secretary Julián Castro, the only Latino in the 2020 Democratic presidential primary race, ended his campaign Thursday after a yearlong run in which he pushed his rivals on immigration and took big swings in debates but struggled to break through with voters. “I’m so proud of the campaign we’ve run together. We’ve shaped the conversation on so many important issues in this race, stood up for the most vulnerable people and given a voice...

The world’s oldest woman celebrates her 117th birthday A Japanese woman has extended her own record for being the world’s oldest living person by celebrating her 117th birthday at a nursing home in Fukuoka. Kane Tanaka, who turned 117 on January 2 celebrated her new milestone with a party thrown by her friends and staff at her nursing home. A local television channel was also in attendance for her party. According to the Guinness World Records, Tanaka was confirmed as the oldest living person 116 years last year. As per the organisation, Tanaka was born prematurely in 1903 and married...

Govt wanted Kashmir like rest of India, ended up making India like Kashmir: Yashwant Sinha The government had claimed of making Kashmir like the rest of India but has ended up doing otherwise, former Union Minister Yashwant Sinha said on Monday, as he slammed the Centre over what he called was its policy of “suppression”. Sinha, who had quit the BJP after being sidelined in the party he served for more than two decades, made the remarks while addressing the anti-citizenship law protestors outside Jamia Milla Islamia here. Source: The Indian Express