June 2, 2016 - French Open: Sania Mirza in mixed quarters as Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna ousted

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Invite Friends Blog Sree Vijaykumar From the Editor's Desk This is one of those 'Why this is not viral yet?' stories. Based on a 'Freedom of Information Act' request by Bloomberg, the US treasury recently broke the news that Saudi Arabia holds $117 billion in US government debt. The story starts 42 years earlier in July 1974 though, when president Nixon sent treasury secretary William Simon to Saudi Arabia with an unprecedented do-or-die plan that would come to influence just about every aspect of U.S.-Saudi relations over the next four decades. The goal: neutralize crude oil as an economic weapon and find a way to persuade a hostile kingdom to finance America's widening deficit with its newfound petrodollar wealth. Now, looking forward, with oil still much lower than its $100 highs, what direction will Saudi-US relations take? What's your take? Full story and Comments here Sports French Open: Sania Mirza in mixed quarters as Leander Paes, Rohan Bopanna ousted Rohan Bopanna and Florin Mergea went down 4-6 4-6 to third seeds Ivan Dodig of Croatia and Marcelo Melo of Brazil. Sports Ind vs Pak: ICC admits it tweaks draws to ensure archrivals clash in group matches The ICC chief executive denied that the India-Pakistan tweaking had a negative impact on the integrity or fairness of the tournament. Sports Novak Djokovic enters $100 million dollar club with win Top seed Djokovic defeated 14th seeded Bautista Agut 3-6, 6-4, 6-1, 7-5 to move into a 28th consecutive Grand Slam quarter-final and 36th in all. Sports Karim Benzema accuses Didier Deschamps of bowing to racist pressure Karim Benzema said he does not believe that Deschamps is a racist, but that he "bowed to the pressure of a racist part of France.'' Sports French Open 2016: Venus fails to join Serena Williams in quarters, Sam Stosur into semis Serena Williams moved closer to her record-equaling 22nd Grand Slam title with a 6-1, 6-1 victory over 18th-seeded Elina Svitolina. Sports Zlatan Ibrahimovic says he’s ‘too good’ for Swedish league Malmo would have no chance of matching the top-level salaries Zlatan Ibrahimovic earned in major clubs such as Juventus, Milan, Barcelona and PSG. Entertainment Stevie Wonder praises Beyonce for Lemonade Stevie Wonder has heaped praise on Beyonce for her musical growth, calling her latest album Lemonade an art piece. Entertainment Udta Punjab controversy created by media: Anurag Kashyap Anurag Kashyap has said there was never any truth in his upcoming film Udta Punjab being banned by the censor board and it was just a controversy stirred by media. Entertainment Julia Roberts to be named Woman of the Decade Julia Roberts will be named the Woman of the Decade at the Spike Guys Choice Awards next month. Entertainment Blade Runner 2 extension of the first film: Ryan Gosling Ryan Gosling has revealed Blade Runner sequel is an extension of the first film. Retail Kishore Biyani attempts a Zara with Cover Story Cover Story, a fast fashion brand by Kishore Biyani’s Future Style Lab, opens its first standalone store in Infiniti mall in Mumbai Retail Apple stores in India: The final word is yet to be said Ravi Shankar Prasad says he wishes to share Apple CEO Tim Cook’s exuberance about India Retail Dubai's Landmark Group eyes 50 Easybuy stores in 2 years Retail OLX plans logistics service to complement its classifieds operations OLX may also facilitate payments on its platform in the days to come Politics Dear Sushma Swaraj, You're Embarrassing India By Denying Racism At a news conference yesterday, India's external affairs minister Sushma Swaraj told a roomful of journalists: "I held a meeting with African students… Tried to explain to them that the in Politics Dadri Meat Or Snapchat Joke, As A Nation We're Losing Perspective What a strange country we live in. On one hand our fine officers of law enforcement are scouring through two plus minutes of a Snapchat video spoofing two great Bharat Ratnas to determine if it&rsq Politics Sonia Would Like Rahul To Take Over As Congress President: Amarinder Singh As speculation raged over the issue, Punjab Congress chief Capt Amarinder Singh on Wednesday said that time is right for Rahul Gandhi to take over from his mother as Congress President and favoured P Politics Gross Discrepancies Projected: But For Special Item, March GDP Growth Would Have Been 3.9% There’s plenty to cheer about India’s recent GDP growth data and economy, which clocked a 7.6 percent increase in the fiscal 2015-2016. However, a closer look reveals possible catches in t Telecom LinkedIn sharpens mobile and content strategy for its second largest market “India is our second largest market after the US,” said Allen Blue, Co-founder LinkedIn, at the opening of their new developmental centre at Bengaluru Telecom Indian telcos welcome release of spectrum for commercial usage The Telecom Commission is expected to meet on June 7 to discuss spectrum auction modalities, PTI reports. Earlier, Indian telecom and IT minister Ravi Shankar Prasad said the spectrum auction will be conducted in the next 2-3 months. At present, there are apprehensions that some of the telecom network operators will not buy the costly Telecom India added over 21 million mobile subscribers in Q1: Ericsson Mobility Report The report said that the mobile data traffic in India will grow 15 times by 2021, and despite being the most mature market, US mobile traffic will grow 50% in 2016 alone. Telecom QBiz: India Fastest Growing Economy; Apple Won't Source Locally The Quint brings to you a collection of Business stories from the previous day. Software Cognizant closing the revenue gap with TCS, HCL after overtaking Wipro Cognizant’s been running a superb race. It overtook Wipro in 2011-12, Infosys two years later, and now it’s steadily catching up with TCS. HCL Technologies has similarly narrowed the gap with Wipro. ​ Software Do students of India's elite colleges want all the benefits of startups without taking any risks? India's top engineering and management schools want to create a safety net for their students Software Will Indian IT Sector be able to produce 10.5 lakh jobs till 2020? In the coming years,if all goes well, India is capable of excellent job opportunities in the IT Sector. Software How technology will help you deliver on deadlines? UPSWe live in a congested world, one where the biggest markets are also the ones that are getting even more crowded. And this congestion has a legitimate cost Digital India.com's Sandeep Amar appointed as Indian Express Digital CEO Digital Airtel Payments Bank names Shashi Arora as new CEO Airtel Payments Bank on Wednesday announced the appointment of Shashi Digital MobiKwik to offer 6% annual return to wallet users Fin-tech company MobiKwik today said it will offer 6 per cent annual interest on the a Digital Telcos may soon offer calls over Internet like Whatsapp, Skype Finally, there is some good news for consumers facing frequent call drop problems. The Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) is all set to begin a process to allow telecos to offer consumers internet telephony services. Finance Don't invest in PSU banks for next 5 years: Anil Agarwal, Morgan Stanley Anil Agarwal of Morgan Stanley, says these stocks will be very volatile and gains from digital initiatives will go mostly to private banks Finance IPO investors open to invest in sectors like dairy firms, micro-finance and healthcare Investment bankers say investors are open to investing in these companies because of their stronger growth prospects. Finance Stay away from Indian indexes, biggest wealth fund manager says Investing in indexes is a poor place to put money because you don’t necessarily go into the companies with the most potential, says Quantum Advisors Finance SoftBank will sell at least $7.9 billion of Alibaba stake SoftBank to sell its stake in Alibaba to bolster its cash position and pay down debt HR How Adobe Scrapped Its Performance Review System And Why It Worked Performance appraisals have been around almost as long as business itself. But smart executives are beginning to realize that this dated process is actually hindering employees performance, even as it attempts to evaluate it. HR Myntra hires top managers in last 3 months to expand its online business Myntra has also poached talents for its product & engineering teams - Ravdeep Chawla from FreeCharge, Mangesh Dalvi from Xiaomi, Sumit Borar from eBay, Rohit Chauhan from 24/7 and Aditya Singh from Open Table. HR Tata Motors signs MoU with ASDC for skill development This partnership will help Tata Motors’ skill development centres across its six plants in India and will comply as per-competency levels of the National Skills Qualification Framework, Tata Motors sa HR L T Infotech revokes over 1000 job offers in South India L&T Infotech has revoked over 1000 job offers made in Tier 3 colleges in South India, leading some students to begin a hunger strike in Chennai. Construction Bombay HC upholds property tax on Food Corporation of India's godowns FCI, a government of India enterprise, had contended that it only occupies the godowns which are owned by the union government and such properties are.. Construction 33 complaints received at special hearing on building permission in Pune Issues pertained to different building permission problems. Some complaints were about the owner and tenant dispute, other people had dispute with the.. Construction Crackdown on 'encroachments' at Ansal's Noida residential project Several leading banks and restaurants will be affected by the Noida Authority's order. Stores on the terrace, gas banks, mobile towers, etc have been .. Construction Revised Mumbai DP may bring a bonanza for Sahara BMC maps show Sahara owns around 81 acres in Oshiwara, surrounded by creek on three sides.“Mangroves only exist on the boundary of the land parcel Logistics 1 tonne red sanders seized on GST Road Logistics UK airline start-up hopes to woo Indian flyers Partly crowd-funded, People Over Profit, or Pop airlines expects to launch direct flights from London to Ludhiana and Ahmedabad, in a move aimed at Punjabis and Gujaratis in the UK Logistics Airlines may increase price of tickets with hike in ATF Jet fuel constitutes over 40% of an airline's operating cost and the latest price increase will add to the financial burden of cash-strapped carriers. Logistics India Working On 1400km Link Road In Southeast Asia , held talks with Thailand and Myanmar India plans to construct a 1,400km-long pan-Southeast Asian highway to boost trade and cultural ties with its eastern neighbours. 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Ecommerce Alibaba Group announces the launch of Privacy Knight, India's first free app-lock with Face Lock feature that protects mobile privacy from intruders With the boost of smartphone utilization, India is now the largest consumer market for security app in the world. TradeBriefs Publications are read by over 10,00,000 Industry Executives About Us  |  Advertise Privacy Policy    Unsubscribe You are receiving this mail because of your subscription with TradeBriefs. Our mailing address is GF 25/39, West Patel Nagar, New Delhi 110008, India