Saturday, 30 August 2008
28 Aug 2008, 1416 hrs IST,PTI NEW YORK- Making her debut in the club of 100 most powerful women in the world, Bahujan Samajwadi Party (BSP) chief Mayawati has joined Congress President Sonia Gandhi in a list compiled by US magazine Forbes. While Gandhi, also chairperson of the country's ruling UPA alliance, has slipped from her previous year's sixth rank to 21st this year, Uttar Pradesh Chief Minister Mayawati has made her debut at 59th. The list also includes Indra Nooyi, the Indian-origin...
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World No. 1s enjoy contrasting fortunes at US Open
Taipei Times
Taipei Times
Men’s world No. 1 Rafael Nadal wasted no time booking his place in the third round, steamrolling Ryler DeHeart while women’s top seed Ana Ivanovic became the biggest casualty of...
Oracle's Katz top area exec on Forbes' powerful women list
Business Journal
Business Journal
> Forbes' List of the 100 Most Powerful Women included five Bay Area residents and three women with close local ties. The list ranks the women based on a combination of status,...
Germany's Merkel most powerful woman again: Forbes -
Yahoo Daily News
Yahoo Daily News
By Michelle Nichols Wed Aug 27, 6:05 PM ET...
Only two Britons make it onto Forbes' list of world's most powerful women
The Daily Mail
The Daily Mail
A controversial list of the 100 most powerful women in the world has only two Britons on it. Of those one was the Queen - although even she has tumbled from 23rd position to 58th -...
Forbes: Braly 4th most powerful woman
Business Journal
Business Journal
> Forbes has ranked Angela Braly, chief executive and president of WellPoint, the fourth most powerful woman in the world. On a list of the 100 Most Powerful Women published...
Making English compulsory won't boost fortunes
Canada Dot Com
Canada Dot Com
Published: Thursday, August 28, 2008 The LPGA Tour is struggling. Sponsors, even those that have placed the corporate names on the organization's major championships, have pulled...
Mayawati joins Sonia in Forbes most powerful women list
The Times of India
The Times of India
28 Aug 2008, 1416 hrs IST,PTI NEW YORK- Making her debut in the club of 100 most powerful women in the world, Bahujan Samajwadi Party...
On Saturday U.S. fortunes change on the track
International Herald Tribune
International Herald Tribune
The unexpected was happening again on the track and in the field on the final night of competition at the Olympics. There, at the high-jump pit Saturday, was Belgium's versatile,...
With fame and fortune come financial challenges
Kansas City Star
Kansas City Star
You know David Cook's story. You may even want to live it someday. But there's a catch. Coping with the sudden wealth and fame of an "American Idol" victory may be tougher than you...
Three India-origin people among Singapore's richest list
The Times of India
The Times of India
NEW YORK: As many as three India-origin persons have made their way into the list of Singapore's 40 richest people,...
Differing fortunes for American taekwondo siblings at Olympics
myTELUS
myTELUS
Eric Talmadge, THE ASSOCIATED PRESS BEIJING - Mark Lopez of the United States will advance to the final of the men's 68-kilogram taekwondo competition, but his sister, Diana, lost...
