No wonder Google is struggling trying to end fraud clicks and India seems to be the hottest place for it. Check it out.

A Russian newspaper that printed rumours about President Vladimir Putin’s alleged affair with a beautiful young gymnast has been suspended from publication.

Last week the Moscow tabloid Moskovsky Korrespondent, which is owned by Russian billionaire-politician Alexander Lebedev, ran a story claiming the 55-year old Putin had secretly divorced his wife and was planning to marry Alina Kabayeva, 25, a Duma deputy and former Olympic gold medal winner.

Resuming its slide against the greenback, the Indian rupee plunged to its more than one-year low of 41.76/77 against a US dollar.

Heavy demand for US currency in view of high oil prices continued modestly on its short supply.

The Interbank Foreign Exchange (Durex) market witnessed brisk trade with wide fluctuations in the local currency in a range of 41.55 and 41.79 during the day. The local currency lost 41 paise against the US counterpart.

JAL THE BAND Joins PETA

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Microsoft Corp gave Yahoo Inc no hope of a higher takeover price, saying it was ready to go hostile or even call off its bid if Yahoo maintains "unrealistic expectations" of a better deal.

In spite of real progress around the globe, the bedrock problems that have dogged women for centuries remain. Thanks India is not on the list and I seriously hope and pray that women position in India should get far better that what it is today.

Global markets all have corrected lately. Irrespective of which market you are investing in, you would have been affected by the recent volatility. You could be an investor in America, India, China, Korea or anywhere else in the world- your situation would be pretty much the same. Many of you who are new investors might have entered panic mode, where you are unable to relax and have lots of stress and depression. I understand how it must be for somebody who just started investing in either stocks or mutual funds two months ago to see a notional loss of 30% or more now.