China`s foreign direct investment (FDI) rose an annual 1.7 percent last year, although the pace slowed from 2013 as a cooling economy and shifting drivers of growth weighed on offshore investment flows.
According to reports China attracted a record $119.56 billion from foreign investors last year compared to $117.6 billion in 2013.
Investment flow into China is an important gauge of the health of the world economy and is also a good indicator of where capital is flowing within the country.
A new study has revealed global oceans have risen at almost double the estimate in the last two decades than previously thought. This new acceleration was about 25 percent higher than previous estimates.
Attention needs to be paid also to natural oscillations in ocean behavior, which can make waters rise and fall on decadal timescales.
Market regulator Sebi notified a stricter set of insider trading norms to check illicit transactions in shares of listed firms by management personnel and connected persons.
The new norms, which will revamp the old regulations on insider trading and come into effect after four months, would also ensure that genuine trades are not impacted.
Microsoft's decision to stop support for the Windows 7 operating system will leave nine out of 10 Windows devices in China running with little or no official support.
Microsoft has suspended "mainstream support" of the product, meaning neither new features nor free help will be given to Windows 7 users.
Microsoft hopes retiring the 5-year-old operating system, which runs on half of the personal computers globally, will make way for later-generation products including Windows 10.
SpiceJet's original promoter Ajay Singh returned to the airline with a long- term plan entailing an investment of up to Rs. 1500 crore, as Maran family agreed to cede control with transfer of over 53 percent stake in the carrier.
Singh would get 53.48 percent stake, currently worth about Rs. 500 crore, in the airline from the Maran family as part of the deal approved by the SpiceJet board.
The ownership change in SpiceJet is a positive development.
H. S. Brahma New Chief Election Commissioner
H. S. Bramha succeeds V. S. Sampath as India's new Chief Election Commissioner.
H. S. Brahma will be the Chief Election Commissioner of India till April 18, 2015.
He is the second person from the North-East to become a Chief Election Commissioner, the first being J. M. Lyngdoh.