Indian Stock Market News

Truckers’ strike enters second dayTuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 10:30PMMUMBAI: A nationwide strike by tens of thousands of truckers entered its second day yesterday, pushing up prices of some commodities and threatening to choke supplies of fruits and vegetables.

Indian exporters may cut 10mn jobs: bodyTuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 9:47PMNEW DELHI: Indian exporters may fire as many as 10mn workers by March as the global recession curbs demand for clothes and jewellery, eroding Prime Minister Manmohan Singh’s popularity before nationwide elections.

Boeing to Sell Eight Reconnaissance Planes to India (Update4)Tuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 9:14PMJan. 6 (Bloomberg) -- Boeing Co. , the second-largest U.S. defense company, agreed to sell eight P-8I long-range maritime reconnaissance and anti-submarine planes to India’s navy, marking the company’s first military sale to the country.

Indian exporters to axe millions of jobsTuesday, January 6, 2009 @ 8:00PMFalling global demand for clothes and jewellery could see as many 10 million jobs axed by Indian exporters.

The show must go onSunday, January 4, 2009 @ 10:29AMJust as the nation is feeling the pinch in lost jobs, failing mortgages and tanking retirement accounts, local arts groups are tightening their belts and slashing their budgets, while scrambling to protect the quality of their offerings.• Cool music, theater, dance coming in 2009