After the successful International Seed Industry Program held in January at Antalya in Turkey, the sixth annual Seed Industry Program delivered by the Center for Executive Education at Sathguru Management Consultants in association with Cornell University will be held from 5 to 8 March, 2012 at Goa. This four day program will mainly focus on enhancing the ability of the participants to understand emerging issues and develop strategic solutions to augment business through deeper understanding of research management, technology access through licensing, regulatory compliance, market access factors and business restructuring.

If anyone can pull off the labyrinthine deal between Alibaba Group and Yahoo Inc , it is Jack Ma, who founded the e-commerce group and within a decade unlocked China's huge online shopping potential.

For two centuries it rested a mile from shore, shrouded by a treacherous reef from the pleasure boaters and beachgoers who haunt New England's southern coast.

India and the European Union (EU) have made "substantial progress" towards concluding a free trade deal, European Council President Herman Van Rompuy said at an EU-India summit in New Delhi

Hospitals chain Fortis Healthcare (India) Ltd plans to add 600 beds in the country over the next six months and sees the hospitals business driving its growth in 2012/13 starting April, said Aditya

Pulled down by negative capital goods production, India's industrial output in December grew at a snail's pace at 1.8 percent, underlining the slowdown in the economy and putting pressure on policymakers to take steps to stem the fall.