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A powerful US trade body on Thursday urged President Barack Obama to ensure current efforts at immigration reforms do not end up discriminating against Indian firms. Yashwant Raj reports.

Indian-born CEOs in the West have come a long way from the 1980s, when they were seen as geeks and nerds barely capable of making it to the top job.

Petroleum Minister Veerappa Moily on Friday refuted allegations levelled by CPI MP Gurudas Dasgupta that the proposed revision in gas pricing was being done to benefit private sector players such as Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries. HT reports.

Prime Minister Manmohan Singh on Friday urged Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) to work towards rooting out insider trading and said the government was committed to doing the needful to strengthen the market regulator’s enforcement powers.

Yogesh Agarwal, managing director and chief executive officer, Ballarpur International Graphic Paper Holdings BV or BILT, part of the $4 billion ( Rs. 22,000 crore) Avantha Group, feels that a leader must lead from the front with the ability to “cut the noise” and focus on the real issues.

A powerful US trade body on Thursday urged President Barack Obama to ensure current efforts at immigration reforms do not end up discriminating against Indian firms. Yashwant Raj reports.

Indian-born CEOs in the West have come a long way from the 1980s, when they were seen as geeks and nerds barely capable of making it to the top job.