San Francisco - Internet search powerhouse Google bucked the economic downturn in the first quarter, posting an 8.9-per-cent rise in profits as revenues climbed 6.2 per cent.
The Silicon Valley-based online advertising giant earned 1.42 billion dollars in the quarter, up from 1.31 billion in the same quarter a year ago.
Revenue rose 6.2 per cent to 5.51 billion dollars but marked a 3- per-cent drop from the fourth quarter - the first time that the internet search company saw a decline in revenue between two consecutive quarters.
Mastek, a leading Indian IT solution provider with global operation, has informed that its wholly-owned US subsidiary MajescoMastek has entered into a partnership agreement with Flexi Software, a provider of best-of-breed financial accounting software, to deliver end-to-end integrated accounting solutions for insurance companies.
Tokyo - Japan and the United States Friday pledged to provide 1 billion dollars each to Pakistan.
Around 25,000 children in the United States are born to mothers with epilepsy each year. Recent study found that children of women with epilepsy who took the drug valproate (Depakote) during pregnancy had lower I Q at the age of three as compared to other children. 
Washington - President Barack Obama on Thursday released four internal legal opinions that were used by former president George W Bush's administration as justification for harsh CIA interrogations, but ruled out prosecuting anyone involved in such practices.
Mexico City - US President Barack Obama arrived in Mexico Thursday for an overnight visit to meet with Mexican President Felipe Calderon.
