India’s biggest carmaker by sales, Maruti Suzuki, on Saturday reported an 18 per cent slide in quarterly net profit, hit by fast-rising raw material costs and bigger payments to its Japanese parent.

These days, Facebook may be the single best way online to keep in touch with friends, associates, far-flung family members, and people with similar interests. Butif you’re not careful, it’s probably also the site most likely to get you into trouble. Virtually every week, there’s another news report about employers using Facebook to evaluate or screen employees or potential employees, making assumptions about character, trustworthiness, or conduct based upon Facebook postings or “friends.”

The recent increase in commodity and oil prices and the controversy surrounding Medpoint have prompted the secretary general of the Association des Consommateurs de L’île Maurice (ACIM), Jayen Chellum, to announce a series of activities that will begin next week.

After establishing City Sports and Nike stores in Mauritius, City Sport (Maurice) Ltd has set up the first Guess fashion brand store on the island. The launch was held on January 28 at Jumbo Commercial Centre in Phoenix.