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 The Times Of India 
Govt may ban FDI in cigarette making
| NEW DELHI: Government is all set to ban foreign direct investment (FDI) in cigarette manufacturing. A cabinet note towards this end has been prepared by the commerce and industry ministry and circul... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba)
A trader works on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, Feb. 23, 2009. Investors unable to extinguish their worries about a recession that has no end in sight dumped stocks again Monday. The Dow Jones industrial average tumbled 251 points to its lowest close since Oct. 28, 1997, while the Standard & Poor's 500 index logged its lowest finish since April 11, 1
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 The New York Times 
Wall Street Shares Move Within a Narrow Range
| Shares traded within a tight range Tuesday, a year after major market indexes hit 12-year lows. | With little in the way of economic reports or earnings to help drive shares higher, investors are ta... (photo: AP / Richard Drew)
A currency trader smiles in front of a screen showing the Korea Composite Stock Price Index (KOSPI) at the Korea Exchange Bank headquarters in Seoul, South Korea, Tuesday, May 19, 2009.  Asia Times 
South Korea back on track
| By Robert M Cutler | MONTREAL - The South Korean economy, which last year scraped through the global slowdown without sinking into recession, returned to the recovery path last month after faltering... (photo: AP / Ahn Young-joon)
Business   Economy   Exports   Photos   S Korea  
Cars transit on the streets Thursday Feb. 5, 2009 in Shanghai, China. Two years ago, China zoomed past Japan to become the world's No. 2 vehicle market. Now it looks poised to pass the United States to be the biggest. While car sales in China have slowed lately, they haven't plummeted like those in the U.S., where January sales tumbled 37 percent from a year ago to 656,976 vehicles, a 26-year  The Boston Globe 
China passenger car sales up 55 pct in February
| SHANGHAI-China's passenger car sales climbed 55 percent from a year earlier in Feburary, despite a long national holiday, on strong demand for smaller cars and sport utility vehicles, an industry gr... (photo: AP / Eugene Hoshiko)
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In this April 22, 2009 photo, a JPMorgan Chase & Co. office building is shown in New York. The Guardian
China deals to rise, new energy in focus -JPMorgan
HONG KONG, March 9 (Reuters) - JPMorgan expects to see more deals and new business in China this year, particularly as new energy and natural resources companies aim to g... (photo: AP / Mark Lennihan)
Business   China   Energy   Hong Kong   Photos  
A teller counts Chinese yuan notes at a money exchange in Hong Kong Thursday, July 21, 2005. China said it will no longer peg its currency, the yuan, to the U.S. dollar but instead let it float in a tight band against a basket of foreign currencies. The yuan has been strengthened, effective immediately, to a rate of 8.11 to the U.S. dollar - compared to the 8.28 it has been set at for more than a decade - and the new trading regime will begin Friday, the government said in an announcement on state televi The Times Of India
China calls US Treasuries important, may buy gold
BEIJING: China, the world's biggest holder of foreign exchange reserves, renewed its commitment to the US Treasury market on Tuesday but said it would be wary of adding t... (photo: AP / Vincent Yu)
China   Gold   Photos   Trade   USA  
Reliance Communications Limited(RCL) Chairman Anil Ambani addresses a press conference in Mumbai, India, Tuesday, Dec. 30, 2008. India's second largest wireless operator, RCL Tuesday launched GSM mobile telephone services spread over 11,000 towns and 340,000 villages of India. DNA India
Anil Ambani's new 'game' plan
| Mumbai: Even as people are talking about his association with Hollywood film-maker Steven Spielberg, corporate tycoon Anil Ambani reiterates that his eyes are firmly fi... (photo: AP / Rajanish Kakade)
Business   Game   India   Mumbai   Photos  
Wipro India The Times Of India
Wipro Infotech to develop IT network to track frauds
NEW DELHI: The government might now have a tighter grip on financial scams in the country. The ministry of finance's Financial Intelligence Unit (FIU) has awarded an IT c... (photo: WN / Geeta)
Delhi   Finance   India   Photos   Technology  
Indian Foreign Minister Pranab Mukherjee talks to the media after attending the SAARC Journalist Summit in Colombo, Sri Lanka, Friday, Aug. 1, 2008. The SAARC Summit is scheduled to commence on A The Hindu
Pranab Mukherjee moves SBI Bill in Lok Sabha
| Will allow the bank to raise more capital from the market | Centre will be empowered to appoint not more than 4 managing directors | With the amendment, the bank will c... (photo: AP / Gurinder Osan)
Bank   Delhi   India   Market   Photos  
ATM Centre of Bank Of India-Bank DNA India
Bank of Baroda, Bank of India set to raise Rs2000 cr each, Corporationn Rs1500 cr
| Mumbai: Public sector banks are in the process of planning their capital requirements for the next financial year to meet their expansion plans. Bank of Baroda and Bank... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam)
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Finance & Investment Banking
- Govt may ban FDI in cigarette making
- China, India sign on to Copenhagen climate change accord, bu
- Sugar retail prices come down
- China tries microblogging top political event of the year, w
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Govt may ban FDI in cigarette making
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- LIC’s banking bid hits a hurdle
- China to tighten monitoring on non-banking financing
- Weak banks, miners push FTSE down 0.7 percent
- Banking group plans to expand social benefits network
KLdy1 - Mar08 - Aluminium - steel - metal - metal prices. (dy1)
Weak banks, miners push FTSE down 0.7 percent
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Economy Trade
- Malacca's economy expands despite downturn
- Govt can’t sell stake in PSUs for 1 year after public offe
- Team packs bag for FTA talks in Bali now
- Ford launches small car Figo with four variants
An investor studies the latest shares prices through an electronic board at a stock market gallery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, Friday, July 22, 2005.
Asian stocks mixed after lackluster US finish
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- Two trading ships detained
- 'Bless you Mr Obama' on Myanmar
- U.S. cannot take Google row to WTO -Chinese strategist
- Oil drops to near $81 after monthlong run-up
Anti-Myanmar government protesters hold posters of detained pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi during a protest to demand her release in front of the U.N. office in Bangkok, Thailand, Friday, May 22, 2009.
'Bless you Mr Obama' on Myanmar
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IT Business Industry
- U.S. weighing China Internet censorship case-USTR
- Google welcomes US Treasury decision to relax software expor
- Google welcomes US Treasury decision to relax software expor
- Google welcomes US Treasury decision to relax software expor
Lenovo - Netbook - Laptop - Computer - Technologies
China's Lenovo takes aim at mobile Internet space
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- New water policy soon
- Higher demand lures cement cos to build presence in eastern
- Indian cos in hiring mode, may add 1 million jobs in FY11
- Soon - a shoe college to train local designers
Su Wei, chief negotiator of China on climate change, makes a point during his press conference at the UN Climate summit in Copenhagen, Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009.
China and India Join Climate Accord
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