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Breaking News Fri, 12 Mar 2010
Air India plane landing at Pune Airport - India
Airlines   Business   Delhi   India   Photos  
 The Times Of India 
AI-IA merger only helped pvt airlines: Panel
NEW DELHI: Faulting the merger of Air India and Indian Airlines, the committee on public undertakings (COPU) on Friday described it as a marriage between "incompatible individuals" that helped neither... (photo: WN / Geeta)
White Sugar
Delhi   Industry   Photos   Prices   Sugar  
 The Times Of India 
Cos pitch for 60% import duty on sugar
NEW DELHI: Barely weeks after sugar prices hit a peak of Rs 50/kg, a panicky industry has now started lobbying for clamping a 60% import duty on ready-to-eat white sugar at the earliest. Apprehensions... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag)
logo on Hawaiian Airline building  Business Journal 
Asia-Pacific travel demand eases airline losses
Print Reprints RSS Feeds LinkedIn Share Comments Send this story to a friend | Email address of friend (insert comma between multiple addresses): Your email address: Add a brief note: | Enter words fr... (photo: Creative Commons / BotMultichillT)
Airlines   Asia   Pacific   Photos   Travel  
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Mr. Vladimir V. Putin, at the delegation level talks, in New Delhi on March 12, 2010.  Deccan Herald 
Russia seeks closer ties with Indian banks
New Delhi, Mar 12 (PTI) | Russia and India will work out a legal framework to increase cooperation in the banking sector, Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin said. | “Indian banks are working ... (photo: PIB of India)
Bank   Delhi   India   Photos   Russia  
Top Stories
 Richard Gere / wam2 The Providence Journal
Video: 'Hachi' is worth a look, if you're in the mood for a good cry
| The Richard Gere film "Hachiko: A Dog's Tale," which was filmed in Rhode Island in the winter and summer of 2008, bypasses theaters for a straight-to-DVD release with a... (photo: AP / Amel Emric)
Actor   Arts   Entertainment   News   Photos  
Google headquarters Zeenews
China tells Google to obey laws or face consequences
Beijing: Hardening its stance, China on Friday said that world's leading search engine Google must obey its rules or "face the consequences" giving no indication whether ... (photo: AP / Paul Sakuma)
Beijing   China   Google   Photos   Technology  
Chinese shop around the jeans for sale outside a textiles whole sale market in Beijing, China, Wednesday, Feb. 11, 2009. China's exports plunged 17.5 percent in January, the sharpest drop in more than a decade, as the collapse in its trade accelerated, adding to the threat of more job losses and possible unrest and intensifying pressure on Beijing to boost slumping economic grow Money Week
A slump in China is inevitable - here's how to protect yourself
| Investors across the world think that China is walking a tightrope. | They hold their breath, watching as the canny Chinese government treads a slim line between the da... (photo: AP / Andy Wong)
China   Economy   Inflation   Market   Photos  
A man uses a computer at the guests waiting area inside Google China's headquarters building in Beijing, China, Monday, Jan. 25, 2010. The Times Of India
China persuades Google to stay back
BEIJING: China on Saturday announced a sharp increase in the number of Internet users. The timing of the announcement suggests Beijing is trying to persuade Google to sta... (photo: AP / Alexander F. Yuan)
China   Google   Internet   Photos   US  
The building of the Bombay Stock Exchange, right, is seen in Mumbai, India, Monday, Sept. 8, 2008. The Sensex jumped by 623 points Monday on heavy buying by foreign funds and retail investors after the Nuclear Suppliers Group gave a go-ahead for resumption of nuclear cooperation between India and US. The Times Of India
Sensex ends 134 points down
MUMBAI: Stock markets turned edgy on Friday with the benchmark Sensex closing with a marginal 1.34-point drop after a volatile session, as an impressive industrial growth... (photo: AP / Gautam Singh)
Business   India   Market   Mumbai   Photos  
Pulse Asia survey shows voters prefer bets who support family planning Inquirer
Pulse Asia survey shows voters prefer bets who support family planning
| MANILA, Philippines--This could give the presidential candidates a change of heart on the Reproductive Health bill. | While many of the nine aspirants for the presidenc... (photo: AP / Elizabeth Dalziel)
Family   Health   Manila   Philippines   Photos  
 The Union Minister of External Affairs, Shri Pranab Mukherjee delivering the keynote address at the 9th Asian Security Conference on Security Dynamics in Southeast Asia: Emerging Threats & Responses organised by IDSA, in New Delhi on February 09, 2 Samachaar
Tax collection has to be more humane: Mukherjee
New Delhi: Tax collection has to be more humane, Finance Minister Pranab Mukherjee has said, asking revenue officials to consider tax payers as important stake-holders in... (photo: PIB)
Delhi   Finance   India   Photos   Politics  
Sugar - Commodity - Pricing The Guardian
India to need sugar imports mid-year but sits cosy now
* India will have to return to sugar markets by mid-year * Needs 3 mln in imports to prepare for festive season * Volumes may rise if farmers, crushers again square off *... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc)
Consumer   Farmers   Markets   Photos   Sugar  
 The Deputy Chairman, Planning Commission Shri Montek Singh Ahluwalia briefing the Media on the outcome of the Full Planning Commission meeting held in New Delhi on September 9, 2004.  rs1 The Times Of India
Food inflation to ease, WPI unlikely to touch double-digits: Montek
MUMBAI: The Planning Commission today said that high inflation, primarily driven by rising food prices, is likely to ease in the next few months on the back of an expecte... (photo: PIB Photo)
Food   India   Mumbai   Photos   Politics  
Finance and Investment Economy
- Cos pitch for 60% import duty on sugar
- Spying an investment opportunity
- Concern over inflation pulls Sensex down
- Emerging market rally continues
An Egyptian walks in front of a giant poster for the U.S  dollar at an exchange office in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010.
U.S. dollar is still the world's most trusted currency
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- Cos pitch for 60% import duty on sugar
- Concern over inflation pulls Sensex down
- Emerging market rally continues
- Market Rap
An Egyptian walks in front of a giant poster for the U.S  dollar at an exchange office in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010.
U.S. dollar is still the world's most trusted currency
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Banking Taxes
- Palike raising loans from banks to clear contractors’ bills
- Andhra: Bank's placates unhappy customers
- Russia seeks closer ties with Indian banks
- Bank shares lead global stocks higher; dollar eases
The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh with the Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Mr. Vladimir V. Putin, at the delegation level talks, in New Delhi on March 12, 2010.
Russia seeks closer ties with Indian banks
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- BJP snubs govt plan to widen tax net
- Pay taxes before March 20, win cash
- Commoner Taxed in JK's Zero Deficit Budget
- Trinamul Congress flays imposition of taxes on oil, rail fre
 The Union Minister of External Affairs, Shri Pranab Mukherjee delivering the keynote address at the 9th Asian Security Conference on Security Dynamics in Southeast Asia: Emerging Threats & Responses organised by IDSA, in New Delhi on February 09, 2
Tax collection has to be more humane: Mukherjee
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Trade Industry
- 'Futures trading won't fuel prices'
- Russia criticises US, Nato over Afghan drugs trade
- Border trade notification only after China gives date
- Hong Kong stocks close flat in quiet trade
The Prime Minister of the Russian Federation, Mr. Vladimir V. Putin called on the President, Smt. Pratibha Devisingh Patil, in New Delhi on March 12, 2010.
India, Russia to sign deals worth 10 billion dollars
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- Watch IPL buzz on Times Now
- India Inc game for rewarding performers
- Now, Archie comic strip on mobile
- Industry grows 16.7% in Jan
Automaker - TATA Motors plant, near Pune, India
Tata Motors sees input costs to hit margins
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Oil & Energy Markets
- IEA sees higher 2010 oil demand on emerging markets
- Developing nations to spur oil demand
- Developing nationsto spur oil demand
- Oil settles near $81 after mixed economic news
A car drives past a group of pump jacks working in an oil field, Friday, Jan. 13, 2006, near Crane, Texas. Crude-oil prices fell Wednesday, as traders took profits from a recent surge in prices over supply worries spurred by possible sanctions against Iran, OPEC's second-largest producer, and political unrest in Nige
Oil slips below $82; OPEC expected to maintain output
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- IEA sees higher 2010 oil demand on emerging markets
- 'India to be among Kraft's 10 key markets'
- Emerging market rally continues
- Market Rap
An Egyptian walks in front of a giant poster for the U.S  dollar at an exchange office in Cairo, Egypt, Sunday, Feb. 14, 2010.
U.S. dollar is still the world's most trusted currency
more