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5 June, 2016

‘DON’T CARE ABOUT PRICES’: OPEC TO KEEP OIL GUSHING, FAILS TO AGREE ON CEILING

VIENNA (TIP): OPEC decided on June 2 to keep oil gushing after a moderate recovery in the crude eased the…

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5 June, 2016

Sahara properties to be auctioned at Rs 722 crore reserve price

NEW DELHI (TIP) : Tasked by markets regulator Sebi to sell land parcels of Sahara, HDFC Realty will e-auction on…

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5 June, 2016

SEBI MOOTS NEW NORMS FOR WAREHOUSES IN COMEX SPACE

MUMBAI (TIP): In an attempt to make the commodity derivatives trading safer for investors, Sebi has come out with a…

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5 June, 2016

Huge blaze at Tata Steel plant in UK

LONDON (TIP): A huge blaze involving thousands of litres of oil broke out at a Tata Steel plant in the…

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3 June, 2016

2 Indian-Origin Women in Forbes’ Self-Made American Women List

NEW YORK (TIP) | #WomenPower : Two Indian-origin women have featured on the Forbes' annual list of America's 60 wealthiest…

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31 May, 2016

India’s GDP jumps 7.9% in January – March 2016

#India retained its position as the world's fastest-growing economy, registering a #GDP rate of 7.9% for the January-March 2016 quarter,…

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29 May, 2016

G7 LEADERS PLEDGE COLLECTIVE ACTION ON SAGGING GLOBAL GROWTH

SHIMA (TIP): The leaders of the Group of Seven rich economies pledged on May 27, Friday, to "collectively tackle" major…

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29 May, 2016

Patanjali faces flak from ASCI for misleading ads

NEW DELHI (TIP): Baba Ramdev's Patanjali Ayurved has come under the scanner of Indian advertising watchdog Advertising Standard Council of…

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29 May, 2016

United Spirits writes off Rs 566 cr from Mallya’s UB Group cos

BENGALURU (TIP): United Spirits (USL), India's largest spirits maker, said it wrote off Rs 566 crore in connection with the…

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28 May, 2016

RBI ask co-op banks to monitor NPA levels in SHG segment

MUMBAI (TIP): RBI has asked co-operative banks to "immediately start" monitoring the NPA levels in the Self Help Group (SHG) segment…

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28 May, 2016

SEBI Wilful defaulters can’t tap markets

MUMBAI (TIP): Market regulator Sebi on Thursday notified rules aimed at banning wilful defaulters from raising money from the markets.…

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28 May, 2016

India home to 56 of the world’s largest public firms: Forbes ‘Global 2000’

NEW YORK (TIP): Mukesh Ambani-led Reliance Industries leads the pack of 56 Indian firms in Forbes’s annual list of the…

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27 May, 2016

US asks Pakistan to cooperate with India on 26/11 probe

WASHINGTON (TIP): The US has asked Pakistan to co-operate with India in the 26/11 investigations and have appealed them to…

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27 May, 2016

Indian-American is the Highest Paid CEO in the World

NEW YORK (TIP): SoftBank Group Corp. President Nikesh Arora was paid 8.04 billion yen ($73 million) for the company's latest…

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26 May, 2016

62% metropolitan Indians give Modi govt a thumbs up | TOI Survey

NEW DELHI: Two years into its term, the Narendra Modi government has been rated by 62 per cent of metropolitan…

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26 May, 2016

India, Iran and Afghanistan sign trade corridor deal

India, Iran and Afghanistan have signed a tripartite agreement to turn the Iranian port of Chabahar into a transit hub…

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26 May, 2016

Government approves country’s first-capital goods policy

India Inc today welcomed the government's approval to the country's first-ever policy for the capital goods sector, terming it is…

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24 May, 2016

Kiran Bedi appointed as Lieutenant Governor of Puducherry

BJP leader and former IPS officer Kiran Bedi was today appointed as Lt Governor of Puducherry, a post which was…

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20 May, 2016

MALLYA RED-CORNER NOTICE PLEA UNDER REVIEW: INTERPOL

New Delhi: Interpol has said Enforcement Directorate's request to issue a red corner notice (RCN) against businessman Vijay Mallya is…

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20 May, 2016

HSBC TO SLASH BRANCHES IN INDIA BY HALF, RESHUFFLE TO FOLLOW

MUMBAI (TIP): The Indian subsidiary of UK banking major HSBC on Thursday said it will reduce the number of branches…

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20 May, 2016

Wal-Mart lifts retail shares as US stocks retreat

NEW YORK (TIP): Wal-Mart and some smaller retailers surged Thursday following strong quarterly results, while the broader US market retreated…

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20 May, 2016

Newly designed Indian currency notes likely soon

NEW DELHI (TIP): Newly-designed currency notes are likely to circulate in the country soon with the Reserve Bank of India…

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20 May, 2016

Oil market extends pullback as dollar rises

LONDON (TIP): Oil prices extended their retreat Thursday after hawkish US Federal Reserve meeting minutes strengthened the dollar and a…

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20 May, 2016

INFOSYS’ CROREPATI CLUB GETS BIGGER

BENGALURU: The crorepati club at Infosys is getting bigger. As many as 49 senior executives drew over Rs 1 crore…

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20 May, 2016

DIDI CALLS FOR A THIRD FRONT, BUT NOT ALL ‘FRIENDS’ ARE INTERESTED

NEW DELHI (TIP): Soon after her emphatic return to power in West Bengal, CM Mamata Banerjee renewed talk of a…

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18 May, 2016

Apple Hires Samsung’s Rajiv Mishra

NEW DELHI – In a key development, U.S. tech giant Apple is all set to hire Rajiv Mishra, currently vice…

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16 May, 2016

SIT TO PROBE NAVAL WIFE-SWAPPING CASE

NEW DELHI (TIP): The Supreme Court on Thursday directed the Kerala Police to form a special investigation team (SIT) headed…

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13 May, 2016

155th Birth Anniversary of Rabindranath Tagore Celebrated at the Indian Consulate

NEW YORK CITY (TIP): The Consulate General of Indiain association with the Tagore Society of New York organized an event…

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15 April, 2016

Bangladesh celebrates Bengali New Year amid tight security

DHAKA (TIP): Bangladesh celebrated the Bengali New Year with tens of thousands of people joining the Pohela Boishakh festivities across…

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15 April, 2016

India, US commit to further ‘deepen our understanding of each other’s economies’

WASHINGTON (TIP): India's Finance Minister Arun Jaitley and U.S Treasury Secretary Jacob J. Lew met April 14 2016, for the…

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