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4 January, 2016

Padmasree Warrior is the New U.S. CEO of ‘NextEV’

Indian American Padmasree Warrior, one of Silicon Valley's high-profile women executives, has been appointed as the U.S. based chief executive officer…

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2 January, 2016

RUSSIA, INDIA NEGOTIATING ON MORE PROJECTS

MOSCOW (TIP): Russia's decision to open up its oil and gas sector to Indian companies will significantly boost bilateral trade…

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2 January, 2016

Alibaba to invest $1.25 bn in Chinese online food delivery service

SHANGHAI (TIP): Alibaba Group Holding Ltd has agreed to invest $1.25 billion in Chinese online food delivery service Ele.me, leading…

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2 January, 2016

Apple wants $180 million more from Samsung in patent dispute

NEW YORK (TIP): Just over a week after Samsung paid Apple more than $548 million for infringing the patents and…

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2 January, 2016

Ambani launches 4G service for employees

NEW DELHI (TIP): On December 27 evening, on the eve of founder Dhirubhai Ambani’s 83rd birthday and amid a lot…

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2 January, 2016

NESTLE EYES DOUBLE DIGIT GROWTH FOR MAGGI NOODLES

BAI: In the aftermath of the Maggi crisis, Nestle India is aggressively trying to increase the consumption of its flagship…

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1 January, 2016

Indian Consulate hosts a curtain raiser discussion and presentation on Indiasoft 2016

NEW YORK (TIP): As a prelude to "Indiasoft 2016" the Consulate General of India in association with the Electronics and…

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31 December, 2015

Saudi Arabia in Recession | Cuts Spending to Shrink Deficit

A glut of oil, the demise of OPEC and weakening global demand combined to make 2015 the year of crashing…

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31 December, 2015

Sikh Americans are not Muslims, but they still suffer from Islamophobia

Shah Noor, a recent transplant to California from Maryland, was driving through a nearby community one evening with his wife…

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28 December, 2015

‘Start up India, stand up India’ mission launching in Jan 2015, PM Modi

New Delhi: Seeking to boost entrepreneurship at the grassroots level, the Action Plan of the ‘Start-up India, Stand-up India’ will be…

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28 December, 2015

India paid ₹400 crore for Unutilized External Loans

India has paid over ₹400 crore in the last four years as commitment charges to the Asian Development Bank, Japan,…

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18 December, 2015

‘FOR GOOGLE, INDIA TO BE BIGGER MARKET THAN US’

NEW DELHI (TIP): Sundar Pichai, global chief executive at Goggle, the giant search engine, believes India will become a bigger…

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18 December, 2015

MAHINDRA TO BUY ITALIAN CAR DESIGNER PININFARINA

MUMBAI (TIP): Mahindra & Mahindra and Tech Mahindra agreed to buy Italian car designer Pininfarina SpA in a deal worth…

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18 December, 2015

Infosys invests US$ 3 million in US-based wearables start-up Whoop

BENGALURU (TIP): Infosys Ltd has bought a minority stake in Delaware, US-based start-up Whoop, which makes activity trackers, for $3…

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18 December, 2015

Temasek to buy Care Hosp for 1.8k crore

MUMBAI (TIP): Temasek Holding is set to acquire majority shares in Hyderabad-based Care Hospitals, the country's fifth largest private healthcare…

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18 December, 2015

ASIA’S BLEEDING HEART

The Heart of Asia Conference (HOAC) in Islamabad last week was bookended by two devastating attacks in Kandahar and Kabul.…

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18 December, 2015

US Fed raises interest rates by 0.25% after 9 Years

WASHINGTON (TIP): The US Federal Reserve raised, December 17, interest rates by 0.25 percentage points - its first increase since…

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17 December, 2015

Indian American Senior Executive At Twitter To Quit

NEW YORK: Baljeet Singh, Twitter's product lead in charge of video, will quit the company early next month, a media…

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17 December, 2015

Swiss bank releases list of dormant accounts, 6 Indians among list

TIP NEWSWIRE: The names of at least six individuals with an Indian connection figure in the list of unclaimed bank…

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13 December, 2015

Uber plans to tap into private car pool

NEW DELHI (TIP): A day after chief minister Arvind Kejriwal batted for carpooling as a solution to deal with the odd-even car…

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13 December, 2015

RBI gets tough on debt issue

Two months after putting together a draft framework for rules on external commercial borrowings (ECBs), the Reserve Bank of India…

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12 December, 2015

Maruti Suzuki to raise car prices from January 1

NEW DELHI (TIP): Maruti Suzuki India Ltd, the nation's biggest carmaker by sales, plans to raise prices of its cars by up to 20,000…

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12 December, 2015

US SEEKS NEW GROUP FOR CHINDIA AT WTO

NEW DELHI (TIP): At the World Trade Organisation (WTO) headquarters in Geneva, there have been voices— largely from the US…

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12 December, 2015

FIAT CHRYSLER TO PAY $70 MILLION AUTO SAFETY FINE

WASHINGTON (TIP): Fiat Chrysler to pay $70 million auto safety fineINGTON: Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV has agreed to pay $70…

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12 December, 2015

JAPAN TO BUILD INDIA’S FIRST BULLET TRAIN

NEW DELHI (TIP): The bullet train accident in China four years ago along with low-cost finance and a promise to…

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8 December, 2015

Alibaba.com says India one of its fastest-growing markets | SMILE

New Delhi: Alibaba Group’s wholesale trading platform Alibaba.com said on Monday, December 7, that India is one of its fastest-growing markets…

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4 December, 2015

Flipkart posts over Rs 2,000-crore loss in discount war & Big Billion Day Sale

MUMBAI: Flipkart posted a loss of about Rs 2,000 crore in the year ended March 2015, amounting to a fifth…

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4 December, 2015

Sindhu, Srikanth reach third round of Indonesia Masters

MALANG (INDONESIA) (TIP): Top seeds P V Sindhu and K Srikanth notched up contrasting victories to advance to the third…

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4 December, 2015

Affordable Housing – Win-Win for all

The Govt. of India, Ministry of Housing and Poverty alleviation with the aim to create affordable housing stock encouraged private…

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4 December, 2015

INDIA HAS BETTER GROWTH PROSPECTS THAN CHINA, SAYS MARK MOBIUS

MUMBAI (TIP): Emerging markets guru Mark Mobius said India could overtake China in the Templeton Emerging Markets group’s equity investments…

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