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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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4 December, 2015

EUROPEAN STOCKS AWAIT ECB STIMULUS HOPES

LONDON (TIP): Weak inflation data spurred hopes the European Central Bank could deliver more stimulus this week, though European bourses…

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4 December, 2015

RBI’s status quo on policy rates confirms economic recovery on track

MUMBAI (TIP): The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) left policy rates unchanged at its final monetary policy review for 2015,…

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28 November, 2015

Volkswagen to offer quick fix for diesel engines in Europe

BERLIN (TIP): Volkswagen says it will take less than an hour to bring 1.6 and 2.0 liter turbodiesel engines in…

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28 November, 2015

Amazon takes Indian sellers on the US shop route

BENGALURU (TIP): In a major boost to the Indian SMEs that are a part of the Amazon Global Selling programme,…

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28 November, 2015

UK SWINGS AUSTERITY AXE BUT SPARES KEY WELFARE SCHEME, POLICE

LONDON (TIP): Britain announced a fresh round of deep cuts to public spending Wednesday, but dropped a plan to reduce…

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28 November, 2015

TATA MOTORS SHOWS OFF NEW RANGE OF MINING, CONSTRUCTION VEHICLES

BENGALURU (TIP): Tata Motors showcased four new construction and mining commercial vehicles, from its Construck range at construction equipment exhibition…

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23 November, 2015

INDIA’S LARGEST PAYMENT PLATFORM LAUNCHES MONEY TRANSFER IN THE USA

CAMBRIDGE, MA (Oct. 28, 2015) – Oxigen USA, Inc. is happy to announce the launch of Money Transfer to India…

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20 November, 2015

OLA Gets Another Round of Funding

Ola raised a $500 million Series F round from new investors Baillie Gifford and Didi Kuaidi and existing investors DST Global, Falcon Edge…

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20 November, 2015

Two Indian-Americans among richest entrepreneurs under 40

Two Indian-origin businessmen have been ranked by Forbes magazine among the richest entrepreneurs in America under the age of 40,…

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20 November, 2015

Activision gets mobile with $5.9B bid for King Entertainment

Activision Blizzard accquiers Candy Crush maker King Digital Entertainment by paying $5.9 billion, combining a console gaming power with an…

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20 November, 2015

PE investments in real estate touch $2.8 bn in January-September | India’s top real estate companies stare at Rs 30,000 crore debt

Private equity funds committed $2.8 billion to Indian real estate projects in the first nine months of 2015, global real…

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20 November, 2015

SEVENTH PAY COMMISSION FOR 23.5% SALARY HIKE

NEW DELHI (TIP): In its report submitted to the Union Finance Minister Arun Jaitley on November 19, the Seventh Central…

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20 November, 2015

INVESTORS NEED RBI NOD TO BUY 5% OR MORE IN BANKS

MUMBAI (TIP): The Reserve Bank on Thursday said its prior approval will be required for acquisition of shares or voting…

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20 November, 2015

VOLKSWAGEN TO PRESENT EMISSION FIXES TO US AUTHORITIES

LOS ANGELES (TIP): German automaker Volkswagen, tainted by an emissions scandal, said it will present US authorities tomorrow with plans…

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20 November, 2015

Small exporters to get interest subsidy

NEW DELHI (TIP): Exporters from labour-intensive, small and medium sectors can now avail bank loans at three per cent lower…

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20 November, 2015

Govt approves 10% stake sale in Coal India

NEW DELHI (TIP): The government on Nov 18 approved 10 per cent stake sale in the state-owned Coal India. This…

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20 November, 2015

AXIS MF UNVEILS CHILDREN’S FUND

BENGALURU (TIP): Axis Mutual Fund, an asset management subsidiary of Axis Bank with assets under management worth Rs 31,789 crore…

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20 November, 2015

CCI slaps Rs 258-cr penalty on Jet Airways, IndiGo, SpiceJet

MUMBAI (TIP): Fair trade regulator Competition Commission of India (CCI) has imposed a penalty of Rs 258 crore on Jet…

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20 November, 2015

INDIA STILL A PREFERRED DESTINATION FOR FOREIGN INVESTORS

MUMBAI (TIP): In spite of a lacklustre year for emerging markets so far in 2015, India continues to be a…

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20 November, 2015

Indian origin Swati Dandekar is named ADB director

WASHINGTON (TIP): President Barack Obama has nominated India-born Swati A. Dandekar, a Nagpur and Bombay University alum, to be United States…

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17 November, 2015

GLOBAL GOLD DEMAND HITS MORE THAN TWO-YEAR HIGH IN Q3: WGC

LONDON (TIP): Global gold demand hit its highest in more than two years in the third quarter as July's price…

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17 November, 2015

SUBIR GOKARN IS EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR AT IMF

NEW DELHI: Former RBI Deputy Governor Subir Gokarn was on November 12 appointed as an Executive Director on the board…

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17 November, 2015

World’s biggest online shopping day nets over $14 billion

SHANGHAI (TIP): E-commerce giant Alibaba said that Chinese and international consumers spent more than $14 billion in the world’s biggest…

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17 November, 2015

Vodafone to invest Rs 13,000 crore in India

NEW DELHI (TIP): Vodafone on Thursday committed investments of Rs 13,000 crore (£1.3 billion) in India for capacity augmentation and…

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