Sensex gives up gains, traders book profits
October 11th, 2011 - 6:24 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Oct 11 (IANS) A benchmark index for Indian equities Tuesday gave up its intra-day gains and ended in the red as traders booked profits after two straight positive ... Read more...
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Bangladesh floats $682 million mutual fund
May 5th, 2011 - 12:41 pm ICT by IANS
Dhaka, May 5 (IANS) The Bangladesh Fund, an open-ended mutual fund worth $682.5 million, came into operation Thursday with regulator Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) approving its registered trust deed ... Read more...
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How bird flocks move in unison
September 16th, 2010 - 4:01 pm ICT by ANI
Washington Sept 16 (ANI): They don't have a leader and yet bird flocks often move in surprising synchronicity, a phenomenon which has remained puzzling to many researchers.Now, a new study has ... Read more...
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Is Raw Milk Consumption Really That Risky?
July 20th, 2010 - 7:25 pm ICT by GD
By Gina Gomez
July 20, (THAINDIAN NEWS) Despite the fact that raw milk suffers a ban in many states of the United States, proponents of the most natural form of milk are known ... Read more...
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Carlos Slim Helu’ Is New World’s Richest Man
March 12th, 2010 - 3:16 am ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Mar 11 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Move over, Bill Gates, a replacement has moved into your position. That's right, folks, Bill Gates is no longer the richest man in the world. His replacement? Carlos ... Read more...
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US stocks climb on home sales, commodities
February 3rd, 2010 - 6:54 am ICT by IANS
New York, Feb 3 (DPA) US stocks posted strong gains for a second straight day indications of a stronger US housing market and gains in commodity stocks.
Pending sales of existing homes climbed ... Read more...
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Nepal hops on to PAN bandwagon (Lead)
August 25th, 2009 - 4:19 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 25 (IANS) Taking a cue from India, Nepal's new government has begun a campaign to up tax collections by making it mandatory for individual earners and institutions to have a ... Read more...
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Permanent account number now mandatory in Nepal
August 25th, 2009 - 3:17 pm ICT by IANS
Kathmandu, Aug 25 (IANS) Taking a cue from its southern neighbour India, the new government of Nepal has begun a campaign to increase tax collections by making it mandatory for individual earners ... Read more...
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India, China ‘ready to rule world economy’: US expert
June 4th, 2009 - 9:41 am ICT by IANS
By Arun Kumar
Washington, June 4 (IANS) After the fall General Motors, "once the embodiment of US economic might," Americans should get used to the fact that "upstarts" like China and India are ... Read more...
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Former banker, girlfriend jailed for insider trading
April 2nd, 2009 - 11:40 am ICT by IANS
Hong Kong, April 2 (DPA) A former banker and his girlfriend have become the first people in Hong Kong to be jailed for insider share trading, a media report said Thursday.
Ma Hon-yeung, ... Read more...
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Sterling Projects raises stake in Arihant Foundations
March 12th, 2009 - 10:08 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, March 12 (IANS) City-based Sterling Projects and Engineering Ltd and one of its promoters, S. Jayalakshmi, have increased their combined stake in the Rs.2.13-billion real estate company Arihant Foundations and Housing ... Read more...
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Winehouse’s dad might join board of British football club
August 30th, 2008 - 1:29 pm ICT by IANS
London, Aug 30 (IANS) Mitch Winehouse, the father of troubled British singer Amy Winehouse, is close to fulfilling his life-long dream of sitting on the board of the football club Tottenham Hotspurs.Mitch, ... Read more...
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Union Bank ties up with Emkay Share for online trading
June 2nd, 2008 - 8:23 pm ICT by IANS
Chennai, June 2 (IANS) The state-run Union Bank of India (UBI) announced Monday that it has signed a partnership agreement with online trading company Emkay Share to provide online trading platform to ... Read more...
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