November 13th, 2008 - 2:36 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, Nov 13 (ANI): Decline in the prices of fuel and manufactured goods has led to the fall in the wholesale price index rate to 8.98 per cent for the ...
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October 17th, 2008 - 7:34 am ICT by IANS
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New York, Oct 17 (DPA) US stocks surged Thursday after a steep dive a day earlier amid ongoing fears of a global recession.The blue-chip Dow Jones Industrial Average gained 401.35 points, or ...
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September 24th, 2008 - 1:21 am ICT by IANS
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On Board Air India One, Sep 23 (IANS) Planning Commission Deputy Chairman Montek Singh Ahluwalia Tuesday said the government was expecting to bring down inflation to single digit level before the end ...
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September 10th, 2008 - 2:54 pm ICT by IANS
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Beijing, Sep 10 (Xinhua) China's trade surplus rose for the second month in August, up 14.9 percent to $28.69 billion from a year earlier. Exports last month gained 21.1 percent to $134.87 ...
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August 13th, 2008 - 3:19 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, Aug 13 (IANS) Pakistan's inflation soared to 24.33 percent in the first month of fiscal 2008-09 that began July 1, reveals data released by the Federal Bureau of Statistics (FBS). This ...
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July 19th, 2008 - 2:32 pm ICT by IANS
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Islamabad, July 19 (IANS) Unprecedented inflation in Pakistan has hit common people very hard with petrol having risen by 46 percent in the last three months, food items by 30-50 percent ...
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July 17th, 2008 - 7:28 am ICT by IANS
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DPA
Washington, July 17 (DPA) In a second day of Congressional testimony, US central bank chief Ben Bernanke warned Wednesday that inflation could continue to threaten the economy, while government figures showed rocketing ...
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July 17th, 2008 - 1:28 am ICT by IANS
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DPA
Washington, July 16 (DPA) US central bank chief Ben Bernanke warned Wednesday that inflation could continue to increase in the near term, as government figures showed rocketing petrol prices had pushed inflation ...
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July 16th, 2008 - 9:25 pm ICT by ANI
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New Delhi, July 16 (ANI): The government has increased the Dearness Allowance for employees of the Central Public Sector Enterprises (CPSEs) by five per cent.
The CSPE employees, pursuant to a ...
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July 1st, 2008 - 10:45 pm ICT by IANS
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Xinhua
Beijing, July 1 (Xinhua) China's economy had been slowed to expand at a more desirable and moderate rate for the five months till May, the national statistics agency said Tuesday citing an ...
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June 24th, 2008 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
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Varanasi, June 24 (IANS) The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was "in an intensive care unit breathing its last", Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Murli Manohar Joshi said Tuesday. "UPA's failure ...
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June 24th, 2008 - 5:47 pm ICT by IANS
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Varanasi, June 24 (IANS) The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) government was "in an intensive care unit breathing its last", Senior Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) leader Murli Manohar Joshi said Tuesday. "UPA's failure ...
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June 17th, 2008 - 10:15 pm ICT by IANS
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DPA
London, June 17 (DPA) Rising fuel and food prices pushed inflation in Britain above 3 percent in May, to its highest level since the current inflation measure was introduced more than a ...
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June 17th, 2008 - 10:07 pm ICT by IANS
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Abu Dhabi, June 17 (IANS) The rate of inflation in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), home to around 1.5 million expatriate Indians, touched 11.1 percent in 2007, UAE's Minister for Economy Sultan ...
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June 17th, 2008 - 7:36 am ICT by IANS
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Xinhua
Beijing, June 16 (Xinhua) China's economy will grow at a slower rate of 10.4 percent in 2008 because of lower external demands and tightening of domestic policy, a report said Monday. The ...
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June 13th, 2008 - 5:09 pm ICT by IANS
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Xinhua
Beijing, June 13 (Xinhua) Chinese stocks continued thier downward spiral Friday with the main index falling to a 15-month low as investors were still nervous about the inflationary pressure and tightening policy. ...
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June 12th, 2008 - 4:31 pm ICT by IANS
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Xinhua
Beijing, June 12 (Xinhua) Chinese shares continued to move downward Thursday, with the benchmark index slumping 2.21 percent to below-3,000 points, despite official report that the inflation rate was dropping. As the ...
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May 31st, 2008 - 8:57 pm ICT by admin
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DPA
Karachi, May 31 (DPA) Pakistan's economic growth hit its slowest pace in five years at below six percent due to deteriorating domestic and international developments, the central bank said Saturday. "Real GDP ...
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May 15th, 2008 - 5:49 am ICT by admin
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DPA
New York, May 15 (DPA) US stocks rallied Wednesday after government data showed consumer prices had risen less than expected. Prices for US consumer goods rose at a seasonally adjusted rate of ...
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May 13th, 2008 - 7:40 pm ICT by admin
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Xinhua
Beijing, May 13 (Xinhua) The quake that shook the earth in southwest China and left a trail of devastation, killing more than 12,000 people, is not likely to have a major impact ...
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May 4th, 2008 - 3:41 pm ICT by admin
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Xinhua
Beijing, May 4 (Xinhua) Inflationary pressure in China continues to ease, thanks to falling farm prices, but the target of containing inflation to 4.8 percent looks elusive, market analysts said Sunday. The ...
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April 16th, 2008 - 5:10 pm ICT by admin
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Xinhua
Beijing, April 16 (Xinhua) China's growth rate slowed down marginally to 10.6 percent in the first quarter, compared to 11.7 percent in the same period last year, the government said Wednesday. China ...
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April 14th, 2008 - 4:39 pm ICT by admin
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Xinhua
Beijing, April 14 (Xinhua) China's benchmark stock index plunged 5.62 percent Monday, the biggest one-day loss since late January, as sell-offs on Wall Street and regional markets further undermined investor confidence. As ...
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April 5th, 2008 - 2:32 pm ICT by admin
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Islamabad, Apr 5 (ANI): The World Food Programme (WFP) has cautioned that nearly half of Pakistans 160 million population was at the risk of food insecurity due to a surge in ...
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March 31st, 2008 - 8:21 pm ICT by admin
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Xinhua
Beijing, March 31 (Xinhua) China's central bank said Monday it would continue with tight monetary policy to adjust to changes in the domestic and world economies. The People's Bank of China (PBOC) ...
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March 28th, 2008 - 12:54 pm ICT by admin
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DPA
Tokyo, March 28 (DPA) Japan's core consumer price index (CPI) rose at its fastest pace in more than 10 years in February due to high oil and food prices, the government said ...
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March 27th, 2008 - 10:58 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, March 27 (IANS) The Delhi assembly Thursday approved with voice vote the city government's Rs.202-billon budget for 2008-09. Finance Minister A.K. Walia presented the budget Monday. Earlier, replying to the ...
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March 25th, 2008 - 3:09 pm ICT by admin
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New Delhi, March 25 (IANS) Delhi has an outstanding debt of over Rs.255 billion as on March 2007, Finance Minister A.K. Walia admitted in his budget details for 2008-09. According to Walia, ...
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March 24th, 2008 - 4:42 pm ICT by admin
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Xinhua
Beijing, March 24 (Xinhua) Declining exports in the wake of the US credit crunch is likely to pull China's gross domestic product (GDP) growth down to 10.5 percent this year, a study ...
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March 18th, 2008 - 9:44 pm ICT by admin
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Xinhua
Beijing, March 18 (Xinhua) Hours after Prime Minister Wen Jiabao said his government would take steps to control soaring inflation, China's central bank Tuesday raised the deposit reserve ratio of commercial banks ...
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