Increasing numbers are committing mortgage fraud
August 22nd, 2012 - 8:57 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, Aug 22 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Mortgages are commonly known to overwork people minds and this is why people are advised to make sure that they consider their financial capabilities while engaging ... Read more...
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Headless body mystery solved, one held
July 1st, 2011 - 11:22 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 1 (IANS) The mystery behind the headless body found near a park in central Delhi last week has been solved with the arrest of one of ... Read more...
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Srinagar murder case solved: Police
June 10th, 2011 - 9:29 pm ICT by IANS
Srinagar, June 10 (IANS) A dispute over a loan was the reason for the daylight murder of a man here Sunday, police said Friday. Three people including a militant have ... Read more...
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After new norms, microfinance firm Ujjivan raises funds
January 5th, 2011 - 4:48 pm ICT by IANS
Mumbai, Jan 5 (IANS) Bangalore-based Ujjivan Financial Services Wednesday said it is now among the first microfinance institutions to raise money from the international markets after the clampdown on such companies by ... Read more...
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UK offers $11.17 billion loan to Irish Republic
November 23rd, 2010 - 12:34 am ICT by BNO News
LONDON (BNO NEWS) -- The UK Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne on Monday announced that the UK offered a direct loan to Ireland of about £7 billion ($11.17 billion) in addition ... Read more...
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20 million Britons don’t speak to family members after quarrel
November 1st, 2010 - 9:04 pm ICT by IANS
London, Nov 1 (IANS) Nearly 20 million Britons are not speaking to members of their family after bitter arguments, a survey has showed.Experts said mothers are the relatives we are most likely ... Read more...
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Women ‘root of all family feuds’
November 1st, 2010 - 4:08 pm ICT by ANI
London, Nov 1 (ANI): A Brit survey has revealed that eight out of 10 people surveyed said it was women who were responsible for starting any trouble.And mothers are the relatives we ... Read more...
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Malaysian Indian admits links with serial killers
September 18th, 2010 - 4:16 pm ICT by IANS
Kuala Lumpur, Sep 18 (IANS) In a new twist to the probe into a series of killings -- including of four ethnic Indians here, a Malaysian Indian businessman, whose wife was murdered ... Read more...
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Stratford, CT businessman sentenced for $2 million fraud
April 13th, 2010 - 12:22 am ICT by BNO News
HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT (BNO NEWS) – A Stratford, Connecticut businessman was sentenced to 4 years in prison and three years of supervised release for engaging in a scheme to steal advance fees from ... Read more...
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Aashka’s on a bitching spree - Ansha Sayyed
March 16th, 2010 - 6:38 pm ICT by Sampurn Wire
March 16, 2010 (Sampurn Wire): Nothing sells like gossip. And, it doesn't get any better for a scribe to cover tales of warring actors. Last evening, the media got their wish ... Read more...
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Bangladeshi Nobel Laureate Yunus terms poverty as an artificial human-made entity
December 10th, 2009 - 1:19 pm ICT by ANI
New Delhi, Dec 10 (ANI): Terming poverty as an artificial and external imposition on society, Bangladesh Nobel Laureate Mohammad Yunus has said that it can be removed.Delivering the second Hiren Mukherjee ... Read more...
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Micro-credit programmes beat global meltdown: Muhammad Yunus
December 9th, 2009 - 10:57 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Dec 9 (IANS) Microcredit programmes were able to weather the global meltdown as compared to the big conventional banks that were on the verge of collapse, Nobel laureate ... Read more...
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Seven arrested after loan sharks charged 540-percent interest
July 30th, 2009 - 4:29 pm ICT by IANS
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Hong Kong, July 30 (DPA) Seven people have been arrested in a loan shark operation in which borrowers were charged annual interest rates of 540 percent, police said Thursday.A large number of ... Read more...
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Estranged wife, paramour held for murdering Delhi businessman (Lead)
July 10th, 2009 - 9:52 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 10 (IANS) A 28-year-old woman and her paramour were arrested Friday for stabbing to death her businessman husband in the capital so that the two could get married, police ... Read more...
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Swraj Paul stays loyal as donors talk of ditching Labour: report
May 17th, 2009 - 4:58 pm ICT by IANS
London, May 17 (IANS) Major donors of Britain's ruling Labour Party say they will withdraw their financial support over a deepening parliamentary expenses scandal, a newspaper reported.
Only Indian-born industrialist Lord Swraj Paul ... Read more...
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Vaccine bonds: keeping kids - and your money - healthy
March 21st, 2009 - 9:46 am ICT by IANS
By Shabtai Gold
Geneva, March 21 (DPA) Government bonds are generally attractive to the layman investor as they are relatively safe. The saver can profit while not fretting over the markets.An initiative ... Read more...
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Water woes in Chidambaram’s Sivaganga constituency
March 12th, 2009 - 6:28 pm ICT by IANS
Sivaganga (Tamil Nadu), March 12 (IANS) During the four-and-half years that Home Minister P. Chidamabaram held the finance portfolio, 52 bank branches were opened in his constituency Sivaganga and began lending money ... Read more...
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Religious leaders blame bankers” greed for recession
December 26th, 2008 - 2:10 pm ICT by ANI
London, Dec 26 (ANI): While delivering Christmas sermons, religious leaders said that the culture of greed and immorality within the banking system is the reason behind the global financial crisis.Archbishops used ... Read more...
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Citigroup ‘went wrong’ on realty: Vikram Pandit
November 26th, 2008 - 2:10 pm ICT by IANS
New York, Nov 26 (IANS) Virtually blaming the previous management for the mess within Citigroup Inc, its Indian-American chief executive Vikram Pandit said its unchecked exposure to the US realty industry led ... Read more...
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Gay relationships comparable to marriage, says Anglican leader
August 7th, 2008 - 5:50 pm ICT by ANI
London, Aug 7 (ANI): Gay relationships are comparable to marriage in the eyes of God, says the Archbishop of Canterbury.In a private correspondence before he was appointed Archbishop of Canterbury, Rowan ... Read more...
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Budget should be pro-people: Sonia
February 21st, 2008 - 12:05 am ICT by admin
(Lead)Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 20 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday asked Finance Minister P. Chidambaram to keep hardships faced by the common man, women and farmers in mind while preparing ... Read more...
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Sonia hopes for a women and farmer oriented budget
February 20th, 2008 - 7:53 pm ICT by admin
Rae Bareli, Feb 20 (ANI): The United Progressive Alliance (UPA) Chairperson Sonia Gandhi today expressed the hope that Finance Minister P Chidambaram keep the concerns of women and farmers in mind while ... Read more...
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Budget should be easy on common man: Sonia
February 20th, 2008 - 5:58 pm ICT by admin
Rae Bareli (Uttar Pradesh), Feb 20 (IANS) Congress president Sonia Gandhi Wednesday asked Finance Minister P. Chidambaram to keep the common man, women and farmers in mind while preparing the union budget, ... Read more...
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