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Israel acting to deny Hezbollah Syrian arms: Netanyahu
May 20, 2013 at 08:19 | Source: FirstPost
Jerusalem: Israel is doing "as much as possible" to prevent Syrian weapons reaching Lebanon's Hezbollah and will continue to act in this regard, Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu said today.The Israeli premier's remarks came two weeks after...
China Home-Price Gains Signal Growth Challenge for Li
May 20, 2013 at 08:00 | Source: Bloomberg
China's new-home prices rose last month in 68 of 70 cities tracked by the government, indicating Premier Li Keqiang will need to maintain efforts to cool the property market even as economic growth slows. Increases in Guangzhou, Beijing and S...
Corn Climbs Before Planting Report on Tightening US Stockpiles
May 20, 2013 at 08:00 | Source: Bloomberg
Corn climbed a second day before a government report that will show whether farmers in the U.S., the biggest grower, accelerated planting after the slowest start in the Midwest in three decades boosted supply concerns. Corn for July delivery gained a...
Won Falls to Four-Week Low on North Korea Tensions; Bonds Drop
May 20, 2013 at 08:00 | Source: Bloomberg
South Korea's won fell to a four-week low after North Korea fired missiles over the weekend, fueling regional tensions. Government bonds declined. Dictator Kim Jong Un's regime launched one short-range guided missile yesterday, follow...
Won Falls to Four-Week Low on North Korea Tensions; Bonds Drop
May 20, 2013 at 08:00 | Source: Business Week
South Korea's won fell to a four-week low after North Korea fired missiles over the weekend, fueling regional tensions. Government bonds declined. Dictator Kim Jong Un's regime launched one short-range guided missile yesterday, follow...
PM talks tough with China's Li, voices India's concern over incursion
May 20, 2013 at 07:33 | Source: FirstPost
New Delhi: In a firm message to China, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh tonight voiced India's serious concern over the recent Chinese incursion in Ladakh and told his counterpart Li Keqiang that in the absence of peace and tranquility along the border,...
How bad law and weak BCCI code aid spot fixing
May 20, 2013 at 07:06 | Source: Economic Times
What crime have the tainted IPL players committed? You may say " spotfixing", but that's not a legal answer. In judicial eyes, "crime" is a legal, not moral, concept. Match-fixing is boring and uninteresting — not enough options. Therefore, one is...
May 20, 2013 at 07:06 | Source: Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The government has appointed auditors for the Reserve Bank of India after consulting with the Comptroller & Auditor General (CAG), reversing the earlier practice of involving the central bank in the selection process. The two auditors app...
Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai may have changed institution forever
May 20, 2013 at 07:06 | Source: Economic Times
NEW DELHI Comptroller and Auditor General Vinod Rai demits office on May 23 as one of the most politically divisive CAG in Indian history. Rai's audit reports on 2G spectrum allocation and the coal block allocations have arguably brought 'policy para...
Government mulling law to fix fixing in sports, says Kapil Sibal
May 20, 2013 at 07:06 | Source: Economic Times
NEW DELHI: The government will bring in new legislation to deal with all kinds of betting in sports, Law Minister KapilSibal said, as the cricket world grappled with more revelations in the spot fixing scandal over the weekend. "We need to have a se...
Net telephony providers will be asked to set up servers in India
May 20, 2013 at 07:06 | Source: Economic Times
NEW DELHI: India will mandate that all firms offering internet telephony, including popular online phone service provider Skype owned by software giant Microsoft, must set up a server in the country if they want to continue offering this facility he...
SBI's single regulator plan: Banks, HFCs have no regulatory arbitrage, says Keki Mistry, HDFC
May 20, 2013 at 07:06 | Source: Economic Times
MUMBAI: The norms for housing finance companies (HFCs) are the same as those governing banks, said KekiMistry, the vice-chairman & CEO of India's biggest mortgage lender HDFC, responding to remarks by SBI Chairman PratipChaudhuri that HFCs enjoyed a...
Voyaging seniors keep cash registers ringing as they fly in groups to exotic destinations
May 20, 2013 at 07:06 | Source: Economic Times
NEW DELHI: Seventy-year-old UK Mishra couldn't hide his glee when he got off the flight to Paris last December for a two-week-long European holiday. He clicked a photo of his wife and himself with his phone, posted it on Facebook and wrote: "We had ...
British PM David Cameron urges more action on tax from UK territories
May 20, 2013 at 07:06 | Source: Economic Times
LONDON: Britain called upon its overseas territories to "get their house in order" over the sharing of tax information on Monday as the UK looks to lead a global fight against tax evasion ahead of a meeting of the world's wealthiest states. Britain ...
Bengal textile policy to help sector grow, say chambers
May 20, 2013 at 06:00 | Source: IBNLive
Kolkata: With the Mamata Banerjee government in West Bengal coming up with a draft textile policy to attract investment to revive the sector, leading industry lobbies have expressed hope that the policy roadmap would help the industry to grow ...
Little sign Shinzo Abe can shake up Japan's inbound FDI
May 20, 2013 at 04:15 | Source: Economic Times
TOKYO: Japan risks missing, yet again, an opportunity to use foreign investment to help fuel sustained economic growth that has eluded it for the last two decades. Prime Minister Shinzo Abe pledged to make Japan "the world's easiest country for comp...
BJP to launch week long Jail Bharo campaign against corrupt practices of UPA
May 20, 2013 at 04:00 | Source: IBNLive
Guwahati: BJP will launch a week-long 'Jail Bharo' campaign protesting against alleged corrupt practices of the UPA government. The campaign would start on May 27 and continue till June 2 in all states, BJP vice president SS Ahluwalia...
Royals to slap charges against players, BCCI sets up probe panel (Roundup)
May 20, 2013 at 03:15 | Source: FirstPost
Chennai, May 19 (IANS) Rajasthan Royals will file a police complaint against its three players arrested for spot fixing while the Board of Control for Cricket in India (BCCI) set up a panel to probe the scandal, board president N. Srinivasan announce...
Israel to keep preventing arms transfer to Hezbollah
May 20, 2013 at 03:00 | Source: FirstPost
Jerusalem, May 20 (IANS) Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has said his government remains committed to prevent transfer of the advanced weaponry to Lebanese militant group Hezbollah."We are acting in accordance with the policy we had se...
Violence reported in Punjab local elections
May 20, 2013 at 02:45 | Source: FirstPost
Chandigarh, May 19 (IANS) Violent clashes between workers of Punjab's ruling Shiromani Akali Dal and the opposition Congress were reported from at least two places as the polling for local self-government bodies ended Sunday evening, officials said.P...
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