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Hyundai latest carmaker to announce price hikes
20 Sep 2013
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SBI hikes rates ahead of RBI policy review
19 Sep 2013
State Bank of India today announced hikes in some deposit rates and the minimum lending rates, a day before new RBI governor Raghuram Rajan announces the monetary policy
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BlackBerry could slash 5,000 jobs by year end: report
19 Sep 2013
BlackBerry, which once dominated the smartphone market, is now looking at strategic alternatives, including selling itself
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Google Glass enters operation theatre in Chennai hospital
18 Sep 2013
For the first in India, a doctor in a Chennai hospital wearing Google Glass, successfully operated on two patient and live-streamed the entire procedure
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Microsoft announces new $40-bn stock buyback, raises dividend
18 Sep 2013
Microsoft has announced a new $40-billion stock buyback as part of the its plan to return more cash to stockholders
Tata DoCoMo launches new brand campaign
18 Sep 2013
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GMR Group to sell 74% stake in expressway to IIF to raise equity
18 Sep 2013
Infrastructure group GMR will divest 74-per cent stake in GMR Ulundurpet Expressways Private Limited, as it pursues its 'asset light' strategy
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Facebook can reveal your level of self-esteem: study
17 Sep 2013
An international team of researchers has found that how social media users create and monitor their online personas may hint at their feelings of self-esteem
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Apollo Tyres' $2.5-bn acquisition of Cooper Tire hits union hurdle
16 Sep 2013
An arbitrator has ruled that Cooper cannot sell two plants in the US to Apollo unless the Indian company first reaches an agreement with the workers of those plants
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Twitter files for IPO
14 Sep 2013
Twitter said in a tweet on Thursday night that it had submitted a confidential document to the SEC with plans for an initial public offering
Ford recalls 1.66 lakh units of Figo, Classic
14 Sep 2013
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Millets, a healthier and cheaper substitute to wheat and rice, are indigenous to many parts of the world, especially in the semiarid tropics of Asia and Africa, and offers a big scope for expanding production and consumption in the foodgrain deficient African continent
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