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India-Africa summit to discuss 145 projects worth $9 billion
12 Mar 2010
Delegations from 34 African countries would converge at the 6th CII-Exim Bank Conclave on India-Africa Project Partnership being organised in New Delhi during 15 -16 March 2010.
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Yuan firms up slightly as Obama urges revaluation
12 Mar 2010
The People's Bank of China set the yuan's central parity rate slightly higher against the US dollar even as president Obama fired a fresh salvo asking China to heed international calls to revalue its currency.
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Mexico's Carlos Slim is world's richest: Forbes
11 Mar 2010
Mexico's Carlos Slim has nudged Bill Gates and Warren Buffett to take the top slot in the Forbes list of world's richest, which has India's Mukesh Ambani and Lakshmi Mittal among the top ten.
UK, France, Spain ratings at risk, warns Fitch
10 Mar 2010
US will stand by Greece to resolve crisis: Obama
10 Mar 2010
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Yuan appreciation: Currency speculation on the rise
09 Mar 2010
Beijing’s dogged refusal to alter the exchange rate of its currency may already be inviting the first ripples of speculative action in the currency markets.
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India, US to sign framework trade, investment pact on 17 March
09 Mar 2010
India and the United States will sign a framework trade agreement to facilitate increased flow of trade and investment between the two countries, especially in the high-tech areas
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Singapore's wealth fund GIC loses $5.1 billion in UBS investment
08 Mar 2010
By converting UBS notes into ordinary shares that gives it a 6.6-per cent stake, GIC reported a paper los of about 45 per cent of its original $11 billion investment on current share prices
China wants yuan in SDR basket by 2015: report
06 Mar 2010
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Terrorist attack alert in Strait of Malacca
06 Mar 2010
The governments of Singapore, Malaysia and Indonesia have said they are beefing up security in the Strait of Malacca after receiving warnings of possible terrorist attacks on oil tankers.
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Richard Quest’s Profitable Moment from Atlanta, Georgia
05 Mar 2010
The US is currently doing the economic equivalent of dancing two steps forward…one step back, writes CNN's London correspondent Richard Quest in an exclusive column to domain-b
Car becomes home for reporters in Chile
By by Sara Sidner, CNN’s New Delhi-based internationa | 05 Mar 2010
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Iron ore prices set for massive hike
04 Mar 2010
Chinese steel makers have been asked to agree to a 50 per cent increase in the price of contract iron ore, even as production recovers globally and producers try and match spot and contract prices.
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EU clears GM crops for cultivation, sale
03 Mar 2010
The European Commission has cleared the cultivation of a genetically modified potato and the use of three types of modified maize for food and feed, saying they posed no risks to public health.
Euro area jobless remains steady at 9.9 per cent
03 Mar 2010
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IMF puts China’s currency issue on centre stage
02 Mar 2010
The IMF has brought the matter of the revaluation of the Chinese currency centre stage by saying it was "substantially undervalued" and hampered recovery in the global economy.
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India's trade deficit narrows to $86.6 billion in April-January 2009-10
02 Mar 2010
India's exports increased 11.5 per cent to $14.34 billion in January 2010 while imports rose 35.5 per cent to $24.705 billion year-on-year.
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Global semiconductor sales rise in January
02 Mar 2010
Boosted by strong demand for chips used in consumer and industrial products, global semiconductor sales rose 47.2 per cent from January 2009 to reach $22.4 billion in January 2010
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