World economy
Iceland to repay €3.8 billion to British, Dutch investors
01 Jan 2010
The settlement, which is about 40 per cent of the nation's gross domestic product, will cost about €12,000 for each citizen on the island nation of 320,000.
Japan's economic prospects improve
28 Dec 2009
China poised to become world’s second largest economy after revising 2008 growth figures
26 Dec 2009
Recession forces parents in UK to raid kids' piggy banks: Survey
26 Dec 2009
With the UK facing the worst recession since World War 11, more than one in five UK parents have been borrowing from their child’s savings account out of sheer desperation
China to target 8 per cent growth for 2010
21 Dec 2009
Senate secures majority to pass health bill
21 Dec 2009
FDIC hikes 2010 budget to $4 billion
16 Dec 2009
Climate deal on the rocks as rifts widen
16 Dec 2009
The US says that it will not be a party to any agreement that relieves the developing nations including China of any commitments
OPEC raises 2010 world oil demand forecast
16 Dec 2009
The OPEC outlook for 2010 is positive following one of the worst years of global oil demand, as the global economy is poised for 2.9 per cent expansion in the year following the 1.1-per cent contraction in 2009
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The Rise and Rise of HDFC Bank
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HDFC, which surged ahead of global majors like HSBC Holdings Plc and Citigroup Inc and left Indian peers like State Bank of India and ICICI Bank in market capitalisation, now ranks fourth largest among the world’s most valuable banks, after JPMorgan Chase & Co, Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Ltd and Bank of America Corp
India’s Millet Revolution To Enrich Global Food Basket
02 Apr 2023
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
Market predator Hindenburg preys on Adani stock
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Almost a month after the damning report of short-seller Hindenburg Research on the Adani Group that claimed that the seven stocks within the group were about 85 per cent overvalued, one of the group's stocks, Adani Total Gas, closed at Rs835 on the BSE, down nearly 79 per cent from its 24 January level, almost close to reaching that valuation
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