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FDIC puts 416 US financial institutions on ‘troubled banks’ list
28 Aug 2009
The number of troubled banks in the US has risen to 416 at the end of June from 305 at the end of March, the highest level in 15 years
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Swiss authorities rule out fishing expeditions to net black funds
25 Aug 2009
Swiss authorities will help Indian government officials to unearth black money stashed there, but only in cases with concrete evidence of wrongdoing.
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Close Brothers in the race for Commerzbank arm
25 Aug 2009
The UK-based investment bank Close Brothers has emerged as a frontrunner for private bank Kleinwort Benson, being sold by German banking giant Commerzbank AG
China sheds weight in US Treasury holdings
19 Aug 2009
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Narayana Murthy likely to head National Payment Corporation: report
19 Aug 2009
Murthy will be the second Infosyian to join the government after Nandan Nilekani's appointment as the head the Unique Identification Authority of India
HSBC to step up home loan activity in India
14 Aug 2009
CIT plans rights issue to preserve tax benefits
14 Aug 2009
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US resolves tax lawsuit with UBS
13 Aug 2009
US Justice Department says the US government has settled its dispute with UBS AG over tax evasion by US customers of the Swiss bank
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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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