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Retail FDI: SP, BSP bail out UPA in Rajya Sabha also
07 Dec 2012
While MPs belonging to Mulayam Singh’s party staged a walkout just minutes before the voting, Mayawati opted to vote in favour of the UPA government
Tesco may shut US store chain
06 Dec 2012
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ED attaches Rs884-cr assets in Janardhana Reddy firm
06 Dec 2012
Continuing its crackdown on the illegal iron-ore mining mafia in Andhra Pradesh, the Enforcement Directorate this morning attached shares and assets worth Rs884 crore of Brahmani Industries Ltd (BIL), controlled by the state’s former tourism minister Gali Janardhana Reddy
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Freeport-McMoRan to buy Plains Exploration, McMoRan Exploration for $9 bn
06 Dec 2012
The combined company is expected to be a leading US-based natural resource producer with a global portfolio of mineral assets, significant oil and gas resources and a growing production profile
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Cheers! Bronze Age micro-brewery, beer recipe found in Cyprus
06 Dec 2012
Beer was commonly drunk because it is more nutritious than bread and less likely to contain harmful pathogens than drinking water
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IOC suspends India from Olympics; blame game begins
04 Dec 2012
The decision was largely expected after the IOA decided to go ahead with the elections under the government's Sports Code, defying the IOC's diktat to hold the polls under the Olympic Charter
Tata Hitachi to renew focus on exports
04 Dec 2012
India seeks to tie up LNG imports from Australia
04 Dec 2012
SC stays TDSAT's order of lifting cap on SMSes
03 Dec 2012
TRAI rolls consultancy paper on SIM deactivation
03 Dec 2012
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