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US Jobless rate surges to 10.2 per centUS said that employers cut 190,000 jobs in October, more than the 175,000 markets had expected but fewer than the 219,000 lost in September. Top 10 US bankruptcies
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Infosys offers multi-function human resource solutionsThe offering will help cos streamline their HR ops & reduce costs, as it includes hire-to-retire processes. EXL acquires AmEx BPO | Patni to seal a buy worth $400 mn
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Five magic words to boost moraleCompanies like Ritz-Carlton and Starbucks find "I would like your opinion" can go far by staying in touch with staff and customers. Interpret your co-workers behaviour
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Ford puts air bags into back seat belts of SUVFord planned to offer inflatable rear seat belts, a technology aimed at reducing injuries to children and elderly passengers in a crash. Ford Figo | Honda City | Hyundai i20
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Indian engineers becoming backbone of Japan's ITIndian system engineers are making their presence felt in Japan's IT industry. Around 22,000 Indians are living in Japan at the end of '08. Top 10 BPOs | MNC IT in India
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Realty Zing: Realtors include Asia-Pacific to lure NRIsDevelopers are also looking at churning out 15-20% more biz during 3-month NRI season that starts after festivals. Know home loans | Joint home: Double tax saving
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Why prepaying your home loan is a good tactic!Here is a thought for you. Have you considered prepaying your home loan? Here are some pointers in that direction. Make home loan repayment easy | Home loan
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Gold price tops $1,100 for first timeDealers said mkt continued to find residual support from prospect of cbank buying of gold to diversify their reserves. How to invest in gold | Why is India buying IMF gold?
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AIG posts $455 million Q3 profitAIG posted its second-straight quarterly profit , helped by recovery in the value of its investments. RBS posts $3 bn Q3 loss | Your financial plan | Top 10 US bankruptcies
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Rico strike ends, suspended workers to be taken backThe workers went on strike from September 17 demanding, among other things, hike in salary and recognition of their union. Royal Enfield's Classic 500 motorcycles
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Overseas investors today were net buyers of shares worth Rs 587.02 crore from the local equity markets.
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European shares closed higher on Friday for the third consecutive session after investors decided US monthly payroll data was not as bad as first feared, with banking stocks the major gainers.
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Stocks rose early Friday as investors shrugged off news that more jobs were lost in October than expected, pushing the unemployment rate above 10 percent for the first time since 1983.
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The rupee ended at 46.81/82 from previous close of 47.015/025, in line with the domestic sharemarket, and on dollar's losses versus other units.
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Gold traders kept to the sidelines on Friday as prices stayed near record highs in the middle of the wedding season, with a strong rupee seen aiding sentiment later in the session.
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Indian federal bond yields edged up at as traders awaited the Rs 90 billion bond auction results for further direction.
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Oil prices lost over $2 to stumble below $78 a barrel Friday as rising US unemployment figures renewed concerns about the economic recovery and consumer demand.
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India's foreign exchange reserves fell to $284.391 billion as on Oct. 30, from $285.520 billion a week earlier, the central bank said in its weekly statistical supplement on Friday.
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The government’s move to report WPI inflation data on a monthly instead of a weekly basis will remove a source of market volatility, the country's chief statistician said in an interview on Friday.
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The wholesale price index for October will be according to the old base year of 1993-94 and the WPI new series with base year 2004-05 will be released shortly, according to a senior commerce ministry official.
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In spite of foreign tourist inflow adversely hit in aftermath of 26/11 terror attack and economic slowdown, the foreign exchange earning from the sector has witnessed a three per cent increase this year.
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Oil prices rose above $80 a barrel on Friday in Asia as crude investors eyed a surge in global stock markets.
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The government has removed the anomalies in taxation of packaged software sold through physical media. Windows 7: Will it win?
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Capgemini would like to join the top five US technology services providers, alongside Accenture and IBM.
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Intel plans to participate in bids invited by Indian state-owned telecom equipment maker ITI Ltd to set up joint ventures, the Business Standard reported on Friday.
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Finally small and medium enterprises in India can subscribe to Microsoft’s e-mail and collaboration solutions online, for $10 per user per month.
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Google on Thursday opened a window for users to see what records the Internet giant keeps regarding their activities at YouTube, Gmail, Reader and other accounts.
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Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer said on Thursday the company could look to extend its search engine partnership with Yahoo outside the United States, if it gets regulatory approval.
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German carmaker Daimler AG said Friday its Mercedes-Benz Cars division saw a 4 percent increase in global sales in October.
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A monthly gauge of US inflation pressures rose to a one-year high in October, pulled up by higher commodity prices, a research group said on Friday.
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Austria's cooperative banking group Oesterreichische Volksbanken AG reported a half-billion euro third-quarter loss and said it expects more charges and higher risk provisions next quarter.
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British Airways on Friday said the company's net loss more than quadrupled during its first half, forcing the carrier to slash an extra 1,200 jobs in an "essential" cost reduction programme.
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Volkswagen's premium brand Audi expects its vehicle sales to fall less than previously thought to over 920,000 vehicles this year, Audi sales chief Peter Schwarzenbauer told a German newspaper.
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General Motors Europe head Carl-Peter Forster is quitting in disgust at GM's decision to hang on to its European unit Opel/Vauxhall, Spiegel magazine reported said Friday in its online edition.
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DMRC likely to inaugurate Delhi-Noida corridor on Nov 12.
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'We have not received any information from Pak over Lashkar plot,' PM said.
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FIR was registered against Amar Singh for hurting religious sentiments.
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Court deferred decision on CBI plea to withdraw Quattrocchi's name.
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Maharashtra govt in no position to take decision on the disposal.
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Dimple Yadav, new face of Samajwadi Party, spells out her thoughts.
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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has put a question mark on the mega bond issue of Essar Teleholdings, a firm owned by the Ruias of Essar Group.
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State-owned firms are expected to add around Rs 3,20,000 cr to combined M-cap of BSE. Top five stock picks | Top 5 Mid-term Picks | Top picks in the auto sector
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RIL, which can make or mar the Sensex movement with a 13% weightage, has investors on the edge with research analysts differing on opinions about earnings growth prospects.
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Markets turned nervous as the Australian Central Bank raises rates. Fresh infusion of funds to RBS & Lloyds rattles investor sentiment further.
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Although market players are a divided lot, but a set of data points to a correction.
Top 5 picks | Mid-term picks | Views/Recommendations | Is the debt option good now?
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A bunch of Indian companies are sitting on a mountain of cash as they found no investment opportunity in a world depressed by the credit crisis.
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Fund raising by real estate sector focussed private equity funds have declined 61 per cent to USD 17 billion till May this year, as investors turned cautious while making new investment commitments.
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Prabhudas Lilladher has a ‘reduce’ rating on Infosys Technologies as it feels that the outlook for the company and the software industry is quite weak in the near-term.
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A crisis of $240 trillion cannot be stemmed with bailout packages of $1 to $10 trillion. 2008: Year of global financial crisis | Survive credit crisis | Ghosts of 1929
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The falling rupee will severely affect the small companies, whereas the big ones will be impacted moderately. Get rid of Debt | Adopt correct investment strategies
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At the recent low of 12514 points, the Sensex has tested the 12800-12000-pts support zone and has since then attempted a corrective rally.
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BusinessWeek's 'The Infotech 100', has ranked Bharti Airtel at the 21st position followed by Reddington India (55th) and RCom (66th). Successful business formula
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Indian banks made over Rs 6K cr collectively from treasury operations in H1 of FY10 against only Rs 220 cr in corresponding period of FY09. Top picks | Mid-term Picks
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The revival in retail investor participation in the stock market of late, amid the broad-based rebound in shares, has done little to boost trading in NSE’s stock options segment.
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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (Sebi) wants to find a systemic solution to address recurring complaints from investors.
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Investors have turned to the safety of defensive sectors, as market sentiment has become weak. Top stock picks | Mid-term picks | Nifty may remain under pressure
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This refers to your edit ‘A welcome quest’ (ET, Oct 8). It is imperative to have a strong database.
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Apropos of ‘The climate conundrum’ (ET, Oct 9), Mukul Sanwal rightly suggests that developing countries should lead in setting the agenda for global technological cooperation.
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President Obama is debating with his war council, whether to despatch another 40,000 to 50,000 additional troops to Afghanistan.
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This refers to your edit ‘Importing rice’ (ET, Oct 10). It’s a great pity that while our farmers are denied some mark-up price above the MSP, we import costly rice.
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This refers to your edit ‘It’s yesterday once more ‘(ET, Oct 09). No doubt our present economic scenario requires huge funds to support economic growth, and minimise the consequences of the expected fiscal deficit of a very high order
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People’s Union for Democratic Rights, Delhi (PUDR) unequivocally condemns the gruesome killing of inspector Francis Induwar by the Maoists in Jharkhand.
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The RBI recently cut interest rates by 50 bps, primarily looking at concerns over lingering global economic slowdown and worsening domestic economic situation.
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Slumdog Millionaire in a curious way, reproduces a similar paradigm of colonial (now neo-colonial) extraction and dismantling, this time not of agriculture, but of culture.
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Recent happenings have shown that a governance structure should also support an organisation’s efforts to improve performance.
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The multinational accounting firms (MAFs) signified by the Big Four entered through alternative route of consultancy under RBI permissions and gradually exploiting the loopholes in laws, started performing audit and accounting functions.
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Does India need another stimulus package, or should the focus be on implementation?
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Are there still areas left unexplained in the new FDI norms?
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The exterior façade of Central Jail has been a significant setting in Hindi films with characters making exit from it for years now.
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Whether it's nurturing a vegetable garden in the White House or tending to their children's needs amid all their work, the Obamas are like any other American family, juggling personal and professional lives, US Ambassador-at-Large for Global Women's Issues Melanne Verveer said here Friday.
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Wanted: outgoing and enthusiastic applicants to work as restroom ambassadors in central New York location. Good pay.
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For months now, consumers have been hunkering down in an economic storm, buying only what they need to survive, like groceries, diapers, medicine - and shoes.
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The latest version of his Sixth-Sense wearable gesture interface can be used to compute using just a piece of paper.
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Instead of the traditional mare bringing the groom to Shilpa Shetty's doorsteps, Raj Kundra has decided to ride an elaborate chariot.
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As the scion of the one of the world’s most influential business families - that own more than 100 companies, such as ABB, Ericsson, Electrolux, Saab and AstraZeneca - the 53-year-old Marcus Wallenberg has an unparalleled inside view of global business.
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He played a critical role when Tata Motors acquired Daewoo Motors in 2004. So, not many were surprised when group chairman Ratan Tata chose Praveen Kadle to head Tata Capital, the new financial services company of the group.
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Morgan Stanley Asia chairman Stephen Roach sees India’s growth averaging between 7.5% and 8.5%, but cautions that it can’t afford to be complacent.
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Christopher Wood believes that the growth outlook for China and India is strong. Gainers: BSE ( A, B ), NSE | Losers: BSE ( A, B ), NSE | Top 5 picks | Mid-term picks
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Commerce and industry minister Anand Sharma feels there are signs the worst may be over for India’s exports sector. Despite the improvement, the government is working on another stimulus package for exports.
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In an interview with Gayatri Nayak, Suzanne Smith, managing director, South and South-East Asia, Standard & Poor’s (S&P), explains how higher government spending is putting pressure on the country’s creditworthiness.
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Overseas investors today were net buyers of shares worth Rs 587.02 crore from the local equity markets.
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Financial firm IFCI Ltd today rose over two per cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange, a day after reports that the government has shortlisted three firms for advising it on stake sale in the financial firm.
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The shares of Mumbai-based Dolphin Offshore have significantly outperformed the market over the past one year - logging a gain of 275% against Sensex’s 50%.
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Wind energy major Suzlon disclosed that financial services major Indiabulls has hiked its stake in the company to 6.38 per cent, by way of acquisition of pledged shares.
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Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd, plans to raise $ 250-mn to fund its expansion plans, a top company official said.
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Financial firm IFCI Ltd today rose over two per cent on the Bombay Stock Exchange, a day after reports that the government has shortlisted three firms for advising it on stake sale in the financial firm.
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The shares of Mumbai-based Dolphin Offshore have significantly outperformed the market over the past one year - logging a gain of 275% against Sensex’s 50%.
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Wind energy major Suzlon disclosed that financial services major Indiabulls has hiked its stake in the company to 6.38 per cent, by way of acquisition of pledged shares.
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Tata Teleservices (Maharashtra) Ltd, plans to raise $ 250-mn to fund its expansion plans, a top company official said.
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The Balrampur Chini Mills stock crashed 7% from its closing price on Friday, after reports that the proposed leveraged buyout by India’s biggest sugar producer by capacity, Bajaj Hindusthan, had fallen through.
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The adverse impact of a weak monsoon is yet to be reflected in the performance of companies.
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