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  • Sensex gives up early gains, Wipro loses 5 percent Wednesday, July 20, 2011 @ 2:28AMA benchmark index for Indian equities markets gave up its early gains to rule lower as traders booked profits amid some lacklustre quarterly results, including those from software bellwether Wipro.
  • US citizens visit Gaeltacht for cúpla focal Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 6:37PMTWENTY American citizens have been awarded Irish government grants to learn Irish over the summer, among them a former FBI agent, a retired lawyer and a faculty member of the Haskell Indian Nations University in Kansas.
  • Children’s Services Council of Broward County Partners with BankAtlantic to Support Financial Literacy for Children Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 7:37AMFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--BankAtlantic partnered with the Children's Services Council of Broward County (the 'CSC') in support of Financial Literacy for Children.
  • Tax Evasion Imperils Indian Growth Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:49AMThanks to widescale cheating, tax revenue totals an estimated 18% of gross domestic product, the lowest among the BRIC nations
  • IPO norms for life insurance companies by July-end Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:47AM"With regard to life companies, the work on IPO guidelines is more or less complete and we would be going for gazetting the same as regulation very shortly, perhaps toward the end of this month," IRDA Chairman J Hari Narayan told reporters on the sidelines of a FICCI event in New Delhi.
  • Final norms for life insurers' IPO soon: IRDA Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:21AMThe Insurance Regulatory and Development Authority has said the final guidelines to allow life insurance companies to raise funds from the capital market will be out by this month-end.
  • Final IPO norms for life insurance companies by month-end Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 4:19AMInsurance watchdog (Irda) today said the final guidelines to allow life insurance companies to raise funds from the capital market will be out by this month-end.
  • India seeks global ties to curb money laundering Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 3:05AMIndia on Wednesday sought increased mutual legal assistance among countries in areas like extradition of those involved in money laundering and terror financing acts.
  • Indian Stocks Swing Between Gains, Losses; Sterlite Advances Tuesday, July 19, 2011 @ 12:17AMIndian stocks swung between gains and losses. Sterlite Industries (India) Ltd. rose as Hindustan Unilever Ltd. declined.
  • The Hated and the Hater, Both Touched by Crime Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 11:10PMMark Anthony Stroman, 41, a stonecutter from Dallas, shot people he believed were Arabs, saying he was enraged by the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001. He killed at least two: Vasudev Patel, an Indian immigrant who was Hindu, and Waqar Hasan, a Muslim born in Pakistan.
  • We always improve our systems from whatever we learn, says ISRO Chairman Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 8:36PMMadhumathi D.S. Post-February this year, the Indian Space Research Organisation was jolted out of its reputation for integrity and transparency and went into trauma.
  • Restive Mumbaikars seek answers Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:31PMThe latest terror attack on Mumbai is the sixth in the city. Although no culprit has been identified, India cannot afford to be lax about security and must deal with problems of home-grown terrorism and terror networks across the border, writes MAHENDRA VED
  • Bryan Robson Manchester United in TV sting Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:08PMManchester United will review Bryan Robson's role as their global ambassador after the former England captain was caught in a TV sting. Robson was secretly filmed by Dispatches.
  • Robbo TV sting: United legend under fire in clubs-for-sale investigation Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 7:08PMManchester United will review Bryan Robson’s role as their global ambassador after the former England captain was caught in a TV sting. And Sir Alex Ferguson’s lawyers issued a statement to distance the Old Trafford manager from any wrongdoing.
  • By John Seal Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 10:33AMFrom the obscure to the obscurest to the merely overlooked or underappreciated; they all have a home in the TiVoPlex! All times Pacific. 8:00 AM Turner Classic Movies Gangster Story (1959 USA): Here’s an interesting one: the only feature film helmed by actor Walter Matthau.
  • India braces for international tax jurisprudence Monday, July 18, 2011 @ 1:53AMMenace of unaccounted money has been well documented and understood by governments of the world.
  • FIIs invest Rs 8,000 cr in equities this month Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 1:38PMOverseas investors poured in nearly Rs 8,000 crore ($2 billion) in the domestic stock and debt markets this month and analysts feel the positive trend will continue in the coming months as well.
  • UAE Exchange to open offices in 30 new countries Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 3:26AMUAE Exchange to open offices in 30 new countries
  • Saudi- Jazadco sells shares in Greek companies Sunday, July 17, 2011 @ 12:41AMSaudi- Jazadco sells shares in Greek companies
  • Pirates demand money from S Korean govt Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:57PMSomali pirates holding South Korean hostages have demanded the Sth Korean govt pay compensation for a raid.
  • ‘Anti-avoidance rules too harsh' Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:52PMLokeshwarri S. K. Mr Naresh Makhijani, Executive Director, KPMG. Talk of revisiting the Mauritius tax treaty recently spooked stock markets and sent the Sensex tumbling down.
  • Somali Pirates Compensated? Pirates Demand Reimbursement For Loss Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 10:14AMMOGADISHU, Somalia -- Somali pirates holding South Korean hostages demanded on Friday that the South Korean government release pirate prisoners and pay compensation for a commando raid that killed several pirates earlier this year.
  • Liberty Gold Corp. Acquires Alaska-Based Moneyrock Gold Project Property Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 8:00AMLiberty Gold Corp. is pleased to announce that on April 5, 2011, the Company acquired a 60% interest in the 2,560-acre Moneyrock Property gold project, located 80 miles southeast of Fairbanks, Alaska.
  • Pirates demand compensation from S. Korean navy Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 4:51AMABDI GULED Associated Press MOGADISHU, Somalia Somali pirates holding South Korean hostages demanded on Friday that the South Korean government release pirate prisoners and pay compensation for a commando raid that killed several pirates earlier this year. The attempt to use hostages to get concessions directly from their governments is a new trend, following demands made to the Indian ...
  • Live! Phone hacking paper chief Brooks resigns Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:04AM15:03 PM All the while you push away the pain... : Back in Mumbai, if you haven't been able to come to grips with the senselesness of the blasts, read Vaihayasi Pande Daniel's personal account of coping and carrying on. It helps to connect.
  • Live! 70% Indians live in rural areas: MHA Friday, July 15, 2011 @ 1:04AMBetween makings statements on the Mumbai blasts, Union Home Secretary RK Singh released a report that says nearly 70 per cent of the country's population lives in rural areas.
  • What a Weekend: Events in St. Lucie County, July 15-July 18 Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 1:14PMAfter months of nothing but sunshine every weekend, all of a sudden everything is waterlogged. The weatherman is forecasting just the summer's typical 30 percent chance of rain this weekend. If all that 30 percent happens to fall in your neck of the woods, not to worry. Most summertime activities in South Florida are scheduled indoors simply because of the heat. These days, inside activities are ...
  • What It Means To Be 'Always On' A Smartphone Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 12:09PMConstantly having access to our cellphones is changing the way we interact with the world, says technology writer Brian X. Chen. In a new book, he explains how being "always on" will affect law enforcement, the medical community and higher education.
  • India Says All ‘Hostile’ Groups Are Mumbai Bombing Suspects Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:18AMIndian Home Minister Palaniappan Chidambaram said all “hostile” groups were suspects in the three bombings that killed at least 17 people in Mumbai last night, as security was stepped up at airports and refineries.
  • Investigation Starts After Mumbai Bombings Thursday, July 14, 2011 @ 4:18AMThe Indian government says all hostile groups are suspects in the worst attack in three years
  • Campers develop teamwork and trade culture Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 10:03PMDARBY - Sometimes one critical grant can bring different people with similar ideas together.
  • Salish-Bitterroot campers develop teamwork and trade culture Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 10:03PMSometimes one critical grant can bring different people with similar ideas together. The culmination of one local set of ideas and grants started Wednesday when 21 seventh-graders from the Bitterroot and Flathead valleys came together in Hamilton for the first Salish-Bitterroot Summer Camp and Cultural Exchange.
  • Press Briefing by Press Secretary Jay Carney, 7/13/2011 Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 3:24PMRelease Time:  For Immediate Release Location:  James S. Brady Press Briefing Room 12:54 P.M. EDT         MR. CARNEY:  Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen.  Thank you for being here.  I have a brief statement from the President on the attacks in Mumbai today.           "I strongly condemn the outrageous attacks in Mumbai.  And my thoughts and prayers are with the wounded and those who have lost ...
  • Adani mining business eyes Oz, UK bourses Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:26PMGautam Adani plans to raise around $1.5 billion through global listing of a group company to fund his overseas mining activities.
  • Live! Hospital tells victim's family to pay up Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:19PM15:54 PM Security stepped up in AP, J-K, Punjab : Security has also been stepped up in Andhra Pradesh in the wake of the Mumbai blasts. That's the third state after Punjab, Jammu and Kashmir to step up security.
  • Live! I understand your outrage: PM in Mumbai Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:19PM'I cannot find words to condemn the barbaric acts of terror that resulted in the senseless killing and injuring of innocent people in Mumbai yesterday. I understand the shock and outrage of the people of Mumbai. I share their pain, anguish and anger.
  • 15 HOTTEST Indian start-ups Wednesday, July 13, 2011 @ 2:52AMProto.in, a support platform for the Indian startup community picked up these young startups
  • 'Human lives are not important in India' Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 10:15PMIn an interview with rediff.com's Shobha Warrier, consumer rights activist S Pushpavanam talks about the spate of rail accidents in the last few days and what the civil society can do about this.
  • 10 Reasons Why Shopperholics Should Support Bersih Tuesday, July 12, 2011 @ 9:51PMYour children don’t have to migrate to Singapore, Australia or America to enjoy a higher standard of living. If things are done right in Malaysia, this can be a far richer and greater country. That, ultimately, is what Bersih is about. By Andrew Sia “Ala, kacau-la this Bersih, the whole KL was jammed and I could not go for the 1Malaysia Mega Sale!” cries out you, the Shopperholic. And TV and ...
  • 10. Oil price falls on demand worries(update) Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 6:17PMLONDON: Crude oil prices fell by more than a dollar yesterday as worries about the widening eurozone debt crisis and a drop in Chinese crude imports rekindled concerns about a demand slowdown.       
  • 10. Oil falls further to near US$94 in Asia Tuesday(update2) Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 6:17PMLONDON: Crude oil prices fell by more than a dollar yesterday as worries about the widening eurozone debt crisis and a drop in Chinese crude imports rekindled concerns about a demand slowdown.       
  • Loan against gold: How it works Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 5:37PMFind out how you can put your gold -- stored in safes at homes and bank lockers -- to good use in case you urgently need money at comparatively low rates of interest.
  • Oil falls amid concerns about global demand Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 5:36PMNEW YORK -- The latest readings on Chinese inflation and renewed worries about European debt pushed oil lower. Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude fell $1.05 to settle at $95.15 per barrel Monday on the New York Mercantile Exchange.
  • Concerns about China and Europe economies weigh on global oil prices Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 3:32PMNEW YORK, N.Y. - The latest readings on Chinese inflation and renewed worries about European debt pushed oil lower. Benchmark West Texas Intermediate crude fell $1.05 to settle at $95.15 per barrel Monday on the New York Mercantile Exchange. Brent crude, which is used to price many international oil
  • Oil settles lower on concerns about global demand Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 3:30PMFILE - In this June 30, 2011 file photo, a sculpture of fuel nozzles stand next to gas prices at a convenience store in Lawrence, Kan. The latest readings on Chinese inflation and renewed worries about European debt are pushing oil lower Monday, July 11, 2011.
  • Gold: Where-Oh-Where Did My Summer Sale Go? Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 12:36PMOnly twice since this bull market began has buying gold at its July low failed to pay by year's end. But in 2011...? ASK ANY old lag in the gold market what to expect between now and September, and they'll point you to gold's seasonal shape – clearly seen in well over half the last 43 years of traded action.
  • Diamond Dealers Club of New York and Indian Diamond and Colorstone Association Make Historic Agreement Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 8:35AMThe Diamond Dealers Club of New York (DDC) and the Indian Diamond and Colorstone Association of New York (IDCA) met at the DDC’s Fifth Avenue Executive Suite today to conclude an agreement that allows members of each organization to become members of the other. The DDC has been the world’s premier diamond exchange since 1931 and has over 1,800 Members. The IDCA, founded in 1984, represents 200 ...
  • Etisalat dealt another blow in India Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 1:31AMIndian authorities over the weekend accused five directors of Etisalat DB, the Indian joint venture of the UAE's telecoms operator, of alleged foreign direct investment and foreign exchange violations worth about $1.6bn.
  • Religion News in Brief Monday, July 11, 2011 @ 12:21AMChapman University offers to buy Crystal Cathedral's properties in Chapter 11 bankruptcy
  • Doing good -- and growing in Flagstaff Sunday, July 10, 2011 @ 1:48AMA Flagstaff-based conservation corps has a $4M annual budget, up to 30 paid staff and a new home on Fort Valley Road.