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• Pakistan, India agree on talks, no breakthrough (Reuters)
• Monsoon dips 24 pct, quick revival unlikely (Reuters)
• EU drops trade probes on Malaysia, India fasteners (Reuters)
• Rupee gets symbol on par with dollar, pound (Reuters)
• Citi names Nomura's Vaish as South Asia markets head (Reuters)
• Microsoft co-founder pledges fortune to philanthropy (Reuters)
• Cricketers spared 'whereabouts' rigours in ICC code (Reuters)
• Tata Consultancy Q1 profit beats forecast (Reuters)
• Mobile users in India at 993 mln in 2014 - Gartner (Reuters)
• Fuel inflation eases; RBI rate move eyed (Reuters)
• Pakistan, India seek to revive peace talks (Reuters)
• Mahindra to decide on Ssangyong bid on July 28 (Reuters)
• More than half new power in U.S., EU is green - study (Reuters)
• FACTBOX - Facts about Pakistani's ISI (Reuters)
• FACTBOX - What are the major issues between India and Pakistan? (Reuters)
• Monsoon rains 24 pct below normal in past week (Reuters)
• Piracy attacks fall by a fifth in H1 2010 - watchdog (Reuters)

Pakistan, India agree on talks, no breakthrough (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jul 2010 01:32 PM PDT Reuters - The Pakistani and Indian foreign ministers agreed on Thursday on more talks but little else as they failed to achieve any tangible measures to build the trust fractured by the Mumbai attacks.

Monsoon dips 24 pct, quick revival unlikely (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jul 2010 06:29 AM PDT Reuters - India's monsoon rains, vital for farm output gains after last year's drought, were 24 percent below normal in the past week and unlikely to rebound in the week ahead, the weather office said, raising fears of crop loss.

EU drops trade probes on Malaysia, India fasteners (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jul 2010 08:48 AM PDT Reuters - The European Commission has dropped investigations into allegations of illegal dumping and state subsidies favouring Indian and Malaysian fastener exporters after EU producers withdrew their complaints.

Rupee gets symbol on par with dollar, pound (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jul 2010 04:39 AM PDT Reuters - The Indian rupee has achieved parity with major currencies such as the dollar, euro, pound sterling and yen in one respect: it now has its own symbol.

Citi names Nomura's Vaish as South Asia markets head (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jul 2010 10:02 AM PDT Reuters - Citigroupsaid on Thursday it has appointed Pankaj Vaish, formerly of Nomura, as its South Asia markets head, the latest in a slew of hirings by banks to boost their presence in fast-growing economies such as India.

Microsoft co-founder pledges fortune to philanthropy (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jul 2010 09:19 AM PDT Reuters - Microsoft Corpco-founder Paul Allen, who has been treated for non-Hodgkin's lymphoma, said on Thursday he is committing most of his estimated $13.5 billion fortune to philanthropy after his death.

Cricketers spared 'whereabouts' rigours in ICC code (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jul 2010 04:39 AM PDT Reuters - The International Cricket Council (ICC) has tabled an anti-doping code it says satisfies WADA's 'whereabouts' rule but will not force many elite cricketers to provide information on their location away from the game.

Tata Consultancy Q1 profit beats forecast (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jul 2010 08:48 AM PDT Reuters - Tata Consultancy Services Ltd, India's top software services exporter, said it was seeing strong demand after posting a better-than-expected 21 percent rise in quarterly profit.

Mobile users in India at 993 mln in 2014 - Gartner (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jul 2010 02:38 AM PDT Reuters - India's mobile subscriber base should grow to 993 million by 2014, according to researcher Gartner, which expects the world's fastest-growing mobile market to close 2010 with more than 660 million subscribers.

Fuel inflation eases; RBI rate move eyed (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jul 2010 01:38 AM PDT Reuters - Fuel inflation eased on lower industrial fuel prices, but food inflation snapped a two-week easing trend in early July, reinforcing expectations for a 25-basis points hike in Reserve Bank of India's (RBI) July policy review.

Pakistan, India seek to revive peace talks (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jul 2010 08:06 AM PDT Reuters - Pakistani and Indian foreign ministers met on Thursday in an effort to revive peace talks broken off after the Mumbai assault, although no one is expecting any breakthrough given lingering distrust between the old rivals.

Mahindra to decide on Ssangyong bid on July 28 (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jul 2010 08:38 AM PDT Reuters - Mahindra & Mahindra, India's largest utility vehicles and tractor maker will decide on a bid for troubled South Korean carmaker Ssangyong Motor, on July 28, a company spokesman told Reuters on Thursday.

More than half new power in U.S., EU is green - study (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jul 2010 06:20 AM PDT Reuters - More than half of all new electricity capacity added in the United States and Europe last year was from renewable power such as wind and solar, a body backed by the International Energy Agency and the U.N. reported.

FACTBOX - Facts about Pakistani's ISI (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jul 2010 03:27 AM PDT Reuters - Possibly complicating attempts to restart peace talks stalled after the 2008 Mumbai attack is a new accusation from India's home secretary that Pakistan's top spy agency, the ISI, was directly responsible for the assault.

FACTBOX - What are the major issues between India and Pakistan? (Reuters) Posted: 14 Jul 2010 10:55 PM PDT Reuters - The foreign ministers of nuclear-armed rivals Pakistan and India are holding their first substantive talks since the Mumbai attacks of 2008 in Islamabad on Thursday.

Monsoon rains 24 pct below normal in past week (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jul 2010 02:38 AM PDT Reuters - India's monsoon rains, vital for the farm-dependent economy, were 24 percent below normal in the week to July 14, sources in the weather office said, reviving fears of crop loss if rainfall remains weak.

Piracy attacks fall by a fifth in H1 2010 - watchdog (Reuters) Posted: 15 Jul 2010 02:57 AM PDT Reuters - Pirate attacks globally declined by nearly a fifth in the first half of 2010 from the same period last year due to a strong naval presence in the Gulf of Aden, a maritime watchdog said on Thursday.

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