2011年11月15日星期二

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Yahoo! News: India Top Stories - Reuters


Mallya seeks to ease worries over Kingfisher's finances (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 10:05 AM PST

Chairman of Kingfisher Airlines Vijay Mallya speaks during a news conference in London September 4, 2008. REUTERS/Luke MacGregor/FilesReuters - Kingfisher Airlines chairman Vijay Mallya offered little to revive its finances after India's No.2 carrier by market share reported its quarterly loss doubled.


"King of Good Times" Mallya slips off throne (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 09:10 AM PST

Kingfisher Airlines Chairman Vijay Mallya speaks to the media during a news conference in Mumbai November 15, 2011. REUTERS/Vivek PrakashReuters - With one of the world's most expensive yachts and a cricket and Formula One team, Kingfisher Airlines' billionaire Chairman Vijay Mallya is known as "King of the Good Times" for a jet set lifestyle that shadowed India's own rise as an economic power.


Oil firms cut petrol prices; may help ease inflation (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 11:27 AM PST

A worker fills a motorcycle with petrol at a fuel station in Kolkata September 15, 2011. REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - State oil refiners cut petrol prices by about 3.2 percent from Wednesday, the first reduction in three years as well as since pricing controls ended 18 months ago, in a move that could help to ease inflation now near double digits.


Facebook hit with unsolicited porn, violent videos (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 04:49 PM PST

A page from the Facebook website is seen in Singapore May 11, 2011. REUTERS/Tan Shung Sin/FilesReuters - Facebook Inc said on Tuesday that it is investigating a rash of unsolicited graphic images that hit some users' accounts this week.


Pakistan widens trade with India as ties improve (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 07:10 AM PST

A Pakistani Ranger (R) and an Indian Border Security Force (BSF) officer shake hands during the daily parade at the Pakistan-India joint check-post at Wagah border, on the outskirts of Lahore October 23, 2011. REUTERS/Mohsin Raza/FilesReuters - Pakistan took further steps toward normal trade and travel ties with India on Tuesday, agreeing to open most commerce with its larger neighbour by February and ease visa rules in the latest sign of a thaw in relations between the nuclear-armed rivals.


Delhi concerns may have spoiled Sri Lanka's Commonwealth Games bid (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 06:55 AM PST

New Delhi's Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium is seen illuminated during preparations for the 2010 Commonwealth Games, September 8, 2010. REUTERS/Adnan Abidi/FilesReuters - Canadian concerns about problems at last year's Delhi Commonwealth Games may have spoiled the Sri Lankan city of Hambantota's hopes of staging the 2018 event, bid committee head Ajith Nivard Cabraal said on Tuesday.


BSE Sensex falls 1.4 pct; banks, autos down (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 04:06 AM PST

People walk pass the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) building displaying India's benchmark share index on its facade, in Mumbai September 30, 2009. REUTERS/Punit Paranjpe/FilesReuters - The BSE Sensex skidded 1.4 percent to their lowest close in more than three weeks on Tuesday, extending a slide into a fourth session, as sluggish corporate earnings and stubbornly high inflation dented investor confidence.


Windies reel under huge India total (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 04:30 AM PST

India's V.V.S. Laxman raises his bat to celebrate his century on the second day of their second test cricket match against West Indies in Kolkata November 15, 2011. REUTERS/Rupak De ChowdhuriReuters - Vangipurappu Laxman and Mahendra Singh Dhoni completed centuries as India's batsmen racked up a huge first innings total against West Indies on the second day of the second test at Eden Gardens on Tuesday.


Rupee hits 32-month low; further downside expected (Reuters)

Posted: 15 Nov 2011 05:10 AM PST

An employee counts currency notes at a cash counter inside a bank in Agartala, January 29, 2010. REUTERS/Jayanta Dey/FilesReuters - The rupee ended near the 32-month low touched early on Tuesday as sharp losses in domestic shares, a weak euro and dollar demand from corporates and oil refiners weighed.


Kingfisher Airlines doubles loss on fuel costs (Reuters)

Posted: 14 Nov 2011 11:17 PM PST

A passenger aircraft of Kingfisher Airlines is seen in Hyderabad October 15, 2008. REUTERS/Krishnendu Halder/FilesReuters - Cash-strapped Kingfisher Airlines doubled its loss in the September quarter on higher fuel prices and operating costs amid investor worries about its ability to remain aloft in a fast-growing but loss-making industry.


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