2011年11月18日星期五

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Lokpal bill tops parliament agenda (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 03:28 AM PST

India's Prime Minister Manmohan Singh drinks after his speech at the University of Dhaka September 7, 2011. REUTERS/Andrew Biraj/FilesReuters - NEW DELHI (Reuters) The next parliament session will focus on passing the controversial Lokpal bill, overshadowing calls for a renewed push on economic reforms seen as urgent as growth slows and inflation stays stubbornly high.


Pakistani businessman says "coup" memo was dictated by envoy (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 07:34 AM PST

Reuters - A U.S.-based Pakistani businessman said on Friday Pakistan's ambassador to the United States had asked him in May to appeal to the Pentagon to help the civilian government ward off a coup by Pakistan's powerful military.

Yellow-BRIC road leads to mystery gold buyers (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 08:52 AM PST

One-tael gold cubes (1.13 ounces or 38 grams) are seen at a jewellery store in Hong Kong in this August 11, 2011 illustration photo.  REUTERS/Bobby Yip/FilesReuters - Will the mystery official buyer of gold please step forward?


India Inc confronts slowdown from once-heady growth (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 03:57 AM PST

A worker fastens iron rods together at the construction site of a bridge on Srinagar-Jammu national highway in the outskirts of Jammu September 20, 2011.  REUTERS/Mukesh Gupta/FilesReuters - India Inc has lost its swagger.


FACTBOX - Winter session of parliament (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 02:34 AM PST

A view of the parliament building is seen on the opening day of the monsoon session in New Delhi August 1, 2011.  REUTERS/B Mathur/FilesReuters - The parliament's winter session starts on Tuesday, Nov. 22, and is likely to be dominated by the Lokpal bill.


Kingfisher Airlines seeks funds, concerns persist (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 05:26 AM PST

Kingfisher Airlines Charman Vijay Mallya speaks to the media during a news conference in Mumbai November 15, 2011.  REUTERS/Vivek PrakashReuters - Shares in beleaguered Kingfisher Airlines fell as much as 18 percent on Friday, even as it was in talks with a potential investor and met with lenders in a scramble to shore up its finances.


Rupee suffers worst weekly fall in eight weeks (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 06:51 AM PST

A man uses an electronic machine to check a rupee note at a money exchange shop in Siliguri February 5, 2008.  REUTERS/Rupak De Chowdhuri/FilesReuters - The rupee lost 2.4 percent on the week, its biggest weekly slide in eight weeks, as weak local shares and demand for dollars continued to weigh, although corporate dollar sales pulled it off a 32-month low hit earlier on Friday.


Sensex down 7th day; biggest weekly fall in 3-1/2 mths (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 03:43 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 fell 0.6 percent on Friday, posting its biggest weekly fall in nearly three and a half months, as fresh concerns about the European debt crisis compounded lingering worries over weak domestic growth and slow government decision making.


NEWSMAKER - Pakistan's Imran Khan: playboy cricketer to PM? (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 12:57 AM PST

Imran Khan, Pakistani cricketer turned politician, gestures after arriving to lead the Pakistan Tehreek-e- Insaf (PTI) rally in Lahore October 30, 2011. REUTERS/Mohsin RazaReuters - The road to Imran Khan's palatial spread in the hills above Pakistan's capital is a perfect metaphor for his vision of his political career: twisty and pot-holed, but ending in a grand estate.


Reliance Industries, BP announce JV in India (Reuters)

Posted: 18 Nov 2011 03:43 AM PST

India's Reliance Industries KG-D6's floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) vessel is seen off the Bay of Bengal in this undated handout photo. REUTERS/Reliance Industries/HandoutReuters - Energy major Reliance Industries and London-based BP Plc on Friday announced the formation of an equal joint venture in India that will focus on global sourcing and marketing of natural gas in Asia's third-largest economy.


Kingfisher nearing deal to save airline - report (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 08:42 PM PST

Vijay Mallya gives the thumb up at the end of the third practice session of the Italian F1 Grand Prix in Monza September 12, 2009.  REUTERS/Max Rossi/FilesReuters - The chairman of Kingfisher Airlines, Vijay Mallya, said in an interview with the Financial Times he was close to sealing a $370 million deal with an Indian private investor and a consortium of banks that would save the airline.


U.S. defence chief calls China, India 'threats' (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 11:25 PM PST

U.S. Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta testifies during a hearing held by the Senate Armed Services Committee on security issues relating to Iraq on Capitol Hill in Washington November 15, 2011. REUTERS/Kevin LamarqueReuters - Defense Secretary Leon Panetta appeared to call China and India "threats" on Thursday, in comments that the Pentagon quickly sought to correct.


India expects to unveil new telecoms policy in Jan (Reuters)

Posted: 17 Nov 2011 10:04 PM PST

Reuters - India expects to unveil a new telecoms policy in January, the country's telecoms secretary R Chandrasekhar told reporters on Friday.
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