| All that Jazz | 22-NOV-09 |
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| It’s that time of the year, when jazz musicians from around the world gather in India, tune their instruments, and begin to jam. Kicking off the season is Jazz Utsav ’09, organised by Seagram’s 100 Pipers and Capital Jazz in Mumbai, Delhi and Bangalore over this weekend. |
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| PM leaves for four-day US visit | 22-NOV-09 |
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| Prime Minister Manmohan Singh left for Washington today for talks with President Barack Obama, saying India attaches “high priority” to its relations with the US and a “sustained and dynamic” partnership between them is essential to meet major global challenges like terrorism, climate change and economic slowdown. |
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| Lagging behind in performance | 22-NOV-09 |
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| Quant funds should be used only for portfolio diversification, and are suited for high net worth investors. |
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| India attaches high priority to ties with US: PM | 21-NOV-09 |
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| As he prepares to meet President Barack Obama in Washington, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said a "sustained and dynamic" Indo-US partnership is essential to meet major global challenges like international terrorism, climate change and economic slowdown. |
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| India, China 'very important' global players: US | 21-NOV-09 |
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| The Obama administration has described India and China as "very important" global players and said it is engaged in intensive dialogue with the two countries, amid New Delhi's unease over the reference to Indo-Pak ties in a Sino-US joint statement. |
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| Nuclear cooperation high on prime minister agenda in US | 21-NOV-09 |
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| As he prepares to meet President Barack Obama in Washington, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh hopes the US will be “more liberal” in transferring technologies to India and clear the way for implementing the landmark agreement on nuclear cooperation. |
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| Indowind Energy uses Rs 36 cr loan | 21-NOV-09 |
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| Indowind Energy Ltd on Friday said it had availed of Rs 36 crore term loan of the Rs 76 crore sanctioned by Indian Renewable Energy Development Agency Ltd in October 2008 for completing the existing 18 Mw operational projects. |
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| 3G spectrum winners can use it only after June | 21-NOV-09 |
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| The ambiguity over availability of 3G (third generation) telecom spectrum would end soon, as the ministry of defence has agreed to release 25 MHz of 3G spectrum before December 8, paving the way for auctioning of all the four slots in every circle simultaneously. But, the successful bidders in the auction would be able to utilise the spectrum only after June 2010, despite the auction process happening on schedule in January. |
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| Cell users can change telcos for Rs 19 only | 21-NOV-09 |
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| Mobile users who want to change their service providers while retaining their old number under the mobile number portability (MNP) feature will have to pay a maximum of just Rs 19 for availing the service. It would be introduced from December 31 in metros and by March next year in the rest of the country. |
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| V V: The Great Depression, 1929, and us | 21-NOV-09 |
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| Because of the close parallels between the current global financial crisis and the Great Depression, 1929, it is no wonder that there is no end to books on what we need to do now — or what it really meant then and who was responsible for the meltdown. Liaquat Ahamed, a professional investment manager for 25 years who has also worked for the World Bank and now an adviser to several hedge fund groups in the US, has come with his own diagnosis of what happened to the West after World War I, of bubbles followed by busts and a cascading series of events that led to the Great Depression, in Lords of Finance: The Bankers who Broke the World (William Heinemann, Special Indian price, Rs 1,185). |
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| Kishore Singh: Art's no mirage here | 21-NOV-09 |
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| My son has a list of people he wants me to meet in Dubai, friends of his, or family of friends, or friends of friends — clearly, his social skills are better honed than mine. I don’t know anyone in Dubai I can go cold-calling on, besides it’s not Dubai I’m going to over the weekend, I remind him, it’s Abu Dhabi. “Oh, that’s so boring,” he says, “why don’t you cancel your trip and I’ll take you to the movies instead?” It’s not an option, I tell him. “Where’s Abu Dhabi?” my daughter asks, showing an ignorance of geography that has always shocked my wife. Now my wife explains to her, “It’s where the money is. |
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| Tata Tele top grosser of mobile users in Oct | 20-NOV-09 |
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| Cellular service provider Tata Teleservices today said it has become the top grosser of subscribers for the third consecutive month, with over 3.8 million new mobile users in October. |
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