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India set to surpass China as world's top cotton producer

The harvest is estimated at 39.63 million bales or 6.74 mn tonnes in the season starting October 1

Apple-Google rivalry moves to biz customers as growth slows

Apple CEO Cook is looking to make iPad more of a biz tool as sales of the tablet have recently fallen for two consecutive quarters

Standard Chartered said near deal with Lawsky on controls

Top paid Nikkei 225 woman leader shows Japan gender hurdles

About 52% of companies surveyed don't have any female managers

Brent crude falls as Iraqi Kurds retake Mosul Dam

Gold falls globally on declining investor demand

Apple, Samsung face rising challenges in China

China Mobile, the biggest carrier, will cut $2 billion from the subsidies that help consumers pay for smartphones from Apple and Samsung

Thousands enter Islamabad to seek ouster of Sharif

Ebola spread in West Africa worse than thought: WHO

The outbreak of Ebola has claimed 1,069 lives and there are 1,975 probable and suspected cases, the vast majority in Guinea, Liberia and Sierra Leone

StanChart sues Varun Shipping chief over loan default

Hacked Medvedev Twitter feed has premier yearn for freedom

Dawn raid iPhone app latest weapon as lawyers battle regulators

China probes called intimidation as Europeans cry foul

Brent oil falls fourth time in five days on Europe's economic woes

WTI for September delivery dropped 69 cents, or 0.7 per cent, to $96.90 a barrel on the New York Mercantile Exchange

India stock prices stretched on Modi euphoria: Aberdeen

Says the world-beating 23% rally this year may have outpaced the outlook for corporate earnings

Apple suppliers start making new iPads

Defiant Maliki meets commanders as tensions rise in Baghdad

Ukraine sets out demands as Russian aid convoy heads for border

Al-Abadi asked to form Iraq government to replace Maliki

Obama has tied expanded US military strikes against the Al Qaida breakaway group to formation of a more inclusive government that didn't marginalise Sunnis and other minorities

'Israel, Palestinians agree to new Gaza ceasefire'