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Bangladesh nod for India-Myanmar gas pipeline
02 Mar 2010
Bangladesh’s Sheikh Hasina government has given its approval for the construction of the 900km gas pipeline linking India and Myanmar, running through its territory
Saudi to hike crude oil supplies to India by 15 mmt
02 Mar 2010
Saudi Arabia has assured more supplies to meet the needs of Indian companies, including public and private refiners
No net export of sugar to EU: government
23 Feb 2010
India offers Nepal line of soft credit, essential commodities
17 Feb 2010
India today offered visiting Nepal president Ram Baran Yadav a $250 million (Rs1,160 crore) line of soft credit as well as 80,000 tonnes of essential commodities, mainly foodgrains
Russia, India to boost economic engagement
16 Feb 2010
Russian investments in India have so far been paltry, with cumulative FDI flows being $455.61 million from 1991-92 till 2009-10.
China's January exports surge 21 per cent
10 Feb 2010
No moves to correct yuan valuation: China
09 Feb 2010
Chinese minister, Zhong Shan, has said there are no moves to correct valuation of the Yuan, and that movement in a wider band would depend on China's economic development and broader economic conditions.
CII delegation to visit Turkmenistan
08 Feb 2010
US: Getting a grip on false economy
06 Feb 2010
US president Barack Obama’s freshly announced policy to double US exports over the next five years would rely mainly on government promotional efforts to yield results, rather than focus on currency wars with China.
China’s currency manipulation: US floats on hope
06 Feb 2010
US officials may have adopted the ‘hopeful’ route to resolving the problem of getting China to stop manipulating its currency with Treasury secretary Timothy Geithner saying it was “quite likely” that Beijing would allow its currency to appreciate.
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