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China’s annual growth clocked 7.7 per cent in Q1
15 Apr 2013
US, Russia in human rights spat
13 Apr 2013
EU’s ‘big six’ agree on more banking transparency, single overseer
13 Apr 2013
The announcement comes at a meeting of the 27 finance ministers of the EU countries that reviewed the Cyprus bailout and the consequent losses to big bank depositors and the imposition of capital controls
Iranian N plant safe as quake kills 37
10 Apr 2013
An International Atomic Energy Agency statement indicated that it was satisfied there was little danger of radioactive leaks from the Bushehr nuclear power plant due to the earthquake
China inflation slows in March
10 Apr 2013
Christie's is first foreign auction house to get Chinese nod
09 Apr 2013
China’s art market has boomed in recent years and has overtaken the United States to become the world’s largest art and auction market.
UK’s ‘Iron Lady’ Margaret Thatcher dead
08 Apr 2013
Britain’s only woman prime minister Margaret Thatcher was instrumental in transforming the UK economy, and is now considered the country’s greatest leader since Churchill
IMF's Lagarde welcomes Japan’s easing programme
08 Apr 2013
H-1B visa cap reached in one week, says USCIS
06 Apr 2013
Recession: Obama takes pay cut, but most other politicos demur
05 Apr 2013
Following austerity measures in the US budget which have hit Federal employees, the US President has renounced 5 per cent of his $400,000 a year salary as a solidarity gesture
BoJ to pump $1.4 trillion into Japanese economy in 2 years
04 Apr 2013
The central bank set a 2 per cent inflation target over the two years of monetary easing, which included additional purchases of Japanese government bonds
UK to avoid triple dip inflation: BCC
03 Apr 2013
Musharraf wants elections under army supervision
03 Apr 2013
Queen gets a £5-mn pay hike
03 Apr 2013
Queen Elizabeth II, who has long been complaining that she is too starved of funds to afford the upkeep of Buckingham Palace, has been granted a hike of £5 million in the funds she receives from the taxpayer
India, Eurasian Economic Commission mull CECA
02 Apr 2013
Nasdaq buys eSpeed trading platform for $750 mn
02 Apr 2013
The acquisition of eSpeed will give Nasdaq OMX a strong entry point in the electronic fixed income business - one of the largest and most liquid cash markets in the world
China factory activity picks up gauges show
01 Apr 2013
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