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Washington, Nov 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The phrase Cyber Monday refers to the Monday, which immediately follows the Black Friday. The Black Friday is actually the ceremonial kick-off of the holiday online shopping season in the United States between Thanksgiving and Christmas.Whereas Black Friday is associated with traditional (Read More)
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New Delhi, Nov 23 (IANS) Petroleum Minister Murli Deora and Agriculture Minister Sharad Pawar will meet Tuesday to discuss the issue of supply of ethanol for blending with petrol.The Cabinet Committee on Economic Affairs (CCEA) had Nov 12 reiterated that oil marketing companies had to ensure gasoline was blended with 5 perc (Read More)
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Shimla, Nov 23 (IANS) The Himachal Pradesh government Monday gave the green signal for setting up a bio-technology park in the state and decided to invite bids from private developers, an official said.“The state cabinet Monday approved the establishment of a bio-technology park under PPP (public-private partnership) model (Read More)
The Guardian:
Music executives in the UK are looking to the home of Abba for signs their declining sales can be stemmed by new lawsThank you for the music. Or rather thank you for paying for the music, to borrow from Abba.Record labels are pointing to the dramatic rise in Swedish music sales, just months after the country introduced anti (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Groups jointly representing publishing, music, writing and film are presenting to MPs the cases of individuals affected by piracyWith the race now on to turn last week's digital economy bill into UK law, pro-copyright groups are working hard to get MPs and peers on board. Today sees the first joint gathering of all party gr (Read More)
www.guardian.co.uk:
Sales triple in one year after frost-free spring and almost perfect growing conditionsSales of blueberries have tripled in the UK this year, buoyed by perfect growing conditions for British farmers. The 305% increase shows blueberries are now a major challenge to raspberries as Britain's second favourite berry, after strawb (Read More)
Media | guardian.co.uk:
Dutch company behind Big Brother buys Tiger Aspect and two other independent producers in deal thought to be worth around £30mEndemol, the Dutch company behind Big Brother, has bought independent producers Tiger Aspect, Darlow Smithson and Tigress from IMG, in a deal reportedly worth around £30m.The deal is expected to make (Read More)
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Addressing a select gathering of Indo-US business leaders here, the Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh said on Monday that New Delhi plans to sign with the US Government a Memorandum. (Read More)
Political Punch:
ABC News' Sunlen Miller reports: President Obama will make a decision if he will attend the December Copenhagen climate change summit in “the coming days,” a senior administration official said today. (Read More)
Mashable!:
Google has just announced yet another acquisition. This time, the Internet giant is buying Teracent, a company that tweaks display ads on-the-fly based on a wide variety of factors. According to the official Google blog:“Teracent’s technology can pick and choose from literally thousands of creative elements of a display a (Read More)
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International wire service will deliver news content aimed at U.S. news companies NEW YORK, Nov 23 (THAINDIAN NEWS) BNO News today announced the launch of the BNO News Wire, a business venture focused on providing comprehensive breaking news coverage to news media companies around the world. Msnbc.com will be the first of t (Read More)
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By Smita PrakashWashington, Nov. 23 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Monday said that American business has played a vital role in transforming the Indo-US relationship into a strategic partnership.Addressing the US-India Business Council (USIBC), the premier business advocacy organization representing Amer (Read More)
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By Arun Kumar and Manish Chand
Washington, Nov 23 (IANS) Pitching for greater US investment, Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday assured American business that India will continue down the road for economic reforms and will recover its economic growth rate of nine percent in two years. (Read More)
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Washington, Nov 23 (ANI): The Prime Minister, Dr. Manmohan Singh, on Monday boosted the forecast for India’s economic growth, saying he expected growth to get back to around nine percent within the next two years.Addressing the US-India Business Council (USIBC) at a luncheon here, Dr. Singh said: “In today’s economically in (Read More)
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By Arun Kumar and Manish ChandWashington, Nov 23 (IANS) Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Monday pitched for more American investment in India, seeking a strategic relationship with the US underpinned by a strong economic relationship.“A strategic relationship that is not underpinned by a strong economic relationship is unlikel (Read More)