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Govt goes big time after benami, steep climb ahead
Fp Staff • 14 years agoThe government may have taken a high moral ground, but it remains to be seen whether the new Benami Transactions (Prohibition) Bill 2011 will be effective enough or go the same way as the existing Act.<br /><br /> <br /><br />
India breaks new ground, grain output storms a peak
Fp Staff • 14 years agoThe prime minister attributed the record foodgrain production to the hard work of farmers and scientists. But he is pretty clear that the country needs a second Green Revolution to push agri growth and achieve self-sufficiency in food.<br /><br /> <br /><br />
What slowdown? China thinks it'll have the last laugh
Fp Staff • 14 years agoThere is something about the the world's second-largest economy that makes it click, no matter what. The growth figures which are just out are a glowing example of that. Any talk about hard landing? You can forget it for the immediate future.<br /><br /> <br /><br />
$5.65 bn and counting: It's an FDI party out there
Fp Editors • 14 years agoTwo mega deals explain a big chunk of this investment -- the $5.5-bn Essar-Vodafone agreement and the high-octane $7.2-billion investment by BP into Reliance's oil and gas assets.
Debt default worries grow, market's patience wearing thin
Fp Archives • 14 years agoThe White House and Republicans are sitting tight over the latter's demands for a short-term debt-limit increase. This essentially would force President Barack Obama to request further borrowing authority in early 2012.
Google is searching for clues to fix margin error
Fp Staff • 14 years agoCosts which are spiralling may give the Internet company a hard time. What might come to its rescue is the new social networking service, dubbed Google+.<br /><br /> <br /><br />
Gold soars to record high on weak dollar, Eurozone crisis
Fp Editors • 14 years agoBullion powered to a lifetime high for a fifth consecutive session on Thursday on a sharply weaker dollar, while lingering tensions in the Arab world, worries about the euro zone crisis and U.S. fiscal health offered additional support
Lanka Prez Rajapaksa congratulates Nawaz Sharif on poll win
Fp Archives • 12 years agoSri Lankan President Mahinda Rajapaksa has congratulated Pakistan's PML-N party chief Nawaz Sharif on his election victory.
So where is the Mumbai Ministry of Alcohol based?
Avadhoot • 13 years agoCelebrities recently caught in what the police alleged was a 'rave' party are now being charged with an archaic law with not having a permit to consume liquor. But how many really know about this?
RIM delays Playbook software update to Feb
Fp Archives • 13 years agoThe tablet will ship without the Blackberry messenger (BBM)software, the company said in a blog post on its website.