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Banking set to grow at 20% a year: Survey Banking set to grow at 20% a year: Survey
The Indian banking industry is expected grow as much as 20% a year and also improve its profitability with return on equity over 18%, according to a survey by consulting firm, McKinsey, done for the I... (photo: WN / Geeta) The Times Of India
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German ISAF soldiers get ready for a mission outside Kunduz, Afghanistan, Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2009. German anger over America's '15 per cent cut of Afghan aid'
| Germany has accused the US military of swallowing a ¤50m (£42m) contribution to building up the Afghan army by charging a 15 per cent "administration fee". | A series of protests was made by the Ger... (photo: AP / Anja Niedringhaus) The Independent
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People line up to enter a government job center in Madrid, Monday May 4, 2009. Spain has a 17.4 percent unemployment rate according to statistics covering the Spain's population, which is the highest rate of unemployment across Europe, with over 4 million people without work. Spain Faces Hurdles on Reforms
By SARA SCHAEFER MUñOZ And JONATHAN HOUSE | With markets increasing pressure on Spain, Prime Minister José Luis Rodriguez Zapatero is running out of the political capital necessary to force ... (photo: AP / Daniel Ochoa de Olza) Wall Street Journal
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Jean-Claude Trichet, President of the European Central Bank ECB reacts during a news conference in Frankfurt, central Germany, Thursday, July 3, 2008. Trichet Still Not Blinking
By SIMON NIXON | There have been times in the past couple of weeks when even hardened veterans of the financial crisis admitted to a sense of déjà vu. The euro-zone sovereign crisis appeared... (photo: AP / Daniel Roland) Wall Street Journal
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Coconut Copra shortage forces coconut oil cos to hike prices
KOCHI: The FMCG majors dealing in coconut oil are bracing themselves for another round of price hike fuelled by an acute shortage of copra and high demand, particularly in the southern states. | Some ... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) The Times Of India
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** FILE ** A Euro sculpture is seen in the autumnal sun in front of the European Central Bank ECB building, background, in Frankfurt, Germany, on Sept. 24, 2007. Europe to keep liquidity taps open
| Frankfurt : The European Central Bank delayed its withdrawal of emergency liquidity measures and bought more government bonds as President Jean-Claude Trichet pledged to fight "acute" fina... (photo: AP / Bernd Kammerer) Gulf News
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Tobacco - Cigarette - Smoking Report: Tobacco tax not funding health programs
| LITTLE ROCK, Ark.-Most of the programs that were to be funded by a hike in Arkansas' tobacco tax either haven't seen the money or have been underfunded since the increase took effect, an advocacy gr... (photo: WN / Yolanda) The Boston Globe
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