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Scottish Parliament Building, Holyrood, Edinburgh Scottish Budget talks resume ahead of final vote
Continue reading the main story Related Stories | SNP moves closer to budget deal Scots budget clears first hurdle Swinney releases budget figures | Scottish Finance Secretary John Swinney is continui... (photo: Creative Commons) BBC News
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In this Dec. 5, 2005 file photo, Dalits, who belongs to the lowest of castes according to the Indian caste system, listens to a speaker at a rally to mark World Dignity Day, in New Delhi, India. As India launches its 2010 census, a massive once-every-ten-year tabulation that delves into the jobs, income, living conditions and other personal details of the country's 1.2 billion people, a possible new question, "What is your caste?", has infuriated much of India's elite, strengthened caste-based political parties and left the fate of millions of government jobs and university slots in question. India census to involve 2.7 million counters
| RAHUL BEDI in New Delhi | THE WORLD'S largest census, involving 2.7 million enumerators, begins in India today to carry out the headcount of an estimated 1.2 billion people. | "The fact that many co... (photo: AP / Gurinder Osan, File) Irish Times
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British Shadow Chancellor, George Osborne speaks to the media as he leaves the HM Treasury after a meeting with the Chancellor, Alistair Darling, on the financial crisis, London, Tuesday, Sept 30, 2008. Osborne under pressure to cut growth forecasts
| The Confederation of British Industry today becomes the latest organisation to downgrade its growth forecast for the British economy, threatening the credibility of the Chancellor's predictions, the... (photo: AP / Sang Tan) The Independent
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**FILE** This Sept. 15, 2008 file photo shows Robin Radaetz holding a sign in front of the Lehman Brothers headquarters in New York. Fed Seeks to Identify Firms That Pose 'Systemic' Risk
| WASHINGTON (Reuters) — Federal regulators on Tuesday put a bit more flesh on a bare-bones plan to determine which market players other than banks should be deemed “systemic,” subje... (photo: AP / Mary Altaffer,File) The New York Times
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U.S. Commerce Secretary Gary Locke, second right, holds hands with Indian Minister for Commerce and Industry Anand Sharma, second left, Federation of Indian Chambers of Commerce and Industry (FICCI) President Rajan Bharti Mittal, right, and FICCI Secretary General Amit Moitra, left, at a US- India Conclave organized by FICCI in New Delhi, India, Tuesday, Nov. 9, 2010. U.S. Delegation in India Seeks Deals, Not Outsourcing
| BANGALORE, India — Nearly two years ago, President Obama rankled many people here when he said that American tax law unfairly benefited companies that created jobs in Bangalore and punished co... (photo: AP / Mustafa Quraishi) The New York Times
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President Barack Obama speaks about education at the 19th Annual Legislative Conference of the United States Hispanic Chamber of Commerce in Washington, Tuesday, March 10, 2009. Create jobs, Obama urges business sector
| BARACK Obama has tried to mend a fractious relationship with big business. | The effort comes before next year's presidential election by appealing for support to the powerful US Chamber of Commerce... (photo: AP / Charles Dharapak) The Australian
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In this photo released by China's Xinhua News Agency, a Chinese flag flutters in front of the headquarters of the People's Bank of China (PBOC) in Beijing on Thursday, Nov. 27, 2008 . Muted Response in European Markets to China's Rate Increase
| China raised its benchmark interest rate on Tuesday, a move that was widely expected, and European markets reacted by giving up some of their gains, a response that was also not unexpected. Add to P... (photo: AP / Xinhua, Gao Xueyu) The New York Times
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In this March 8, 2010 file picture a worker cleans a Volkswagen logo in the production line at the Volkswagen plant in Wolfsburg, Germany. Volkswagen AG said on Wednesday, April 21, 2010, it earned euro 473 million (637.9 million US dollar) in the January-March period compared with euro 243 million a year earlier. Volkswagen Agrees to Wage Increase for Workers
| FRANKFURT — Volkswagen employees agreed to a wage deal Tuesday that ensures them a larger share of soaring profits in the German auto industry, and may signal an end to a decade in which pay b... (photo: AP / Joerg Sarbach, File) The New York Times
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