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U.S. jobless claims drop signals economic momentum

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The number of Americans filing new claims for jobless benefits hit a 3-1/2 year low last week, bolstering views the economy was gaining momentum, even though third-quarter growth was revised down.

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Spider-Man creator to make new superhero for India!

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Stan Lee, co-creator of some of the world's leading superhero characters like Spider-Man, X-Men, Fantastic Four, Iron Man, Daredevil, Hulk and Thor will be launching an original superhero for the Indi

‘To make Pakistan behave, strengthen US-India ties’

Noting that Pakistan deliberately uses terrorism against India, a US scholar has advocated stronger ties with New Delhi and asking Islamabad to start cooperating or lose its aid and face outright isolation.

Obama to discuss payroll tax extension: Official

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President Barack Obama will publicly discuss the importance of a payroll tax extension, a new push in his end-of-year showdown with Republicans, a senior administration official said on Wednesday.

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Playboy piece claims India was A.Q. Khan's customer

In an amusing claim, a US writer on nuclear issues, has said, of all places in Playboy mazagine, that India may have been the mysterious fourth customer of Pakistan's disgraced nuclear scientist A.Q.

10 Indians among Forbes' 'tomorrow's brightest stars'

Ten Indians rub shoulders with the likes of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg, human rights activist Ronan Farrow and pop stars Lady Gaga and Justin Bieber in a Forbes list of 'tomorrow's brightest sta

Indian-American banker killed in New Jersey plane crash

An Indian American investment banker was among five people, including two children, killed when a small plane crashed into the middle of one of New Jersey's busiest highways.

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US lists Delhi's Nehru Place among notorious markets in world

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An official US report has identified Nehru Place in New Delhi among the top 30 notorious IT markets of the world, dealing in goods and services infringing intellectual property rights (IPR).

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Indian-origin man among five dead in US plane crash

A 36-year-old Indian-origin man was among five people killed in a plane crash in America's New Jersey state, officials said.

A single-engine plane that had taken off from Teterboro airport in New Jer

Trilateral talks on mutual interest

Against the backdrop of increased Chinese military manoeuvres in the Asia-Pacific region, India, Japan and the US held their first-ever trilateral dialogue here and discussed a wide range of regional

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I want to begin with a little story that was told to me by a leading executive at Aptech. He was exercising in a gym with a lot of younger people.

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