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Reliance Communications posts surprise Q4 profit jump

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Reliance Communications, India's second-biggest mobile phone carrier by subscribers, reported its fiscal fourth-quarter profit nearly doubled on sharply lower costs, in what is its first profit rise i

Telecom Commission wants detailed study on airwaves auction price

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The Telecom Commission will ask the Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (TRAI) to analyse the potential impact of a proposed airwaves auction base price that is seen as too high and has drawn protes

China's new privatisation plan faces push-back risk

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China's new push to open state controlled industries may look bold after a decade of stuttering privatisation progress, but Beijing faces stiff resistance from vested interests in its effort to extend

California's Coronado named No. 1 U.S. beach

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With Americans packing up for travel over the Memorial Day weekend, one coastal hot spot in Southern California is winning praise as the best U.S. beach in an annual ranking from a Florida professor.

Tsonga looking for fun as French Open starts

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Local favourite Jo-Wilfried Tsonga has virtually no chance of winning this year's French Open title but he will try to at least enjoy himself when he starts his campaign on Sunday.

The fifth seed, wh

Greek sex industry battered by economic storm

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Greece's once-thriving sex industry has become the latest victim of the country's debt crisis as Greeks spend less on erotic toys, pornography and titillating underwear.

About 50 people, almost all y

Iran has enough uranium for 5 bombs: Expert

Iran has significantly stepped up its output of low-enriched uranium and total production in the last five years would be enough for at least five nuclear weapons if refined much further, a US securit

Feeding frenzy for lawyers in botched Facebook IPO

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Facebook Inc's bungled initial public offering has gone from one of the most highly anticipated stock offerings to a hot legal opportunity for lawyers on both sides of shareholder litigation.

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ITC profit rises 26% as price hikes aid

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ITC, India's largest cigarette maker, reported a better-than-expected 26 per cent rise in quarterly profit as higher prices and strong results at its food and agricultural business protected margins f

SEBI toughens stance on serious cases

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The Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI) said it would not settle serious cases such as insider trading and unfair trade practices through the use of consent orders - a mechanism that avoids

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