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Afghan girls poisoned in second anti-school attack

More than 120 schoolgirls and three teachers have been poisoned in the second attack in as many months blamed on conservative radicals in the country's north, Afghan police and education officials sai

Steps taken by India to support rupee

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The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) announced further measures on Monday to curb speculative trading in the foreign exchange market, but the move failed to halt the rupee's slide to another record low.

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Victoria's Secret bras a boost for rural Indian women

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Indian villager Jaya places the bright pink, sequined, moulded C-cupped designer bra under the needle of her sewing machine and carefully stitches the seams together.

The padded ‘Very Sexy’ push-up b

Prosecutor says Rajat Gupta cheated, abandoned duties

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A former Goldman Sachs Group Inc board member ‘threw away his duties’ in divulging secrets about the investment bank to now-imprisoned hedge fund manager Raj Rajaratnam, a U.S. prosecutor said at the

Zuckerberg's post-IPO wedding is smart legal move

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Getting married was a smart business move as well as a personal milestone for Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg, with the timing of the wedding, the day after the company's initial public offering, poten

G8 growth talk leaves wary markets awaiting action

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A pledge by leaders of industrialised nations to help the troubled world economy is unlikely to herald quick new action by Europe on its debt crisis, meaning more uncertainty for nervous financial mar

Rajat Gupta to face U.S. jury in insider trading case

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Barely a day went by at the insider-trading trial of multimillionaire hedge-fund founder Raj Rajaratnam a year ago without mention of Rajat Gupta, a boldface name in business and charity circles.

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Formula One to make $3bn initial public offering, set to start pre-marketing

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Motor racing business Formula One will start pre-marketing for its up to $3 billion Singapore initial public offering on May 22 after receiving approval from the city's stock exchange for the deal, so

Rupee falls to new record low; euro gives up gains

The rupee fell to an all-time low of 54.93 to the dollar on Monday, marking its fourth consecutive record low in as many sessions, as the euro retreated from the day's highs and as global risk sentime

Nadal wears down Ferrer to reach Rome final

Five-times champion Rafa Nadal wore down fellow Spaniard David Ferrer 7-6, 6-0 on Saturday to reach the final of the Rome Masters.

The second seed came from 3-1 down to win the first set and then ran

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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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