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Olympus executive in India found dead in apparent suicide

A top executive of Japan's scandal-ridden Olympus Corp was found hung to death outside his apartment in Gurgaon in a likely suicide, police said on Tuesday.

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Telenor dumps Unitech to form new company

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Norway's Telenor on Tuesday dumped its Indian telecom partner which it accused of 'fraud and misrepresentation' and said it would migrate its Indian business into a fresh venture to seek new operating

State Bank of India to bail out Kingfisher: Report

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State Bank of India has decided on a Rs 16.5 billion loan package to help troubled Kingfisher Airlines overcome a cash crunch, the Hindustan Times newspaper reported on Wednesday.

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Lenders yet to agree on fresh loans to Kingfisher: Sources

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A consortium of lenders to Kingfisher Airlines has not yet agreed to extend further loans to the beleaguered carrier, which urgently needs funds to save it from collapse, three banking sources told ag

Olympus says India exec likely had no ties to scandal

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An Olympus Corp executive found dead in India in an apparent suicide is likely to have had no link to the Japanese endoscope maker's accounting scandal, a company spokeswoman said on Wednesday.

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Bank bailout for Kingfisher hangs in balance

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Lenders to Kingfisher Airlines have not agreed to extend further loans to the debt-crippled carrier, three banking sources said on Wednesday after reports that State Bank of India (SBI) had agreed on

Bank bailout for Kingfisher hangs in balance

Lenders to Kingfisher Airlines have not agreed to extend further loans to the debt-crippled carrier,

Has the battery run out on Aakash tablet?

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Aakash, the '$35' computer launched last year in India as the world's cheapest tablet, has run into problems and companies will be invited to bid again to make the device after complaints of poor perf

Halal slaughter becomes political issue in France

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A TV documentary's revelation that slaughterhouses around Paris have switched meat production entirely to halal methods has stirred a political storm in France, where attitudes to Europe's largest Mus

Libyans queue for first vote in battle-hit Misrata

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People from Libya's battle-scarred city of Misrata queued up to vote in their first free election on Monday, hoping to set a standard for the rest of the country as it prepares for national polls in J

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