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A grocery shop in Britain sans shopkeeper

London, July 24: No shopkeeper to man it. Yet, a grocery store in Britain opens round the clock and sells household goods to the residents without fearing theft.

The village shop in Draughton, North

Gold falls by Rs 75 on weak market sentiment

New Delhi, July 24: Gold prices slipped by Rs 75 to Rs 18,525 per ten grams in the national capital today on emergence of selling by stockists after a fall in metal prices in global markets.

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IOC reports net loss of Rs 3,388.49 cr in Q1

New Delhi, July 24: State-owned Indian Oil Corporation (IOC) today reported a net loss of Rs 3,388.39 crore in the first quarter, ended June 30 on account of selling fuel below cost.

IOC, the nation'

Power sector losses unsustainable: PM

New Delhi, July 24: Hinting that hugely subsidised power to farmers was hindering the growth of the energy sector and making it unsustainable, Prime Minister Manmohan Singh Saturday urged all chief mi

Sensex revisits 29-month high on FII's buying spree

Mumbai, July 24: The BSE benchmark-Sensex scaled to a 29-month closing peak during the week on rise in metal, capital goods, PSU and auto counters in view of announcement of good corporate results for

Obama praises Wall Street reform, rejects Republican plan

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Washington, July 24: US President Barack Obama Saturday praised a Wall Street reform law enacted this week and rejected a Republican plan to jump-start the economy, saying it will take the country bac

Bank stress tests prove strength, says EU

London/Brussels/Madrid, July 24: European Union "stress tests" on the bloc's banks prove that the EU financial sector is sound because just seven out of 91 lenders - five of them Spanish - failed, off

50 percent Chinese buy luxury items online

Beijing, July 24: Half of China's urban residents say they prefer buying luxury items online and the major factor for drawing people to internet retailing is favourable prices over franchised stores.

Mexico registers $312 mn trade surplus

Mexico City, July 24: Mexico has registered a $312 million trade surplus in the first half of 2010, a big turnaround from the $1.2 billion deficit in the same period last year, the government said.

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Delhi Metro orders 40 subway cars from Bombardier

Toronto, July 24: Canada's Bombardier Transportation has won orders to supply 40 MOVIA type subway cars to Delhi Metro Rail Corporation (DMRC) at a cost of $55 million.

Around 190 MOVIA cars are alre

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