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India
Government to get over Rs 6,700 crore from auction of 2 limestone blocks
Government is expected to earn a revenue of over Rs 6,700 crore after Chhattisgarh successfully conducted mine lease auction for two large limestone blocks.
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India
Markets pull off biggest weekly gain in 4 months
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Cina Spagna
China expresses concern to Spain over probe on bank fraud
A senior Chinese government official met Friday with a representative of the Spanish embassy in Beijing to express a "high level of concern" over a money-laundering and tax-fraud probe of China's ICBC bank in Madrid that has led to six arrests.
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India
World Bank to support Rajasthan on energy reforms
The World Bank has decided to lend support to the Rajasthan government on energy reforms and a detailed project report has been prepared in this regard. The decision was taken at a meeting between World Bank's country director in India, Onno Ruhl, and Rajasthan chief minister Vasundhara Raje in Jaipur.
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India
Mines ministry proposes cutting iron ore export duty
India's mines ministry wrote to the finance ministry on Friday, proposing a cut to the export duty on high-grade iron ore to 10 percent from the present 30 per cent, mines secretary Balvinder Kumar said. He said prices are so low now that exports are not viable.
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India Iran
Iran wants India, other nations to settle oil sale dues in euros not dollars
Iran has indicated that it wants to settle payments for its new and outstanding oil sales in euros and not in dollars or any other currencies.
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India
Saudi Arabia, Iraq sell more oil to India, elbow out Latin America crude
India's oil imports from Saudi Arabia and Iraq hit the highest in over a decade last month as Opec's top producers gained at the expense of Latin American oil — a validation of the Opec policy of maintaining output and fighting for market share. Saudi Arabia was the top supplier ...
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India
Saudi Arabia, Iraq sell more oil to India, elbow out Latin America crudes
India's oil imports from Saudi Arabia and Iraq hit the highest in over a decade last month as Opec's top producers gained at the expense of Latin American oil — a validation of the Opec policy of maintaining output and fighting for market share. Saudi Arabia was the top supplier ...
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Giappone
Japan’s state-fund chief confident of turnaround offer for struggling Sharp
The head of Japan’s state-backed corporate turnaround fund said Friday its proposal to help Sharp Corp. compares favorably with a rival offer from a Taiwanese company. Toshiyuki Shiga, chairman and chief executive officer of the Innovation Network Corporation of Japan, stressed that its plan goes beyond Sharp’s revival and involves ...
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Giappone
Dollar takes risk-off fall below ¥113
The dollar dropped to under ¥113 in Tokyo trading on Friday, as a fallback in Japanese stock prices fueled a risk-averse mood. At 5 p.m., the dollar was at ¥112.94-95, down from ¥113.93-94 the same time Thursday. The euro was at $1.1117-1118, down from $1.1127-1127, and at ¥125.57-58, down from ...