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Cina Hong Kong
Shanghai stocks slip as economic growth slows
Hong Kong, April 15, 2016 (AFP) -Shanghai and Hong Kong stocks ended a positive week on a low Friday, slipping on profit-taking and after data showed China's economy grew at its weakest rate in seven years during the first quarter of 2016. Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index lost 0.10 percent, ...
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USA
G20 ministers face pressure on economic growth, tax evasion
Washington, April 15, 2016 (AFP) -Finance ministers of the world's top economies face pressure to do more for global growth and crack down on tax evasion when they gather Friday during the spring meetings of the IMF and World Bank.
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Regno Unito
European stock markets slip at open
London, April 15, 2016 (AFP) -Europe's main stock markets drifted lower at the start of trade on Friday, following a sharp rally across global equities earlier this week. In initial deals, London's benchmark FTSE 100 index dipped 0.1 percent to 6,357.72 points.
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India
RBI governor Raghuram Rajan hints at more rate cuts on good monsoon
Earlier this month, RBI reduced its policy rate by 0.25%, its lowest in more than 5 years. While this was the first rate cut after a gap of 6 months, RBI has lowered its rate by 1.5% cumulatively since January 2015. During the same time period, banks have lowered their ...
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India USA
India, US committed to collaboration in tackling offshore tax evasion
The statement reiterated that the US-India partnership will be one of the defining relationships of the 21st century
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India
Piyush Goyal moots Rs 5,000 cr corpus to boost India's shipping capacity
Minister urges shipping industry to completely stop coal imports and save the country precious foreign exchange
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India
Alkem Labs fudged trial data, says German regulator
India's Alkem Laboratories has been accused by Germany's health regulator of fudging data on clinical trials of an antibiotic and brain disorder drug. The drugs include the antibiotic cefuroxime and rulizole, used to treat the neurological disorder amyotrophic lateral sclerosis.
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India
Indian foreign ministry suspends Vijay Mallya's passport
New Delhi, April 15, 2016 (AFP) -India's government said Friday it had temporarily suspended the passport of beleaguered tycoon Vijay Mallya, after he failed to appear before financial crime investigators in connection with a money laundering probe.
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India
Donald Trump's firm to build 'iconic' office tower in Gurgaon
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Giappone
Dollar cuts gains to trade below ¥109.50 in Tokyo
The dollar gave up earlier gains to stand below ¥109.50 in Tokyo trading late Friday amid a wait-and-see mood ahead of key events later this week. At 5 p.m., the dollar stood at ¥109.30-30, little changed from ¥109.30-31 at the same time Thursday. The euro was at $1.1258-1259, up from ...