Spurred with a fresh rate cut, India's stock index surged the most in four years, led by energy and financial companies. There was renewed interest in the market after Standard & Poor's said the nation's...
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" It is perfectly possible that we will see more wild gyrations in precious metal prices, and even a return to $1,000 an ounce gold. Silver will follow in gold’s wake and show its usual gearing ratio to the yellow metal, which should make it the better performer. "
The U.S. House of Representatives has overwhelmingly passed the long-awaited housing rescue bill (H.R. 3221) sending it now for a last Senate approval before President Bush can sign it into law.The vote, at about 5...
India has long history of preference of male child and it leads to skewed sex ratio and many parts of country have very low female population. Residents in many part of country find difficult to get bride and there are cases where brides have been imported from other culture...
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From the inventory charts it seems as though the Vancouver real estate market could be heading for a drop. But in spite of record numbers of new properties on the market, sales seem to be holding strong...
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"To estimate the size of the entire de facto defense budget, I gathered data for fiscal 2006, the most recently completed fiscal year, for which data on actual outlays are now available. In that year, the Department of Defense itself spent $499.4 billion. Defense-related...
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"Researchers at Rockefeller University have found that the body metabolizes estrogens into several different forms that can impact cancer development. One form 2-hydroxyestrone (2-OHEI) tends to inhibit cancer growth. Another, 16-a-hydroxyestrone (16-a-OHEI), actually...
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"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries?
Contents
1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006--------------------------------------
2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...
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"Quota System: Who are the real beneficiaries?
Contents
1. Quota system: Beginning of the end for IITs and IIMs Bhamy V Shenoy, Gulf Times, May 26, 2006--------------------------------------
2. Meeting the challenge of Mandal II, Satish Deshpande & Yogendra Yadav, Hindu...
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"FORTAN:(Formula Translator) A high level programming language used mainly to solve scientific and engineering problems
G-77: The Group of 77 (G-77) was established in 1964 by seventy-seven developing countries signatories of the "Joint Declaration of the Seventy-Seven...
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"House prices in the UK are rising at their fastest rate for four years, says the Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (Rics).
Five times as many Rics members said prices rose in September than reported falls, compared to a ratio of four times in August.
That made...
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