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Gold Falls More Than 1%, Falls Below $1,690

Gold prices fell more than 1 percent in Europe on Tuesday, pushing through support at $1,690 an ounce, as jitters over whether private creditors will agree to a Greek bond swap deal and wider euro zone growth pressured the euro versus the dollar.

Small is big in Ford's India drive

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Ford Motor Co will focus on small, low-cost cars in India to make the country a manufacturing hub for Africa and the Asia-Pacific region, the head of its Indian operations said, as it races to catch up with global rivals in the fast-growing market.

Myanmar to Float Currency in 2012/13, Unify FX Rates

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Myanmar will begin a managed float of its currency in the fiscal year starting in April and wants to develop an interbank money market to end a black-market currency system that critics say deters investment and abets kleptocracy.
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IndiGo Climbs to Second Place in Market Share

It's not all doom and gloom for India's embattled airline sector. IndiGo, a low-fare carrier launched in 2006, has climbed to second place in market share at the expense of Air India and Kingfisher Airlines (KING.NS) and is the only one of India's six main carriers making a profit, for now at least.
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Patent filings at record high, China UP 33%: WIPO

International filings for patent protection, a key indicator of technological innovation in major economies, hit an all-time record last year driven by growth in China and other middle- income countries, a United Nations agency said on Monday.
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India Bans Cotton Exports Without Explanation

India announced on Monday an immediate ban on all cotton exports until further notice, cutting off the world's second-largest exporter of cotton, in an unexplained move that could limit global supplies and drive up prices.
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Moderate Earthquake Jolts New Delhi and North India, No Casualties Reported

A 4.9 magnitude earthquake jolted the Indian capital Delhi and the nearby towns on Monday afternoon 1.11 pm (07:41GMT) local time.The tremors felt for more than 10 seconds had its epicenter in Bahadurgarh, a town that borders New Delhi and state of Haryana, according to the Indian Meteorological Department (MeT).
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Exclusive: India MRPL plans cut in Iran oil imports: sources

Iran's biggest Indian oil client, Mangalore Refinery and Petrochemicals Ltd , plans to cut its annual import deal with Tehran by as much as 44 percent to 80,000 barrels per day in 2012/13, two sources said, as western sanctions make trade more difficult.
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Quake Rocks North India, No Casualties Reported

A moderate earthquake felt across north India rocked buildings and sent office workers running into the streets in New Delhi at lunchtime on Monday, but there were no immediate reports of damage.
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New HRT is a Step up, Says Karthikeyan

HRT hope to run their new Formula One car for the first time on Monday after failing to make the final pre-season test in Spain this weekend, Indian driver Narain Karthikeyan said on Saturday.
Sonia Gandhi and Rahul Gandhi

UP Exit Polls Reflect a Blow for Congress

Rahul Gandhi failed to deliver the election comeback he had promised for the Congress party in the politically crucial state of Uttar Pradesh, according to voter surveys released after the phased, month-long poll ended Saturday.
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Annie George And 'V.M.': Slavery Through Immigration Law

Annie George, the owner of a lavish 34-room mansion in upstate Rexford, N.Y., stands accused of keeping an Indian woman, V.M., in forced labor as a domestic worker in her home. V.M.'s circumstances, and the unanswered questions surrounding her time in the U.S., combine human trafficking and modern-day slavery laws with a tangled web of immigration laws, compounding the suffering that result from the modern-day struggles that plague domestic workers, regardless of citizenship, as they ...
Residents work to clear storm damage after three tornados moved through the area in Chelsea

Tornado Death Toll Rise: 37 Dead in 4 States

Tornados sweeping through the Midwest and southeast have caused mass destruction and death. The violent storms have taken the lives of over 30 people in four states as people continue to search for survivors on Saturday.

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