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President Nicolas Sarkozy urged India on Saturday to support France's agenda of reforming the global monetary system during its presidency of the G20 and hinted a nuclear deal could be signed on his trip.

Germany on Saturday categorically denied a British newspaper report that Chancellor Angela Merkel warned Berlin might leave the euro during a heated exchange at a summit of European Union leaders at the end of October.

The website of the Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) was hacked on Friday night by an outfit in Pakistan.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Smart Technologies, Orexigen Therapeutics, Coldwater Creek, Powerwave Technologies, Rediff.com India, Ku6 Media, SPS Commerce, Aruba Networks, Huntington Bancshares, and Marvell Technology Group.

U.S.-based mining group Walter Energy Inc is to buy Canada's Western Coal for C$3.3 billion ($3.3 billion) to create one of the largest producers of steel-making metallurgical coal.

Low-cost carriers in India such as SpiceJet and Indigo proposed to hike flight charges to levels that would make the 'low-cost' tag redundant. Fares will now be decided on a four-slab basis, set according to the distance. The price hikes nearly triple ticket prices for flights booked on a short notice.

Economic growth in India will overtake that of China in the next ten years, boosted by huge domestic demand, said noted global economist Nouriel Roubini.

India’s number one software services company Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has opened a business process outsourcing facility in the Philippines following the path of India-based BPO companies which have operations in that country.

The cloud computing market in India is expected to grow at a ccompounded annual growth rate of 40 per cent by 2014, IT research firm IDC on Thursday said.

Australian skipper Ricky Ponting confirmed that his struggling fast bowler, Mitchell Johnson, had been dropped the team to face England in the second Ashes test at Adelaide, on Friday.

The International Monetary Fund said on Thursday it is in a strong financial position and has the resources to help member countries in need, amid an escalating euro zone debt crisis.

The top pre-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Ku6 Media, Finisar, Sangamo Biosciences,Wet Seal, optionsXpress Holdings, Rediff.com India, JA Solar Holdings, Magic Software Enterprises, SodaStream International, and Aruba Networks.

The holiday season welcomes these wintry conditions as many ski areas worldwide have opened doors for adventure travelers who wish to go on a ski holiday this year. Here’s a list of world’s most famous skiing spots one can visit to experience the “white” retreats of the season.

Azim Premji, India’s third richest man and chairman of Wipro, India’s third largest software services company, will transfer 213 million equity shares, or about 8.6 percent of his stake, valued at 88.46 billion rupees ($2 billion), to a private trust controlled by him.

Ang Lee finalizes Indian cast for 'Life of Pi' and casts Tabu to play Pi's mother the movie.

World trade growth slowed in the third quarter of the year, according to the latest World Trade Organization (WTO) figures. An 18 percent rise in global merchandise trade annually in value terms was remarkably lower than the 26 percent increase registered in the second quarter.

Decades ago, the United States had a huge competitive edge over the rest of the world. However, that advantage is slipping away and so are American jobs.

Spot Gold touched a near 3-week high for Dollar investors above $1396 per ounce in London trade on Wednesday, but slipped back from new record highs in Euros and Sterling as the US currency dipped on the forex market.

Militants who orchestrated the 26/11 attacks on India might have been trying to prevent the Pakistan Government from moving its army away from the Indian border, U.S. diplomatic cables suggest. Officials in London feared that the Indians would retaliate with an increase in covert activities in Balochistan or even by bombarding militant camps in Occupied Kashmir.

India’s Supreme Court on Wednesday ordered the original tapes containing conversations between corporate lobbyist Nira Radia and others pertaining to the 2G spectrum allocation to be handed over to it in a sealed cover after industrialist and chairman of Tata group Ratan Tata moved the apex court on Monday seeking action against those involved in the leakage of tapes containing his conversation with Radia..