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- US GDP grew at 2.7% in Q3, more than estimated
Household purchases climbed at a 1.4% rate, the least in more than a year and down from a previously reported 2% rate, and income gains wer...
30 Nov, 2012, 03.56 AM IST
- Forex reserves marginally up at $29.29 billion on October 26
Foreign exchange reserves rose by a mere $55.6 mn to $296.291 bn in the week ended Oct 26, as overseas investors withdrew more money from t...
02 Nov, 2012, 05.44 PM IST
US dismisses Hafeez Saeed's aid offer for Sandy victims as 'hollow'US on Thursday dismissed as "hollow" the offer of humanitarian aid for superstorm Sandy victims from Jamaat-ud-Dawa chief Hafeez Muhammad S...
01 Nov, 2012, 02.41 PM IST
- Crude oil trims biggest monthly slip since May
Crude oil rose on Wednesday, trimming the biggest monthly decline since May, as refineries started resuming operations after superstorm San...
01 Nov, 2012, 06.00 AM IST
Sandy claims 59 lives as rescuers struggle with aftermathThe trail of destruction left by the monster storm prompted President Barack Obama to declare it a "major disaster" in New York and New Jer...
31 Oct, 2012, 11.29 PM IST
Jet Airways, Air India resume flights to storm-hit USWith two major airports in the US reopening after being hit by superstorm Sandy, Air India and Jet Airways today announced resumption of th...
31 Oct, 2012, 08.11 PM IST
- Gold down by Rs 50, silver by Rs 250 on fall in demand
Traders said restricted buying due to high prices led to the decline in gold prices. Silver also fell on reduced offtake by industrial unit...
31 Oct, 2012, 04.13 PM IST
Rupee down by 19 paise vs dollar in late morning tradeThe rupee fell by 19 paise to 54.17 against the American currency on month-end dollar demand from importers despite weak dollar overseas.
31 Oct, 2012, 11.54 AM IST
- Hafiz Saeed offers aid to superstorm Sandy victims in US
JuD chief Hafiz Mohammad Saeed, the 2008 Mumbai attacks mastermind and for whom the US has offered a bounty of USD 10 million, today said h...
30 Oct, 2012, 10.57 PM IST
Hurricane Sandy: Toll from superstorm climbs to 30The death toll from superstorm Sandy has risen to 30 in the mainland United States and Canada, and was expected to climb further as several...
30 Oct, 2012, 10.38 PM IST
Superstorm Sandy: TCS, Infy, Wipro issue advisory to staff in USThe domestic IT companies, which get over 60% of their revenues from US, however, said they do not expect their business to be adversely af...
30 Oct, 2012, 09.02 PM IST
- Gurdwaras turned into shelter homes in Sandy-hit areas of US
As superstorm Sandy hit the US East Coast affecting millions of people, an international Sikh forum today announced that Gurdwaras in the c...
30 Oct, 2012, 07.39 PM IST
16 killed in megastorm Sandy; Obama declares 'major disaster'Superstorm Sandy battered the US East Coast today with fierce winds and heavy rains, killing at least 16 people, plunging millions into dar...
30 Oct, 2012, 05.45 PM IST
Superstorm Sandy could bring 'catastrophe,' impact 60 million peopleTens of millions of Americans braced themselves up for devastating Hurricane Sandy with forecasters warning that it will slam cities from N...
29 Oct, 2012, 10.44 PM IST
- Superstorm Sandy shuts down northeastern US, threatens havoc
Millions of Americans in the country's heavily populated East Coast barricaded themselves in to brace up for a strengthened Hurricane Sandy...
29 Oct, 2012, 08.46 PM IST