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Deccan Herald
Bajaj Electricals to take controlling stake in Starlite Lighting
Business Standard
Consumer durables and lighting major, Bajaj Electricals Ltd, is planning to take a controlling stake in the Nashik-based Starlite Lighting Ltd, in which it has 32 per cent stake presently. The company is also planning to foray into marketing solar ...
Bajaj Electricals to step up output in StarliteThe Hindu
Bajaj Electricals looking to acquire firms in related fieldmydigitalfc.com
Bajaj Electricals eyes Rs 5000 cr salesCentral Chronicle
Deccan Herald -Thaindian.com -Business Standard
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Straits Times
Economy to grow at 7.2%, says CSO
Times of India
NEW DELHI: The Indian economy will grow at 7.2% in 2009-10, said the Central Statistical Organisation (CSO) on Monday in its advance estimate, compared to the finance ministry's and RBI's projections of 7.75% and 7.5% respectively. ...
Growth forecast points to rate rise, lowered stimulusMoneycontrol.com
Estimates show weak investment demandLivemint
Indian economy 'to grow 7.2%' as manufacturing expandsBBC News
Business Standard -Sify -Ub News
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The two company have very different approaches to computing, which seems to be reflected in their respective advertising campaigns.

Microsoft's has had great difficulty creating new businesses that replace Windows and Office from a revenue standpoint. This is largely due to internal organization that makes it very hard for Microsoft to bring to market the good ideas that Microsoft develops in-house. by John Carroll

Strong in nuclear power, Areva purchases concentrating solar-power company Ausra to expand its renewable energy portfolio.

Hindu Business Line
Hathway Cable raises Rs 120 cr from 13 anchor investors
Business Standard
PTI / Mumbai February 08, 2010, 22:21 IST Cable television and broadband service provider Hathway Cable & Datacom today said it has received a commitment for Rs 119.88 crore from 13 anchor investors, a day before opening of its initial public offer ...
Hathway Cable gets 1.2 bln rupees from anchor investorsReuters India
Hathway Cable's IPO: A good bet for investorsEconomic Times
Hathway Cable IPO opens on February 9India Infoline.com
Financial Express -VC Circle -Moneylife Personal Finance Magazine
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BBC News (blog)
FOREX-Euro rises vs dollar, but stays near multi-month low
Reuters
NEW YORK, Feb 8 (Reuters) - The euro edged higher against the dollar on Monday but stayed close to an 8-1/2 month low as a slight recovery in investors' appetite for risk offset worries about the fiscal health of some euro zone ...
Greek Stocks Drop 3.9%; Banks TumbleWall Street Journal
Is Greece's debt trashing the Euro?Economic Times
Euro zone bond frenzy echoes past battlesMoneycontrol.com
ABC News -Wall Street Journal -Wall Street Journal
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The software, created by three former Palm executives, lets people use an ordinary Webcam as a security system.

Smartphones were essential for scavenger-hunters hitting San Francisco's streets as part of a "Tech Search Party" to benefit a local school's technology program.

The Xinhua news agency says police arrested three people suspected of running a group that disseminated hacking tools and Trojans to its members.

India Talkies
Jindal to start work on Bengal project
The Hindu
Sajjan Jindal, the Vice-Chairman and Managing Director of JSW Steel, said here on Monday that the group was working towards commencing the project at Salboni in West Bengal within the next six months with a completion schedule of 30 months for the ...
JSW Bengal Steel to start work in six monthsBusiness Standard
JSW Steel to start work on Bengal project in 6 monthsSify
Bhattacharjee assures JSW of security for Salboni plantLittle About (blog)

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Mahindra-BAE venture targets artillery schemes
The Hindu
Mahindra & Mahindra and BAE Systems on Monday announced the naming and corporate structure for their land system focussed joint venture defence company — Defence Land Systems India (DLSI). Deepak Chhibba and Arne Berglund will be the new company's CEO ...
M&M, BAE Systems to invest $21.25mn in defence JVBusiness Standard
Mahindra, BAE Systems to invest $21.25-mn in defence JVEconomic Times
M&M, BAE Systems enter into joint ventureMyiris.com
Little About (blog) -FOXBusiness
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Reuters
Gold turns higher as dollar surrenders gains
Reuters
An employee displays a pair of gold footwear at the 'Gem and Jewellery India International Exhibition 2010' (GJIIE) in the southern Indian city of Chennai January 23, 2010. LONDON (Reuters) - Gold prices turned higher in Europe on Monday, ...
Gold futures seen extending losses on firm dollarEconomic Times
Gold Gains Most in a Week as Halt in Dollar Rally Spurs DemandBusinessWeek
Gold prices collapse but investor interest intactHindu Business Line
Reuters India -India Infoline.com -BullionVault
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The FBI wants your ISP to track you, Google may be getting real-time speech translations, and a new government campaign will send you free texts about your pregnancy.

With Halo 2 set to be expunged from Xbox Live, developer Bungie announces an April 14 gaming event to send off the title with flourish.

Apple has changed the way we think about operating systems, by helping us to forget the operating system entirely.

Google is developing mobile phone software that's capable of translating foreign languages almost instantly, according to a new report. by Andrew Nusca

Electric-car services company Better Place forges ahead with plan to install tens of thousands of charging stations and battery-switching locations in Israel by next year.

Microsoft has to be pleased with sales, which have been brisk. Just a week after the Windows 7 launch, figures already bested the expectations. Windows 7: Will it win?

Almost all good news: 100 days of Windows 7Almost all good news: 100 days of Windows 7

After selling out over the winter holidays, Barnes & Noble's e-book reader is back online and is set to arrive in B&N stores by midweek.