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India's economy grows slowest in five quarters

At the highest levels
India's economic growth over successive quarters of the last financial year, 2011-12, makes for scary reading. In the first quarter, growth in gross domestic product (GDP) was reasonably robust, at eight per cent. A harsh slowdown was visible in the second quarter, when GDP growth was 6.7 per cent; but the government insisted that better times were just around the corner, and the second-quarter results

Curbside bus companies shut down by government

Twenty-five curbside bus companies and a bus ticket seller were shut down by the Department of Transportation this week in what federal officials say is the government's largest single safety

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Kingfisher Airlines posts worst-ever quarter; no funding in sight

Kingfisher Airlines ' posted its worst-ever quarterly loss on Thursday, as huge cuts in the number of flights compounded the woes of a cash-strapped carrier facing high fuel prices and intense

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Probe blames weak soil in Hawaii zip line death

A Hawaii zip line tower collapsed because of weak soil, sending a worker plunging 200 feet to his death, concluded an investigation released Tuesday by the state Department of Labor and Industrial

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Now, AmEx swipes airline away

First it was Citibank which ended its exclusive tie-up with Jet Airways, after 12 years. Now it is the turn of American Express to go airline-agnostic — despite having a co-branded card with

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Taliban, Afghan neighbors could hamper NATO's exit