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World's biggest offshore windfarm opens in Britain
IANS | 10 Feb, 2012
The world's largest offshore windfarm opened off the coast of Cumbria in Britain Thursday.
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'India's ties with Iran don't contradict relationship with US'
SME Times News Bureau | 08 Feb, 2012
Amid mounting pressure from the US to reduce its dependence on Iranian oil, New Delhi has said its ties with Tehran do not contradict its relationship with Washington and stressed that it was opposed to the spread of nuclear weapons in West Asia.
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Australian Reserve Bank leaves cash rate unchanged
IANS | 08 Feb, 2012
The Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) announced Tuesday its decision to leave the cash rate unchanged at 4.25 percent following its February board meeting.
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Obama orders freezing of Iran's property
IANS | 07 Feb, 2012
US President Barack Obama has ordered the freezing of Iran's property under American jurisdiction, including that of the country's central bank, the White House said.
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Online orders surge after China spring holidays
IANS | 06 Feb, 2012
Online retailers were overwhelmed by a flood of orders in the week following the spring holidays in China, a media report said Saturday.
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Crude oil prices rise on positive US jobs data
IANS | 04 Feb, 2012
Crude oil prices rose as the US jobs data for January came in better than expected, Xinhua reported.
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Facebook IPO to raise $5 bn, may overtake Google
IANS/RIA Novosti | 03 Feb, 2012
Facebook has filed for an initial public offering (IPO) to raise at least USD 5 billion for the world's largest social network, according to documents posted on the US Securities and Exchange Commission website.
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Obama presents mortgage refinancing plan
IANS/EFE | 02 Feb, 2012
President Barack Obama Wednesday presented a plan to revitalize the US real estate market that would allow millions of homeowners to refinance their mortgages and take advantage of the current historically low interest rates.
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US housing prices still falling
IANS/EFE | 01 Feb, 2012
Prices of single-family homes in the 20 largest US metropolitan areas fell 1.3 percent in November from the previous month and 3.7 percent compared with November 2010, according to the latest S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Indices from Standard and Poor's.
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'EU ban on importing oil to cause hefty losses to Europeans'
IANS | 31 Jan, 2012
The European Union (EU) ban on importing oil from Iran will be a "hefty economic loss" for the Europeans, the state-run Press TV quoted a senior Iranian minister as saying.
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