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A Palestinian vendor displays a gold jewellery at a jewellery store in the Rafah Refugee Camp, Southern Gaza Strip on September. 19, 2011. Decline in demand for gold in the Palestinian markets due to the high price of $ 50 per gram, this high price in the global gold. ( Photo by Ahmed Deeb/WN) Gold drops as Greece batters global markets
Gold fell for a fourth straight day to its lowest since late December on Wednesday, sucked into a broad-based sell-off that dented global markets on the back of alarm ove... (photo: WN / Ahmed Deeb) Independent online
Commodities   Investors   Markets   Photos   Wikipedia: Gold  
Greek President Karolos Papoulias arrives for a Political party leaders meeting at the Presidential Palace in Athens, on Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Greece to decide on interim government
| ATHENS, Greece - Greece's president convened the crisis-struck country's political leaders once more Wednesday, this time to appoint a caretaker government that will le... (photo: AP / Aris Messinis, pool) CNBC
Economy   Election   Greece   Photos   Wikipedia: Greek legislative election, 2012  
German Chancellor Angela Merkel, left, talks to new French President Francois Hollande after a news conference at the chancellery in Berlin, Tuesday, May 15, 2012. Merkel says she wants Greece in euro, would consider growth measures
| German Chancellor Angela Merkel insists she wants Greece to stay in the euro and has left open the option of agreeing more measures designed to boost growth. | "I want ... (photo: AP / Markus Schreiber) Kathimerini
Europe   Germany   Greece   Photos   Wikipedia: Greek government-debt crisis  
Sofas-furniture-durable goods-India. Bajaj Fin to offer 0% finance for lifestyle products
To cash in on the burgeoning sales of lifestyle products, Bajaj Finance Ltd has forayed into financing of products like furniture, home furnishings, fitness equipment, lu... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam) The Hindu
Finance   Furniture   Lifestyle   Photos   Wikipedia: Bajaj Group  
Toyota - Automaker - Car Toyota's budget-beating Etios driven
The new Toyota Etios is not as stylish as the Lamborghini Aventador nor can it quite match the top speed of the Bugatti Veyron. Yet I'm willing to bet that this new budge... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) Independent online
Business   Economy   Motor   Photos   Wikipedia: Toyota  
Samsung Mobile Phones Samsung loses $10 billion market value on Apple order report
SEOUL (Reuters) - Shares in Samsung Electronics Co slumped more than 6 percent on Wednesday, wiping $10 billion (6 billion pounds) off the electronics giant's market valu... (photo: WN / Rubielyn Bunag) The Guardian
Apple   Market   Photos   Samsung   Wikipedia: Samsung Electronics  
Kid - Obesity - Health Virtual World Takes on Childhood Obesity
MIT Technology Review Follow @techreview | Malica Astin, 11, never paid much attention to how much physical activity she got. But one day she played basketball while wear... (photo: WN / Sweet Radoc) Mashable
Health   Obesity   People   Photos   Wikipedia: Obesity  
Gold bangle-jewellery-metal-India. Gold hits 4-1/2 month low on Greek turmoil
Tweet | SINGAPORE: Gold extended losses on Wednesday and slipped to its weakest since December after Greece's failure to form a government prompted investors to cut their... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam) The Times Of India
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File - A woman and her children are pictured on the outskirts of Fertait, a village in Jonglei, South Sudan, burned down during the recent escalation of ethnic clashes in this area, 7 January, 2012. Half of South Sudan facing food shortages, warns UN
More than half the population of South Sudan are facing food shortages due to the continuing conflict with Sudan, the UN is warning. | It says fighting on the border betw... (photo: UN / /Isaac Billy) BBC News
Food   Photos   South Sudan   War   Wikipedia: South Sudan  
Food prices double in UPA's term as demand outstrips supply Food prices double in UPA's term as demand outstrips supply
Tweet NEW DELHI: If inflation has broken the back of the aam aadmi, the biggest contributor to the pain in the UPA's term is food prices. | Government data on wholesale p... (photo: WN / Geeta) The Times Of India
Food   India   Inflation   Photos   Wikipedia: Economy of India  
Advertisement of State Bank of India of car loan on the wall of bus stop in Pune - India SBI finances most cars among banks
| State Bank of India (SBI), the country's top lender, is looking to strengthen its retail car loans portfolio by reintroducing a lower 11.25% rate of interest for all te... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) DNA India
Bank   India   Money   Photos   Wikipedia: State Bank of India  
Cargo Ships India ranked 46th in trade logistics performance
| Washington, May 16 (IANS) Global trade logistics performance slowed down over the last two years amid the global recession, but India and others that pursued aggressive... (photo: WN / prajkta) Newstrack India
India   Photos   Trade   Washington   Wikipedia: Trade  
Pakistani people gestures while shouting slogans as trucks transport goods between Pakistani- and Indian-administered Kashmir at the Line of Control (LOC) at Kaman Bridge on October 21, 2008 HS Arrives Today: LOC Trade Top on Agenda
| Srinagar, May 15: Ahead of Indo-Pak Home Secretary level talks, a high level team headed by Union Home Secretary R K Singh is arriving on a two day visit of the Valley ... (photo: WN / Imran Nissar) Kashmir Observer
India   Pakistan   Photos   Trade   Wikipedia: IndiaPakistan relations  
 ice cream. Frozen desserts by Kwality Walls, Vadilal, Lazza, Cream Bell grab 40% share in ice-cream market
Tweet | Ahmedabad: Frozen desserts, which look and taste like ice cream but are made out of vegetable fat, have silently grabbed a 40% share in India's 1,800-crore organi... (photo: WN / Priya Dashini) The Times Of India
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Gold ear rings - jewellary - metal Free up petrol prices; shrink gold imports: RV Kanoria
Tweet RV Kanoria, President, FICCI | The Indian rupee is trading dangerously close to 54-to-a-dollar mark. This is proving to be a challenge for companies dependent on im... (photo: WN / Aruna Mirasdar) The Times Of India
Fuel   Gold   India   Photos   Wikipedia: Petroleum  
Construction -property-real estate-India. Home prices crash in Ahmedabad, panic grips builders
| Developers in Ahmedabad, the largest real estate market in Gujarat, are currently sitting on a pile of unsold inventory worth over Rs 3,000 crore. While large developer... (photo: WN / Sayali Santosh Kadam) Indian Express
Ahmedabad   Economy   Photos   Property   Wikipedia: Indian property bubble  
Honda car Honda's electric car like a bicycle on a vacuum
| HONDA unveiled its latest electric vehicle, but it is unlike any of the cars and motorcycles the company is best known for. | Rather, the UNI-CUB single-seat, unicycle-... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) The Daily Telegraph Australia
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Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti gives a lecture on European economic situation during a seminar in Tokyo, Wednesday, March 28, 2012. Obama, Monti agree to intensify growth, job creation
Tweet WASHINGTON: President Barack Obama and Italy's Prime Minister Mario Monti agreed on Tuesday on the need to "intensify" growth and job creation, as Washington prepar... (photo: AP / Junji Kurokawa) The Times Of India
Economy   Italy   Photos   Washington   Wikipedia: Italy  
Facebook - Social networking Facebook Boosts Its Initial Stock Price
| Social media giant Facebook says it is raising the price of the company stock it is offering to the public. |   | The Internet-based social network site had initia... (photo: WN / Yolanda Leyba) Voa News
Economy   Photos   Social   Stock   Wikipedia: Facebook  
Airtel - Bharti - A telecom service provider - India Bharti Airtel under money laundering probe
Telecom major Bharti Airtel Ltd is being investigated under the provisions of Prevention of Money Laundering Act, 2002 (PMLA). | “The Directorate of Enforcement is ... (photo: WN / Geeta) The Hindu
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