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A fillip has been given to the sericulture industry in Assam with the State Government setting up a composite silk unit at the Chaygaon Industrial Growth Centre.

Raw material scarcity has hit hard the workers of the walnut woodcarving industry in Kashmir, as it will affect their livelihood.

Washington, September 24 (ANI): Swine flu may slow growth in key industries in America, says a health economist.

Prices of fruits have increased in many parts of India because of ongoing nine-day-long Hindu festival of Navratri.

Washington, Sep 22 (ANI): Investors, who keep track of stock markets via charts, tend to make a baseless decision about the riskiness of a stock based on its run-length, according to a new study by Indian-origin researchers.

London, Sept 22 (ANI): Companies who simply say sorry to angry customers fare better than those that offer financial compensation, a new study has found.

Brisbane, Sept 22 (ANI/Business Wire India): Companies across the world now have a chance to be on equal standing when it comes to internet presence, with the launch of new solution portal, findsolve.

Melbourne, September 20 (ANI): Commonwealth Bank has requested customers of Campbelltown branch in Australia to return the money they withdrew last week, as the ATM had dispensed 50 dollar notes instead of 20 dollar ones.

London, Sep 19 (ANI): The British Government has announced a 10-million-pound loan to Indian carmaker Tata Motors for the electric car-manufacturing project in the UK.

Traders and analysts said on Thursday that a surge in gold prices will result in a decline in the precious metal's demand in India even as the country enters the busy festive season.

According to government data released on Thursday after remaining in negative zone for 13 consecutive weeks,

London, September 16 (ANI): Facebook has announced that it has crossed a benchmark of 300 million active monthly users from across the world and also started raking in profits ahead of schedule.

Trivandrum/United Arab Emirates, Sept 16 (ANI/Business Wire India): SunTec, the leading provider of Relationship-based Pricing and Centralized Billing solutions, has announced two strategic wins in the Middle East region, one of which has helped the company to gain a foothold in Port Operations Billing - its fifth operating domain.

The government of Uttarakhand is taking steps to endorse ecotourism and save the environment by building small huts for the tourists to stay.

Saroj Dutta, Executive Director of Jet Airways said in Mumbai on Sunday that the five-day long strike by pilots of Jet Airways has cost the company in terms of revenue losses to the tune of 1.5 to 2 million rupees.

Finance Minster Pranab Mukherjee on Friday said that the country would attain 6 percent economic growth despite sluggish monsoon and drought like situation.

Mumbai, Sep 7 (ANI): The Sensex of the Bombay Stock Exchange (BSE) gained 325 points to reach 16,014 on Monday.

London, Feb 2 (ANI): Forget expensive suits, flashy cars and mobiles - looking happy is more than enough to put you miles ahead in business world.

Melbourne, Sep.2 (ANI): Qantas has praised outsourcing partner Mahindra Satyam's performance despite the latter being embroiled in a much-publicised billion-dollar accounting scandal.

London, Sept 1 (ANI): The world of animation entertainment is all set to become much bigger as Walt Disney buys Marvel Entertainment in a 4-billion dollar deal.