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Prime Minister Manmohan Singh today said his government was "better placed than any time" before to push through reforms in the financial sector.

The Bangalore-based GMR Group, along with Turkish company Limak and Malaysia Airports Holding Berhard Airports, has built the new airport terminal of the Istanbul Sabiha Gokcen Airport (ISGA) in Turkey.

The US economy exited severe recession in the third quarter, posting the strongest growth in two years as government stimulus boosted consumer spending, government data showed on Thursday.

London, Oct 23 (ANI): Brit Asian boxer Amir Khan can remember the exact time when he changed from a boy to a man as a boxer.

Melbourne, Oct.21 (ANI): Indian information technology services major Mahindra Satyam has appointed Bobby Gupta as its new business development chief, overseeing its operations in Australia and New Zealand.

In the midst of the recession, New Yorkers are cutting back on everything from dining to luxury shopping. Cafe des Artistes, one of the Big Apple's most storied restaurants, closed in August, in part because of poor business. Chanterelle followed this month. In July, J.C. Penney opened its first Manhattan location, citing local demand for discount merchandise.

The Great Recession is rewriting the rules of American poverty. Data from the Census Bureau, released in September, show that during the first year of the recession, incomes fell farther and poverty leaped higher than during almost any other time in a generation.

The current financial crisis has provided ?an unique window of opportunity? to deal with climate change, the Paris-based International Energy Agency (IAEA), said during the UN climate negotiations in Bangkok on Tuesday.

Ever since countries across the globe started measuring economic progress in terms of gross domestic product (GDP), several analysts and thinkers have criticised this measure, because according to them, it does not measure genuine progress.

Sydney, Oct.5 (ANI): The head of the low-cost airline Jetstar, Bruce Buchanan, has aid that the airline is eying route-related opportunities in China and India.

Johannesburg, Oct.2 (ANI): Swiss food giant Nestli has announced it would stop buying milk from a Zimbabwean dairy controlled by Robert Mugabe's wife, Grace.

Nicosia Oct 2 (ANI): Exterior cladding for Burj Dubai, the world's tallest building standing at 662 metres, has now been completed.

The Canadian International Trade and Asia Pacific Gateway minister opened the Ahmedabad branch of the Canada Trade Office on Friday.

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

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.

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.