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India, Japan sign landmark civil nuclear deal
Reports suggest that the deal between India and Japan would be concluded along the lines of the NPT, and Tokyo would walk out of the deal of India carries out a nuclear test, which it is highly unlikely to do considering its past record.
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Tax gain and cost cuts help AstraZeneca offset flagging Crestor
The Anglo-Swiss firm said total revenues dropped 4% to 5.7 billion USA dollars (£4.6 billion) in the three months to September 30, as its top-selling drug took a hit from the launch of a number of Crestor generic medicines. That promise was a key part of his defense against an unsolicited, and ultimately failed, takeover bid by Pfizer in 2014. Soriot said strong trajectory in growth should begin during the second quarter of 2017.
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China's Singles' Day 2016 could see sales exceed $20bn, reports KPMG
First launched on November 11 in 2009 with just 27 participating merchants, Single's Day has grown to become the largest e-commerce shopping day in the world , generating $14.3 billion for Alibaba alone a year ago, which is more than double the $5.8 billion earned on Black Friday and Cyber Monday combined.
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As San Francisco passes soda tax, other cities may follow suit
The tax, which appears on ballots as measure 2H, would install a 2-cents-per-ounce excise tax on distributors of drinks with at least 5 grams of added sugar per 12 fluids ounces; three of Dunn's probiotic teas, which retail on average for $3.29, would barely cross that threshold and thus would be taxed.
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India demonetisation: Chaos as ATMs run dry
Shares in top lender State Bank of India SBI.NS rose 2.9 percent on Wednesday on a Mumbai market .NSEI that closed 1.3 percent lower. We make a fervent appeal to all our esteemed customers to extend full cooperation toensure a smooth transition to the new currency system.
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Obama says health consumers need to shop around
In Providence, Rhode Island, for example, they've fallen 14 percent. If she is elected and pushes for a public option, in which individuals purchase a Medicare-like plan on state marketplaces , she could face another HillaryCare fiasco - not just because it won't fly politically, but because it's the wrong policy.