Windows XP back on Dell PCs PC maker Dell Inc. said on its Web site it will once again let home PC buyers choose between Microsoft Corp.'s older operating system, Windows XP, and Windows Vista when they purchase certain new machines. 13 May 2007
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Hike in loan rates not to affect realty market Analysts have allayed fears that RBI's call for short term rate hike which in turn will pressurize commercial banks to raise their prime lending rates (PLRs), will lead to a slump in the country's present booming real estate sector. 28 Aug 2006
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Seek approval before rate hike, Govt. tells public sector banks Concerned over banks' decision to raise interest rates, following RBI's recent announcement to raise short term interest rates by 25 basis points, Finance Minister P. Chidambaram has instructed public sector banks to take prior approval from their Board of Directors before raising their prime lending rates (PLRs). 28 Aug 2006
Dabur eyes acquisitions, to double sales by 2010 India's leading FMCG company, Dabur India, has announced that it is aiming at doubling its sales and profits by the end of fiscal 2010 and will be looking to expand both organically as well as inorganically in the time frame through a series of aggressive acquisitions, domestic as well as international. 30 Apr 2006
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India Inc. hails RBI's credit policy Industry captains and corporate leaders have hailed RBI's new credit policy stating that it would help bring liquidity back into the economy and boost industrial growth. 18 Apr 2006
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RBI unveils credit policy, freezes short-term interest rate; retail, home loan rates to go up The Reserve Bank of India (RBI) has announced its credit policy, keeping short-term interest rates unchanged to sustain the investment boom and forecasting a GDP growth of 7.5-8 percent in the year to end of March 2007, the fourth in a row that the economy will have sustained this unprecedented pace. 18 Apr 2006
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U.S. Homeland Security to fingerprint sailors Dubai, U.A.E. - The U.S. Department of Homeland Security plans to collect digital fingerprints of merchant sailors arriving at American ports, believing that will improve security and allow more seafarers to visit the United States, a department official said. 07 Apr 2006
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EU: Housing Bubble May Hurt Euro-Zone Mortgage lenders should be more reluctant to burden house buyers with large loans, an EU official said Monday as he warned that the bursting of the current housing bubble could hurt the slow economic recovery in the 12-nation euro area. 27 Mar 2006
