The Hindu Business Line : Tuesday, December 16, 2008

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MACRO SCAN: Global recession: How deep and for how long?
As 2008 entered its final month, predictions of where the world economy is heading turned dire. The World Bank projected world output to grow by a mere 0.9 per cent in 2009 ( compared with 2.5 per cent in 2008 and a high of 4 per cent in 2006) ...

RASHEEDA BHAGAT: Of hate — stated and unstated
Two shoes were flung at the US President, Mr George W. Bush, at a joint press conference with the Iraqi Prime Minister, Nuri al-Maliki, in Iraq on Sunday. The Iraqi journalist who dared to do this, unmindful of the consequences, was a 28-year ...

ON THE HEDGE: Nifty, select stock futures shed open positions
Chennai, Dec. 15 Nifty future could not hold on to the gains and ended at 2981.4, almost on a par with the spot close of ...

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Markets (Dec 16)

Nifty (at close)	3041.75(+60.55)
US Dollar (Buy/Sell)	47.81/82
Brent crude (a bbl) Rs	2,247
Gold (a gram) Rs	1,192
Silver (a kg) Rs	17,715

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