Crude crackle rattles nerves
London, July 3 Reuters: Oil jumped to record highs of above $145 a barrel on Thursday as traders rushed to buy ahead of the long holiday weekend in the world's top consumer to mark US Independence Day. |
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Stocks go into a tailspin
Mumbai, July 3: Burning crude and selling pressure today pulled the 30-share sensex down 570.51 points to 13094 after yesterday's sharp gain of 700 points. The key index touched a low of 12934.92 points and a high of 13530.68 during the day. Since June 27, this is the biggest drop suffered by the sensex. |
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October date for fuel price review
New Delhi, July 3: The government would review fuel prices in October, oil secretary M.S. Srinivasan said today. |
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Singapore stake in S Kumars subsidiary
Mumbai, July 3: Singapore-based Indivest Pte Ltd, an affiliate of Government of Singapore Investment Corporation Special Investments, will invest Rs 900 crore in S Kumars Nationwide Ltd's unlisted subsidiary Reid and Taylor India Ltd for a 25.4 per cent stake. |
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Steel role in price battle
New Delhi, July 3: Steel makers today agreed to cut prices of steel pipes and tubes by 10 per cent and reduce the export of hot-rolled coil to increase its local supply. |
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Reliance makes second MTN call
Mumbai, July 3: Reliance Industries today fired off a second letter to MTN and Reliance Communications R-Com calling for conciliatory talks over the dispute sparked by the proposed stake sale in R-Com. |
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Captain's knock from a cool Dhoni in Karachi
Karachi: In what's not exactly the norm, different teams failed to defend 308 on successive evenings at the National Stadium. |
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Sangakkara: Federer has that something extra
Karachi: Senior-most pro Sachin Tendulkar isn't the only one who had to choose between cricket and tennis. Kumar Sangakkara had to make the same choice. |
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Reena Kumari cries foul
New Delhi: International archer Reena Kumari on Thursday alleged that the Archery Association of India AAI excluded her from the Beijing Olympics squad to protect a few of their favourite players. |
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Zimbabwe impasse continues
Calcutta: The ICC failed to reach a decision on taking any action against the troubled Zimbabwe board at its annual conference in Dubai on Thursday and the deadlock forced the governing body to meet again on Friday to find a way out. |
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All-Williams final at Wimbledon
Wimbledon: Venus and Serena Williams won in straight sets Thursday to set up their third all-sister Wimbledon final and seventh Grand Slam championship matchup. |
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SLCA gets a say in contracts
Karachi: The Sri Lankan Cricketers' Association SLCA is, for the first time, negotiating the players' contracts with Sri Lanka Cricket SLC. |
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Wild card for Sania, Sunitha
New Delhi: India's Sania Mirza and Sunitha Rao have been given a wild card for women's doubles competition of the Olympics to be held in Beijing from August 8-24. |
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Meeting inspired us: Younis
Karachi: Senior Pakistan batsman Younis Khan, who scored a match-winning century in the Asia Cup match against India, believes that the team meeting prior to the match tuned the squad aggressively to go for the victory against the arch-rivals. "We had an aggressive meeting after our last match in which we debated on how the team would be back to its winning ways," Younis said. He also praised stand-in-skipper Misbah-ul-Haq, who led the side in place of the unfit Malik. Meanwhile, Pakistan skipper Shoaib Malik will undergo a fitness test in the morning before their crucial Asia Cup match against Bangladesh on Friday. |
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Coulthard to quit
Silverstone: Former Grand Prix winner David Coulthard, at 37 the oldest driver in Formula One, announced on Thursday his retirement at the end of the season. |
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Dhoni praises batsmen
Calcutta: Team India captain and Man-of-the-Match Mahendra Singh Dhoni looked a relieved man in the post-match presentation ceremony, after making sure that his team reached the Asia Cup final. |
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India thump Sri Lanka to reach Asia Cup final
Karachi: India exhibited their batting prowess to perfection with their top order firing in unison to score an easy six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka on Thursday in their must-win Asia Cup Super Four match, and set up a summit clash against the same opponents on Sunday. |
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HIGHLIGHTS
India and Sri Lanka played their 100th One-day International against each other. The only other team to have played more than a hundred ODIs against India are Pakistan 117. Sri Lanka, too, have now played 100 plus ODIs against 2 countries. Pakistan 111 being the other one. |
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Olympian passes away
New Delhi: Former Olympian footballer Mariappa Kempaiah has died in Bangalore. Kempaiah, who breathed his last on Wednesday, is survived by wife and two sons. He was 75. Kempaiah, one of the greatest midfielder India have ever produced, represented the country in Melbourne Olympics 1956 where India finished fourth, Tokyo Asian Games 1958 and Rome Olympics in 1960. |
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NZ thrash Scotland
Aberdeen: New Zealand outclassed Scotland by eight wickets at Aberdeen on Thursday. Batting first, Scotland were bundled out for a paltry 101 with Jacob Oram and Grant Elliott sharing three wickets each. Chasing New Zealand took two balls short of 15 overs to complete another overwhelming victory. |
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