The President of India released the Economic Survey 2009 in the parliament, and it has evoked mixed reaction. In this report we will bring you some of the important numbers and charts that will are important to India from the point of view of Economic growth. Before we go into numbers let us look at the key points that came out the of the Economic Report 2009 released yesterday. Bear in mind that Monday is the Budget day and quite a few people are looking at it as a Landmark Budget and pr

Stocks Skid on Payrolls Data A weak jobs report roiled financial markets on Thursday as traders' already sagging hopes for a second-half global economic rebound ebbed a little more. The holiday-shortened week's most eagerly anticipated report on the economy was a stark letdown. Payrolls contracted by 467,000 jobs last month, a worse-than-expected decline, and the unemployment rate climbed to 9.5%, its highest level in more than 25 years. Market Data

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Iraq Oil a Big Draw for Chinese HONG KONG — As the world’s second-largest and fastest-growing consumer of oil, China is showing increasing interest in oil fields in a country that had seemed until very recently to be firmly in the American sphere of influence for natural resources: Iraq. Chinese oil companies are expected to bid in Iraq’s oil field auctions that are set to start Tuesday, although Sinopec, the China National Petroleum Corporation and the China National Offshore Oil Corpor

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