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Will reach out to Congress over GST bill: Jaitley

Will reach out to Congress over GST bill: Jaitley

Monday, February 29, 2016 16:22

"As far as GST is concerned, every political party claims to be in favour of it. The Congress party had put some conditions. I think one condition still remains there. I will try to talk ...

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S&P 500 slides below closely watched threshold

Monday, February 29, 2016 16:21

By Noel Randewich (Reuters) - Wall Street ended lower on Monday, falling out of lockstep with oil prices as energy and healthcare shares lost ground. U.S. indexes gave up early gains despite a 3 percent rally in U.S. oil prices. Stock

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US STOCKS-S&P 500 slides below closely watched threshold

Monday, February 29, 2016 16:20

* U.S. crude rises more than 3 pct * Valeant drops after delaying release of results * Indexes end down: Dow 0.74 pct, S&P 0.81 pct, Nasdaq 0.71pct (Updates to close) By Noel Randewich Feb 29 (Reuters) - Wall Stre

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Boxing: New rules on pros fighting at Olympics set for vote

Boxing: New rules on pros fighting at Olympics set for vote

Monday, February 29, 2016 16:17

Boxing's global governing body will vote within three months on proposals that would allow all professional fighters to compete in the Olympic Games, including in Rio, AIBA's president told AFP on Monday.

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Dhunseri Petrochem to form JV with Thai IVL

Dhunseri Petrochem to form JV with Thai IVL

Monday, February 29, 2016 16:16

In a complex corporate restructuring, Dhunseri Petrochem Ltd (Dhunseri) has decided to hive-off its Haldia manufacturing asset into new JV company, Dhunseri Pet ...

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Budget to boost demand, supply of affordable homes | Highlights

Monday, February 29, 2016 16:08

NEW DELHI: Terming today's Budget proposals as positive for the real estate sector, industry players said that tax sops for first home buyers and incentives on development of affordable housing projects will help revive demand in the sluggish property market. Some of them, however, rued that their demand to ...

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‘Vodafone, Cairn can pay tax arrears to settle disputes’ | ‘Will continue arbitration’

Monday, February 29, 2016 16:05

NEW DELHI: Keen to quickly resolve retrospective tax cases, Finance Minister Arun Jaitley today made a one-time offer to UK's Vodafone Group plc and Cairn Energy plc to pay principal amount and get waiver on interest and penalty. The proposal, however, did not get enthusiastic response with companies saying ...

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Budget proposals to create strong base for growth, says ICSI

Budget proposals to create strong base for growth, says ICSI

Monday, February 29, 2016 16:02

The ICSI (Institute of Company Secretaries of India) chief also said providing enabling environment and reduction of tax rates ...

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Union Budget 2016-17: General insurers say IPOs can improve brand value, performance

Union Budget 2016-17: General insurers say IPOs can improve brand value, performance

Monday, February 29, 2016 16:00

Even the private sector general insurance companies also believe that they can plan for getting ...

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Presumptive taxation for professionals | 7 ways in which FM affects your budget

Monday, February 29, 2016 15:54

The existing scheme of taxation provides for a simplified presumptive taxation scheme for certain eligible persons engaged in certain eligible business only and not for persons earning professional income. In order to rationalize the presumptive taxation scheme and to reduce the compliance burden of the small tax payers having income ...

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