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"Some banks include stamp duty, registration and other documentation charges in house property cost."

Banks' exposure to the telcos that are losing 2G licenses is around 0.6 per cent of their total loans.

While price situation is showing signs of moderation, the Prime Minister said the key to controlling inflation in food articles on a sustainable basis is by increasing agricultural production and productivity.

Some reforms include providing work authorisation for spouses of certain H-1B visa holders, 17-month extension of optional practical training (OPT) for F-1 international students to include students with a prior degree in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics among others.

The apex court, in its verdict on Thursday, had asked Telecom Regulatory Authority of India (Trai) to adhere to the central government's focus on allocation of spectrum only through auction.

Out of the total exposure of Rs 14,345 crore, only Rs 2,888 crore given to big companies, including Idea Cellular, Tata Telecom, Uninor and Videocon, is unsecured.

Before the market opened Friday, the Labor Department said companies added 243,000 employees in January, the strongest job growth in nine months. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent.

Google publicized its new privacy rules — which regulate how the Web giant uses the enormous amounts of personal data its collects through its search engine, email and other services — with much fanfare last week.

SFIO has recommended prosecution of the promoters of Green Earth Resources Rattan Lal Tamakhuwala and Rishi Raj Agarwal as well the statutory auditors of the company with charges including criminal conspiracy, cheating and criminal breach of trust.

The apex court's move will provide opportunity to the old players to improve margins by hiking rates as the competition reduces in the sector.

The EU's data protection authorities have asked Google to delay the rollout of its new privacy policy

The European Union is bracing for another potential energy crisis in the dead of winter as Russian gas supplies to some of its member states suddenly have dwindled by up to 30 percent.

The Exim Bank has extended a line of credit worth $40.32 million to the central African nation of Chad.

The Labor Department says employers added 243,000 jobs in January, the most in nine months. The unemployment rate dropped to 8.3 percent from 8.5 percent in December. That's the lowest in nearly three years.

Google will make content on its blogger platform selectively available, depending on the country's rules.

"The recovery in the services sector gathered pace in January, with both business activity and new businesses accelerating," HSBC Chief Economist for India and Asean Leif Eskesen said in the report.

The government is working on various options, including the auction route, for stake sale in oil major ONGC

The trading sentiment bolstered as gold in global markets rose for the fifth week, the longest rally since August as mixed US economic data and the European debt crisis drove demand for safe haven investment.

BSE Sensex rose up by 173 points to 14-week high of 17605 while the NSE Nifty ended at 5,325.85