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As Growth Slows, India Awakens to Need for Foreign Investment
India?s central bank and economic analysts predict that growth will fall sharply to 7 percent this fiscal year and remain sluggish.
Greece Puts Off Talks a Day as Workers Strike
Missing another deadline, the government failed to reach agreement with creditors Tuesday, and Greek workers walked off the job to protest austerity measures.
DealBook: UBS Profit Falls on European Debt Crisis
The largest Swiss bank said fourth-quarter profit slumped as its wealth management unit failed to make up for a loss in investment banking.
European Union Shows Flexibility on Airline Emissions Law
A European Union official said the bloc could suspend the requirement that non-E.U. airlines offset their emissions if progress were made toward establishing a global system.
DealBook: Glencore to Buy Remaining Stake in Xstrata for $41 Billion
Glencore International, the world?s biggest commodities trading company, has agreed to buy Xstrata in a deal that would create a company valued at nearly $90 billion.
BP Reports Stronger Q4 Earnings in 2011
The British oil company also reiterated its desire for a "fair and reasonable" settlement ahead of a trial on liability for the 2010 Gulf of Mexico oil spill.
Brisk U.S. Sales Lift Toyota's Profit Forecast for the Year
Toyota raised its annual profit forecast Tuesday despite a 13.5 percent decline in the quarter ended in December that followed production cutbacks in the aftermath of Japan?s tsunami.
2 Rulings Uphold Media Rights in Europe
Both verdicts by the European Court of Human Rights referred to the often-tricky balance between the media's right to expression and an individual's right to privacy.
Walmart to Add ?Great For You? Label to Healthy Foods
As part of a plan to improve the nutritional quality of the food it sells, Walmart said that it will begin placing a label with the words Great for You on its Great Value and Marketside food items.
DealBook: Europe's Banks Reluctant to Lend to Companies in Need of Cash
As profits and sales slip, some European companies are scrambling to pay their bills, at a time when banks grow increasingly hesitant to lend.

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