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Jyothy Laboratories Ltd., the Indian maker of fabric whiteners and dishwashing soaps, is targeting a sixfold gain in sales of deodorants, vying with bigger rivals such as Unilever to woo urban women whose incomes are rising.
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Asian stocks declined, extending losses from the biggest decline in a year and a half, as Australian banks fell. Japan shares rose on a volatile day of trading after the biggest rout since the March 2011 earthquake.
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Asian stocks sank, with the regional benchmark index headed for the biggest drop since September 2011, as Japanese shares plummeted after preliminary China manufacturing data unexpectedly signaled a contraction and the yen strengthened.
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The European Union dropped a threat to impose tariffs on bicycles from China to counter alleged subsidies to Chinese exporters, marking a respite in the EU’s wider battle to protect its producers.
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Vietnam will find it “difficult” to cut interest rates further this year, central bank Deputy Governor Nguyen Dong Tien said, as the nation moves to create an asset company that would clean up bad debt and revive growth.
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The amount of dollar-denominated bonds issued by companies in Asia is growing almost 10 times faster than the global corporate debt market, raising concern that investors are lowering their standards as they seek to take advantage of the region’s relatively high yields.
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China Machinery Engineering Corp., a Beijing-based builder, signed a $229.5 million contract for a water-supply project north of the Sri Lanka capital of Colombo, the company said today in a Hong Kong exchange filing.
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February 15, 2013 - In the third season of PBS's hit drama "Downton Abbey," the usually unflappable Lord Grantham is brought to tears by a bad investment. Against his broker's advice, he puts the bulk of his wife's inheritance in one promising Canadian railway stock, the nonfictional Grand Trunk Railway. That backfires when the railway's resident genius, Charles Hays, dies on the Titanic in 1912. By 1920, it's facing bankruptcy.
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Malaysia’s growth slowed to less than 5 percent for the first time in seven quarters as falling exports offset domestic consumption gains from election spending.
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A surge in dengue fever cases among people returning to the U.K. spurred Public Health England to urge travelers to better protect themselves from insect bites while abroad.
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