US job growth up, jobless rate at 8.3%

Private payrolls rise 257,000, govt down 14,000; nonfarm employment surges 243,000 in January

Global economy, Europe up, China sags

Euro zone companies return to weak growth in January; Chinese service sector growth sags

UK recession risk eases on service sector

Service PMI jumps to 56.0, highest since March; expectations show biggest surge on record.

Don't hike tax rates in Budget: India Inc

Industry leaders also asked FM to increase exemption limits to promote growth.

Budget: India Inc wants tax rates at same level

Industry leaders also asks FM to increase exemption limits to promote growth.

Govt discontinues weekly WPI release

The government will continue releasing the monthly headline or overall inflation data.

'Fiscal deficit seen at 5.6% in FY'12'

Around that it could be," Rao said when asked if he expects fiscal deficit to be around 5.6%.

'836 mn Indians burn biomass for energy'

The new millennium dawned a dozen years ago, but for most Indians, this is still medieval age.

India factory PMI jumps to 8-mth high

Industrial output expanded 5.9 percent in November from a year earlier.

Exports grow 6.7% to $25 bn in Dec

On the other hand, imports were up by 19.8 per cent year-on-year to USD 37.7 billion.

Sugar spurts on renewed demand

Sugar prices spurted at Vashi wholesale market on renewed buying from stockists.

India's milk consumption to rise to 150 mn tonnes: IDA

Demand for milk in India will rise by 29 per cent to 150 million tonnes in the next five years.

Gold gains Rs 225 on seasonal buying

Gold maintained an upward trend for the fourth straight day in the bullion market.

Negative outlook for shipping ind: Fitch

Shipping companies are likely to report reduced cash flows from a fall in revenues and profitability: Fitch

Strife-scarred Libya wants SAIL help to run key steel plant

Steel ministry is reportedly in favour of govt-to-govt negotiations before giving SAIL the go-ahead.