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Expats dreamed of a better life in New Zealand, Spain and France, while Poles flocked to the UK for work. Then the downturn hit.

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Hard Times 2009 Part 6: Escaping the recession

Will the salaried individual have to shell out more taxes after the Budget?

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Chat @4 with Aseem Chawla: More taxes post Budget?

In a chat with ET NOW’s Senior Editor Andy Mukherjee, Raghuram Rajan warns against complacency, urges introspection about India’s banking system and calls for greater financial inclusion.

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‘Market rally benefited only the rich’

Raghuram Rajan hit the headlines in India six years ago when he was appointed as the chief economist of the International Monetary Fund. Aged 40 then, the alumnus of IIT-Delhi and IIM-Ahmedabad was the youngest to hold that position.

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A rally for the rich

CONYERS, GA– – GeckoSystems Intl. Corp. announced today that a major, multi-billion dollar German manufacturer has extended an important request to GeckoSystems to meet with their senior management at their corporate headquarters in Conyers, GA.

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Major Intl. German Mfg. Seeks Discussions With U.S. Mobile Robot Co.

TAMPA, Fla. — Billy Mays, the burly, bearded television pitchman whose boisterous hawking of products such as Orange Glo and OxiClean made him a pop-culture icon, has died. He was 50.

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TV pitchman Billy Mays found dead at Florida home

TAMPA, Fla. — Television pitchman Billy Mays likely died of a heart attack in his sleep, but further tests are needed to be sure of the cause of death, a medical examiner said Monday.

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Medical examiner: Pitchman Billy Mays had heart disease

Burns gets a shot with Parra scuffling

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Burns gets a shot with Parra scuffling

U.S. Sen. Blanche Lincoln, D-Ark., toured classrooms, a new simulation lab and other areas of the newly-renovated Jefferson Regional Medical Center School of Nursing Monday before offering high praise to administrators, instructors and students.

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LINCOLN PRAISES NEWLY RENOVATED JRMC SCHOOL OF NURSING

There may have been a massive gold heist at the Royal Canadian Mint, an external audit has found.

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$15.3M in gold missing from Royal Canadian Mint: Report