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LPG price raised to Rs50-60 KARACHI, Dec 10: LPG retailers are charging Rs50-60 per kg from consumers as against Rs40 two days back, despite the fact that LPG companies and producers have not raised prices....		Karachi leads in animal sales: Business touches Rs7 billion KARACHI, Jan 10: With arrival of record number of sacrificial animals Karachi again became the largest temporary animal market this year. According to an estimate, Eid related business touched the mark of Rs6 to Rs7 billion within 20 to 25 days....
No quick free trade deal with Sri Lanka: US COLOMBO, Jan 10: The United States on Tuesday warned Sri Lanka against banking on a quick free trade deal to fix its economic woes and urged the island to restore peace and open its markets....		Ukraine defends Russia gas deal KIEV, Jan 10: Ukrainian Prime Minister Yury Yekhanurov defended his government’s recent deal with Russia on gas prices, telling an angry parliament that it served Ukraine’s national interests and promising that...
China warned of US anger at trade deficit BEIJING, Jan 10: China’s currency exchange controls and trade surplus are fanning so much ire in Washington that Congress may pass legislation threatening to punish Beijing, a US senator said on Tuesday....		India to boost energy ties with China NEW DELHI, Jan 10: India’s petroleum minister called on Tuesday for a new era of energy cooperation with China to avoid costly competition for fuel assets as he prepared to visit Beijing....
Oil prices rebound on robust demand LONDON, Jan 10: World oil prices rebounded on Tuesday, as supply concerns and robust demand offset milder weather in the United States, the world’s biggest consumer of heating fuel, analysts said....		US to hold critical WTO talks with Vietnam HANOI, Jan 10: A high-level US delegation will visit Vietnam next week for critical talks on the communist nation’s accession to the World Trade Organization (WTO), officials said on Tuesday....
China vows to improve trade ties with Nigeria BEIJING, Jan 10: China’s foreign minister will upgrade economic and political ties with Nigeria during his upcoming African visit, an official said on Tuesday, a day after the nations signed a 2.3-billion-dollar...		US software firm plans expansion in India MUMBAI, Jan 10: US software giant Oracle Corp. said on Tuesday that it would increase its workforce by almost 17 per cent by hiring 1,400 new staff....
CBR to increase number of taxpayers ISLAMABAD, Jan 10: The number of taxpayers will be further increased to generate more revenues, CBR Chairman Abdullah Yousuf has said. He said that the CBR was working on a system in which the taxpayers would voluntarily...