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GDP growth rate revised to 9% for 2005-06

Indian economy, growing at a pace next only to China, expanded at a faster rate of 9.0 per cent during 2005-06.

10 Stocks Under Attack

Can these stocks made short work of short-sellers?

iSuppli cuts 2009 PC growth forecast by two-thirds

The economy’s stupid

Next up in November’s cavalcade of Guide to Storage and Storage Platforms

How To Help Our Public Schools With Technology?

House damaged in village attack

A house in the County Antrim village of Cullybackey is scorch-damaged during a petrol bomb attack.

Wall Street sees late surge, Dow up 6.5%

US shares staged a strong rally on Friday on reports New York Fed chief Timothy Geithner would be named the next Treasury secretary by president-elect Barack Obama.

Hillary Clinton to be US Secretary of State

Hillary Clinton is ready to accept Barack Obama’s offer, a report said on Friday, raising the prospects of a remarkable political union between two once bitter rivals.

Man charged over student killing

A man is charged with manslaughter after the death of a 16-year-old Qatari student in Sussex.

BJP gets tough with rebels, expels them

The party expelled 17 rebels, including former Cabinet minister Kirorilal Meena and former MP Vishvendra Singh, who had filed nominations as Independent candidates.

Government’s Star Witness Stumbles: MySpace Hoax Was Her Idea, Not Drew’s

The young woman who typed the final, cruel message to 13-year-old Megan Meier the day she killed herself says on the stand that it was she — and not defendant Lori Drew — who came up with the idea to create the fake MySpace account.

Source: MySpace Music to name Courtney Holt chief next week

Holt, a MTV The lengthy CEO search at MySpace Music is finally coming to an end.

The Sarah Palin Turkey Video

Maybe she’s right, and she is blessed by God. Because this video is a magical miracle of LOL. Truth Squad here — I despise her, and pray she never holds office in Washington, but I recognize my inferiority, too. I could never dream up anything this surreal and perfect. Pardon me while I heat up the tofurkey, basted with my very own tears. (Thanks, Tara McGinley)…

Venezuelan oil falls to lowest price in 22 months

Prices for Venezuelan oil reached their lowest level in 22 months on Friday as fears of a global recession stalled demand.

‘Guitar Hero’ Robot Takes on Videogamers

A robotic system using vision recognition and pneumatic fingers can play the blockbuster Guitar Hero game with accuracy going up to 98 percent.

Shortcuts: The Gift Card Comes Wrapped in Growing Risk

You are an unsecured creditor if you are in possession of a gift card. And you may be right to feel pretty insecure.

Chinese Hacking of American Military Networks On the Rise

Hoping Not to Repeat the Mistakes of the Past

Specialists said the last big effort to help Detroit, the Partnership for a New Generation of Vehicles, was not something to repeat.

Fire, Brimstone and Football As Utah and B.Y.U. Collide

Many college football rivalries are conducted with a religious fervor, but when Utah and B.Y.U. play, as they will on Saturday, the fervor has religion in its roots.