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The Bank of England looks set to hold interest rates steady this week for the first time since September, as the central bank continues its 75 billion pound asset-buying programme to get the economy out of recession. Skip related content Related photos / videos A man enters Britain's Bank of England in London Enlarge photo Related content * US bank Wells Fargo sees 'record' $3 ... Full story

According to a new study related to belly fat and heart failure, the body mass index (BMI) and the waist size of people influence their risk of being hospitalized with the heart failure condition or even death from the same. The findings of the study indicated that each additional BMI point increased the risk of heart failure hospitalization or death by 3 percent in women and ... Full story

Scott Baxter was booked on CNBC in January to discuss the economic stimulus package's effects on small business, but when he got there he found his interview was actually a live debate with Reps. Maxine Waters and J. Gresham Barrett. Baxter, chief executive officer of the high-end manufacturing outfit SA Baxter, says he survived because he had come prepared with "fun facts." He had rounded up ... Full story

Islamabad, Apr.7 (ANI): Pakistani and American officials on Tuesday jointly reiterated that there was a need for trust between both countries to counter the al Qaeda and the Taliban threat. Visiting US Special Envoy to Pakistan and Afghanistan, Richard C Holbrooke, and Chairman of the US Joint Chiefs of Staff, ... Full story

Cape Town (South Africa), Apr.7 (ANI): Experts and commentators on politics in South Africa are of the unanimous view that African National Congress (ANC) president Jacob Zuma involvement in a spying and money laundering case is not above suspicion. Tapes suggesting political meddling has failed to clear the name of Zuma, the country's likely next president, commentators said Monday. "The whole question of whether Zuma is ... Full story

New York, Apr.7 (ANI): President Barack Obama's popularity with the American masses continues to be in ascendant mode, with the latest New York Times/CBS Poll pegging ratings at 66 percent. Most Americans are confident that he is the right man for the job of rebuilding the nation's confidence. Fully two-thirds said they approved of his overall job performance, especially with regard to his handling of the economy, ... Full story

Multan, Apr 6 (ANI): Pakistan Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has said no foreign military would be allowed to set foot in the country and law enforcement agencies will conduct anti-terrorism operations inside the country. Qureshi told reporters here that during his recent visit to Washington, he had conveyed to the US that NATO would not be allowed to conduct operations in Pakistan. They have understood ... Full story

Washington/Seoul, Apr.6 (ANI): Military and private experts have said North Korea has failed to fire its Taepodong-II missile after reviewing detailed tracking data that showed the missile and payload falling into the sea. Some said the failure undercut the North Korean campaign to come across as a fearsome adversary. Looking at the launch from a purely technical vantage point, space experts said the failure represented a ... Full story

Motilal Oswal Financial Services, one of India's leading stockbroking and research firm, has come out with earnings estimates on FMCG sector for the quarter ended March 2009. The company in its latest research report revealed that Nestle's March quarter sales are expected to go up by 18.7% to Rs 1295.4 crore on Y-o-Y basis. In addition, Motilal Oswal predicated Nestle's net profit to go up by 18.5% ... Full story

Wellington (New Zealand), Apr.1 (ANI): India's cricketers, it seems, will have a wicket of their choice when they meet New Zealand in the third and final cricket Test at the Basin Reserve ground here from Friday. Any prospect of New Zealand pressurizing a pitch to deliberately favour seam bowlers was ruled out after ... Full story

Washington, April 1 (ANI): Scientists at Wake Forest University School of Medicine have reached a step closer to developing a new drug to inhibit tumour growth in cancer patients, and potentially help in the healing of wounds. The researchers looked at angiogenesis - the body's formation of new blood vessels from existing blood vessels - and how some blood ... Full story

Washington, April 1 (ANI): A new study has suggested that some of Egypt's most magnificent pyramids were deliberately designed to follow a pattern of invisible diagonal lines, which would point towards Heliopolis, the city of the Sun God. These invisible lines would connect most of the funerary complexes raised by the kings of the Old Kingdom between 2630 and 2323 BC, Giulio Magli, professor of archaeoastronomy ... Full story

New Delhi, Mar 31 (ANI/Business Wire India): According to ComScore, the Global Internet Information Provider, Naukri.com, garnered a traffic share of 61 per cent in February '09, the highest ever. Naukri.com is leading in unique visitors, total page views and time spent on the site, beating its competitors by considerable margins. Monster.com and Timesjobs.com had a traffic share of 27 per cent and 8 per ... Full story

New York, March 30 (ANI): The lawyer representing US Vice President Joseph Biden's daughter's 'friend', who claimed having shot a video of her purportedly snorting cocaine, has abandoned the case. Thomas Dunlap revealed he was no longer the attorney for the man who was trying to sell the 43-minute tape that allegedly showed Ashley Biden taking lines of white powder at a party in Deleware. "I can't ... Full story

New Delhi, Mar 30 (ANI): American actress Katherine Heigl has revealed that she will stay on with the US medical drama "Grey's Anatomy" if they want her to. Heigl, 30, who plays the part of Dr. Izzie Stevens, said during a studio party to mark the ABC show's 100th episode that it was still too early to tell whether she would be continuing or not, reports ... Full story

Amritsar, Mar 30 (ANI): Police seized four kilograms of heroin and fake currency worth rupees one million from three suspects in Amritsar. The three suspects were from neighbouring Tarn Taran district, said P K Rai, Senior Superintendent of Police, Special Narcotic Cell of Punjab police. "We received information that a group of three men have received heroin and fake currency from Pakistan. We trapped them near ... Full story

Barbados (West Indies), Mar.30 (ANI): England cricket captain Andrew Strauss has warned Kevin Pietersen to keep his mouth shut. Captain Strauss and England's management are increasingly unhappy at KP's words and actions. Strauss, whose side beat the Windies in yesterday's one-dayer, was quoted by The Sun as saying: "Sometimes what he says is put in big headlines so he must be conscious of the attention ... Full story

Cape Town (South Africa), Mar.30 (ANI): A battery of South African spinners-acting captain Johan Botha, seasoned Robin Peterson and debutant Roelof van der Merwe played a crucial, luminary role in South Africa bagging the Standard Bank Pro20 highveld mini-series 2-0 against Australia. The series sweep was a complete reversal of what happened Down Under several weeks back, and the weekend's successive wins before ecstatic, ... Full story