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Reliance Industries / LyondellBasell
Creditors holding about $22bn of ‘liabilities subject to compromise’ will push hard, whether or not they have written off what they are owed
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Singh embraced by US as ‘natural ally’
Describing India as a “natural ally” of the US, Barack Obama offered Manmohan Singh, India’s prime minister, all the reassurance he sought that America would not sideline New Delhi in pursuit of its global partnership with China
Bombay Stock Exchange plans listing
Start-up bourses mount challenge
Singh backs US mission in Afghanistan
India’s PM supports Obama over nuclear-free world
India outcry as report leaked on Muslim shrine
Hindu activists destroyed mosque in 1992
Moody’s cautions India on problem loans
Negative outlook as credit conditions worsen
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