FOREX-U.S. dollar, yen gain on Europe debt woes

* Euro tumbles on Portugal, wider euro zone debt worries Currencies * Euro hits 8-1/2 mth low vs dollar * Yen soars to near one-year highs vs euro * US payrolls slip, but jobless rate falls, helping dollar (Updates, prices, adds comment) By Gertrude Chavez-Dreyfuss NEW YORK, Feb 5 (Reuters) - The U.S. dollar and yen gained on Friday as persistent worries about the euro zone's fiscal stability pushed investors further away from risky assets and sent the euro to an 8-1/2 month low against...

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Toyota Recall, Obama Budget: Week in Review

Feb. 5 (Bloomberg) -- Toyota Motor Corp.’s recalls of vehicles that may cause sudden acceleration and President Barack Obama’s proposed $3.8 trillion budget lead a review of the week’s stories on Bloomberg.com. Click here for a special report on Toyota’s recall crisis. The world’s largest automaker has lost almost $34 billion in market value after recalls approached 8 million vehicles worldwide. Select the VIDEO tab above for coverage and analysis on Bloomberg Television. ...

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Mayank Shekhar's Review: Striker

Set in the 1980s in Malvani, a claustrophobic ghetto of suburban Mumbai, Striker, directed by Chandan Arora is a gritty slice-of-life movie that never achieves its full potential. Remarkably shot and competently performed, the film is let down by a confused script that can't decide what point to make.Rang De Basanti's Siddharth stars as Surya, a poor boy who aspires for a better life than the one he's currently living in a dingy shack that he shares with five members of his family. When his efforts...

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Buyer interest in Prius grows. Say what?

NEW YORK (CNNMoney.com) -- By now, you've heard that some 2010 Toyota Priuses have a braking problem blamed for several crashes. That sounds scary, but to some it sounds like a deal.A recent analysis of online car shopping shows that more people are seriously looking at a Toyota Prius than before the problematic brake news was uncovered."When a car or automaker receives bad press, people sense an opportunity to pick up a bargain," noted Edmunds.com CEO Jeremy Anwyl. "We saw the same reaction from...

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BSNL to start wimax service in NCR this month

BSNL and MTNL will set-up 10 new exchanges by the end of this financial year in the Noida and Greater NoidaNOIDA, INDIA: Bharat Sanchar Nigam Limited (BSNL) is all set to start its wimax service in the NCR this month and to begin with the service would be launched from Dhakor of Greater Noida, in Uttar Pradesh."BSNL will start wimax service in Dhankor by the end of this month. This would enable the subscribers to access high speed Internet access in the range of 15 kilometers from wimax tower,"...

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DEEPIKA CALLING DEEPIKA

She has sacrificed her long, lustrous shampoo-ad locks for her new film Karthik Calling Karthik, releasing later this month. And it looks fab! Deepika Padukone tells t2 what it took to convince her to go under the scissors, how her character in the film is not like her at all and what it was like working with Farhan Akhtar.What was your first reaction on learning that you needed to cut your hair for Karthik Calling Karthik?Initially, I was nervous. I wasn’t very sure whether I wanted to cut my hair...

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Abhishek speaks on his 34th birthday

Abhishek who turns 34 on today doesn't feel his age at all. "Am I really 34? I feel I'm 23. That's the age that I came into movies. I feel the same anxiety and excitement facing the camera this birthday for Abhinay Deo's film as I did for J.P Dutta saab on my 23rd birthday." The year begins with the shooting of Abhinay Deo's film and ends with Prabhu Deva's film, a first for Abhishek since it would be his first full-fledged action flick.Buzz up!"I've done action films like Zameen, Dhoom and Run....

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Pawar under fire at CWC meeting

Pawar under fire at CWC meeting : NEW DELHI: The Congress Working Committee, which met in New Delhi on Friday to deliberate price rise, saw a sharp attack on NCP chief andAgriculture Minister Sharad Pawar for failing to reign in the cost of essential items.The development puts the government in a vulnerable position as it has given the Opposition an opportunity to attack the Centre at Saturday’s chief minister’s conference on the same issue. Blaming Mr Pawar for rising costs of essential items such...

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India crashes out

India tasted its first setback of the 11th South Asian Games here on Friday. First the Indian football team bowed out in the semifinals losing to host Bangladesh 0-1 and later the men’s basketball team was beaten by Afghanistan in a rousing final 65-64.At the end of the eighth day, India’s medal tally stood at 40 gold, 17 silver and 10 bronze medals. India earned eight gold, three silver and a bronze on Friday.After stunning defending champion Pakistan 5-1 in the final group league match at Chittagong to qualify for the last four stage India’s elimination was an anti-climax. India will play for...

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Indian teams win badminton gold

Indian men and women bagged the team gold in badminton in the 11th South Asian Games at the Wooden Floor Gymnasium here on Monday.With National champion Chetan Anand and Trupti Murgunde lending their experience to the side, their youthful teammates finished off both the finals against Sri Lanka in straight games.The results: Men’s team final: India bt Sri Lanka 3-0 (Chetan Anand bt Niluka Karunaratne 21-12, 21-18; R.M.V. Gurusaidutt bt Dinuka Karunaratne 21-8, 21-18; Aditya Raviprakash bt Nuwan...

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