Economic vision binds Atal, Clinton
US President William Jefferson Clinton and Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee have decided to embark on a broad-based economic agenda even as the spectre of across-the-border terror haunted the summit level meeting at New Delhi's Hyderabad House on Tuesday.

Standard & Poor's revises country outlook to positive
Global rating agency Standard & Poor's (S&P) has upgraded its outlook on India's foreign currency rating from `stable' to `positive', while affirming its double-B (BB) foreign currency sovereign rating and triple-B (BBB) local currency rating for the country.

India, US share Vision of a new era
India and the United States on Tuesday pledged to reduce impediments to bilateral trade and investment and expand commerce, especially in the emerging knowledge-based industries and high-technology areas.


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