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Miami, July 31 : Spanish singer Enrique Iglesias has released the song "Turn the Night Up", the first single from his new album, his record company - Universal Music - announced.

"Turn the Night Up" is the first cut from the singer's 10th studio album, which will go on sale this autumn, although no date has yet been specified for its release.

Iglesias' latest work was produced by The Cataracs, who have also worked with Hispanic actress and singer Selena Gomez and rapper Snoop Dogg.

Shares of software services exporter HCL Technologies gained more than 2 per cent in early trade on Wednesday on National Stock Exchange (NSE), after the company reported better-than-expected rise in quarterly consolidated net profit.

HCL said its consolidated net profit jumped 41 per cent year-on-year and 16 per cent quarter-on-quarter to Rs 1,210 crore in the April-June quarter.

New Delhi, July 31 - India's largest telecom service provider Bharti Airtel's net profit dropped 9.6 percent during the first quarter (April-June) of fiscal 2013-14, a company release said here Wednesday.

It has clocked a net profit of Rs. 688.9 crore for the first quarter, compared to Rs. 762.2 crore during the corresponding period last fiscal. This is the 14th consecutive fall in the company's quarterly net profit.

Finance Minister P Chidambaram has completed one year in office on 31st July. The biggest challenge for India is to keep the growth momentum and to keep the inflation under control. In 2013, the finance ministry and RBI are facing another major challenge, the decline of Indian currency.

Mumbai, July 31 - A benchmark index of Indian equities markets was trading 154.97 points or 0.80 percent down during the pre-noon trade Wednesday.

Some positive buying was observed technology, media and entertainment (TECK) and IT sectors, while the banking index tanked substantially followed by oil and gas, public sector undertakings (PSU) and fast moving consumer goods (FMCG).

Los Angeles, July 31 - Spanish actress-model Penelope Cruz has directed an advertisement campaign for designer lingerie brand - Agent Provocateur.

The 39-year-old will showcase a new collection called L'Agent, which she has created for the lingerie brand in collaboration with her sister Mónica Cruz.

"It was very personal and important for me, a very interesting experience. They gave me all the freedom and I was able to tell the story I wanted to tell,” femalefirst. co. uk quoted Cruz as saying.