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Mother, brother of Jennifer Hudson slain in home shooting

Los Angeles - The mother and brother of Oscar-winning actress and singer Jennifer Hudson have been shot to death in Chicago in an apparent domestic dispute, local TV stations reported Friday.

US stocks fall sharply on ongoing recession fears

US stocks fall sharply on ongoing recession fears Washington - US stock indices posted steep drops Friday, plunging more than 3.5 per cent to end another week of uncertainty over the state of the global economy.

The sell-off in New York followed even sharper falls in Europe, Asia and the Middle East earlier in the day on fears of a recession following the widening financial crisis.

Unpopular Bush keeps low profile as McCain seeks distance

Unpopular Bush keeps low profile as McCain seeks distanceWashington - President George W Bush and his wife Laura may have cast their election ballots early, but apparently there was some skepticism as to just which candidate they voted for.

"Today the President and Mrs Bush cast their ballots for the 2008 election during the early voting process. The ballots will be mailed back to Texas today," White House press secretary Dana Perino wrote in an emailed statement Friday.

Parsvnath Developers to sack under-performing staff in next 15-20 days

Parsvnath Developers to sack under-performing staff in next 15-20 daysHurt by the recession fears, Parsvnath Developers, one of the leading real estate company has revealed that it would sack under-performing employees as part of its cost cutting measures that would begin in the next 15-20 days. 

The company however, did not specify the number of people who will be retrenched. The company currently employs 1,400 people and about 30,000 people are indirectly employed.

Black Friday: Gold drops below 12 K level; stock, crude prices collapses

Tracking weak global cues, Stock markets around the globe took severe beating on 
Friday and oil prices plunged to $ 62.85 per barrel, their lowest in more than a year. 

Even gold, the traditional safe haven in times of panic, fell sharply below Rs 12,000-mark, as a rising dollar and stock-market losses forced investors to sell the metal to raise cash.

Standard gold and ornaments dropped by Rs 500 each at Rs 11,950 and Rs 11,700 per ten gram respectively. 

According to market analysts, people are liquidating gold and other commodities as their losses in stock markets deepen. They said the credit crisis and rising concerns of global inflation keep mounting pressure on the stock markets everywhere.

Dish TV launches much-awaited ‘Bhakti Active’ Service

Dish TV launches much-awaited ‘Bhakti Active’ Service Keeping the festive season in mind, Dish TV, a unit of Essel group has finally launched a much awaited religious channel facility christened ‘Bhakti Active’ on its network. 

With the latest introduced service, subscribers would now be able to see live Gurbani from Bangla Sahib and Nanded Sahib, Aarti of Sai Baba from Shirdi, Ganesh Aarti from Siddhi Vinayak, Aarti from Tirupati Balaji, Live Ganga Aarti from Haridwar and Bhasm Aarti of Mahakaal from Ujjain. 

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