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Reserve Bank Of India Expected To Announce Repo Rate Cut June 18

The Reserve Bank of India ( RBI ) is expected to ease rates at the forthcoming mid-quarter review June 18 to lift constraints on lending as it seeks to tackle the shortage of cash in the banking sector and the slowing economy. It is expected that there will be a rate cut of at least 25 basis points (bps).

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The Dragon’s Hunger For The Elephant: How China Is Driving International Growth In Illegal Ivory Dealing

Pictured is a photo of an elephant tusk carved into the image of Guanyin, a Buddhist spiritual deity in China associated with mercy and kindness, that was uploaded by an anonymous seller onto the auctioning site mycollect.net. The auction eventually drove the price to 240,429 yuan, or $37,892. The bodhisattva Guanyin is venerated as a symbol for compassion and mercy by Buddhists in East Asia.

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PM Gillard Forged Closer Economic Ties with China’s Guangdong Province

Australia is gaining further inroads in China 's economy, this time via Guangdong, considered as the most prosperous province in the Asian economic powerhouse and home to a lucrative market of more than 100 million people. Trade Minister Craig Emerson said on Friday that Canberra and Guangdong has made mutual commitments to further their economic cooperation following the meet on Thursday between Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Guangdong party chief Wang Yang

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