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NEW DELHI (Reuters) - India's industrial output in March is expected to maintain around 15 percent year-on-year growth, industry secretary R.P. Singh said on Friday.

BOSTON (Reuters) - Hewlett-Packard Co Chief Executive Mark Hurd came to the company in 2005 with a reputation for cost-cutting and ruthless efficiency.

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. economic growth probably slowed in the first quarter, data is expected to show on Friday, but resurgent consumer spending should offer evidence of a sustainable recovery.

NEW YORK (Reuters) - MetLife Inc's quarterly operating earnings grew six-fold, beating Wall Street expectations on strong investment income as credit markets continued to thaw, and the company sounded a bullish tone for the rest of the year. ...

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece readied severe austerity measures on Thursday to secure a multi-billion-euro aid package and avoid debt default, providing relief to financial markets but drawing threats from unions of a mighty battle to come.

HOUSTON (Reuters) - A massive oil slick from a blown-out well in the Gulf of Mexico is expected to reach a wildlife reserve at the mouth of the Mississippi River on Thursday as it threatens the environmentally delicate coastline of Louisiana and three other Southern U.S. states....

NEW YORK (Reuters) - U.S. federal prosecutors are conducting a criminal probe into whether Goldman Sachs Group Inc or its employees committed securities fraud in connection with its mortgage trading, the Wall Street Journal reported on its website on Thursday. ...

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner on Thursday slammed mortgage service companies for failing to do enough to help Americans avoid losing their homes and promised to crack down on shoddy practices.

ATHENS (Reuters) - Greece readied severe austerity measures on Thursday to secure a multi-billion-euro aid package and avoid debt default, providing relief to financial markets but drawing threats of a mighty battle from unions.

DUBAI (Reuters) - Dubai World, which is in talks to restructure $26 billion in debt, is offering lenders an additional 1 percent in interest upon maturity of new debt, but the deal is unlikely to satisfy banks, analysts said on Thursday. ...