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No service tax on MRP items
www.thehindu.com

All you have to pay for these items is the maximum retail price (MRP) marked on the product and nothing more – these products have been exempted from a 4.94 per cent service tax imposed by the Central government. A recent clarification by the finance …

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Aston Martin pulls its Cygnet after selling fewer than 150 in two years
www.thisismoney.co.uk

… reported a 30 per cent rise in 2012 sales, helped by new showrooms and growth in the United States and particularly China, where a large number of super-rich consumers have been bolstered by a fast-growing middle class hungry for luxury western items.

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Shoppers ditch mega malls for smaller stores
timesofindia.indiatimes.com

Though the markets are seeing a surge of people, a growing tribe of buyers are doing away with excessive buying or spending on luxury items, owing to the rising prices of commodities. Though there is still a demand for home decors, clothes, jewellery …

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Burberry CEO: China's 2012 Luxury Slowdown May Not Be Temporary
www.businessoffashion.com

PARIS, France — China's slowdown last year was perhaps more than just a passing phase for the luxury goods sector, the head of British fashion house Burberry told French newspaper Les Echos in an interview published on Monday. The Chinese …

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€7400 bid for criminal's watch auctioned by CAB on eBay
www.irishtimes.com

CAB has described the auction as a test case and it is considering selling other seized luxury items online, in line with how this material is sold by other European police forces. The watch is being sold by the username “proceedsofcrimeact1996” and …

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Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. Closes $15 Million Gold Loan Facility and Common …
www.marketwired.com

VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA–(Marketwired – Oct. 9, 2013) – Barkerville Gold Mines Ltd. (TSX VENTURE:BGM)(FRANKFURT:IWUB) ("Barkerville" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that the Company and its subsidiaries have entered into a $15 …

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College Football Teams That Are BCS Fool's Gold
bleacherreport.com

The Oxford English Dictionary defines fool's gold, a substance known as iron pyrite, as "a brassy yellow mineral…that can be mistaken for gold." In the context of college football, fool's gold relates to teams that may, on the outside, appear to have …

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US budget standoff no savior for gold
www.foxbusiness.com

LONDON/NEW YORK – Investors looking for a surge in gold prices as the U.S. government shutdown rumbles on and the deadline for raising the debt ceiling approaches are likely to be disappointed. While the threat of a U.S. debt default on October 17 …

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Pretium Slumps After Contractor Quits Gold Site
www.bloomberg.com

Pretium Resources Inc. (PVG), the developer of the Valley of the Kings gold discovery in British Columbia, plunged the most in almost three years after a company evaluating an ore sample quit the project. Pretium fell 29 percent to C$4.95 ($4.76) at 10 …

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