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: After declining for two consecutive weeks, the country’s foreign exchange reserves grew $293 million to $282.84 billion in the week ended August 27 from $282.55 billion in the previous week.

MillenniumIT was founded in 1996, with corporate headquarters and software development located in Colombo, Sri Lanka.

Japanese Finance Minister Yoshihiko Noda said on Saturday Tokyo would take decisive steps to stem the yen's rise when needed while suggesting that coordinated currency market intervention was a difficult option.

State Bank of India on Thursday opened an exclusive branch -- the first-of-its-kind in the country-- for the ultra high networth individuals (HNIs) here.