The president of the Kutch Vahanvati Association (KVA) Kasam Ali Bholim said the vessel 'Faiz-E-Osmani', was rescued by a joint operation of US and Oman navies.
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Just over 8.9 million employed Canadian tax filers participated in a private retirement savings plan in 2008, about 50% of all tax filers. This proportion was down from 54% in 1997.
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Somali pirates have struck again, this time hijacking a British Virgin Islands-owned cargo ship MV TALCA, a reefer (refrigerated cargo) with nearly hals a million cubic meter cold storage.
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New data from the Canadian Health Measures Survey (CHMS) show that 41% of Canadian adults had a high total cholesterol level. In addition, 4% of Canadians aged 6 to 79, or just over 1.1 million people, were considered vitamin D-deficient.
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Retail sales rose 0.7% in January to $35.7 billion. Stores selling home improvement products were large contributors to the gain in January, the final month of the federal government's Home Renovation Tax Credit.
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Foreign investment in Canadian securities continued to increase, reaching $11.8 billion in January, with debt instruments continuing to attract the bulk of the inflow of funds.
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Wholesale sales in current dollars rose 3.0% in January to $44.4 billion, the strongest increase in three years. Canadian wholesale sales have maintained an upward trend since mid-2009.
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Virgin Islands owned, Kiribati-flagged, 22, 294 tonnes chemical tanker MV Theresa VIII, which had originally a crew of 29 seamen, has been released from the Central Somali coast near Harardheere - after a substantial ransom payment.
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The market value of employer-sponsored pension funds amounted to $898.1 billion at the end of the third quarter, up 6.3% or $53.4 billion from the previous quarter.
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Manufacturing sales rose 2.4% in January to $44.6 billion. With this gain, sales have advanced for five consecutive months.
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