MUMBAI, July 10 (Reuters) - National Highway Authority of India will invite bids for 6,563 kilometres of road projects in the in next two quarters costing 604.8 billion rupees ($12.4 billion), Chairman Brijeshwar Singh said on Friday. ($1=48.7 rupees) (Reporting by Prashant Mehra)
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - President Barack Obama defended on Saturday a consumer watchdog agency the financial industry wants to weaken or strip from legislation that would strengthen the regulation of Wall Street.
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