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JD Salinger: An unpublished life
I read Catcher in the Rye again after 21 years… I wanted to understand the nature of JD Salinger’s hold on the teenager who lives on in my middle-aged heart… I think people go back to prison again and again because they find out how easy it is to live behind walls. If you mind your own business, and fight just enough to establish your own space, people don’t bother you much. There’s plenty of time to read and brood; all in all, not a bad place for ducks to spend the winter.”

1,200-Mw Rosa power project starts operation in Uttar Pradesh
Anil Ambani’s Reliance Power today started power generation at its Rs 6,000-crore Rosa Power Project in Shahjahanpur district of Uttar Pradesh.

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Gulf Oil enters into agreement with Biocon to sell pharma biz
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Skoda sales up 52% in December

Czech luxury car maker Skoda Auto today reported a 52.05 per cent growth in its sales during December last year at 1,113 units. - Audi Nov sales up 12%; exceeds 2009 target - Skoda Auto sales up 183% in November - Audi sales jump 8% in October - Audi August sales jump 69% - JLR"s UK ops saw 673.4 mn pounds loss last year: report - Audi to raise franchise network; eyes 30% of luxury car mkt The company had sold 732 units during December in the previous year, the company said in a statement. "The sales figures for Skoda since the launch of the all new Skoda Superb and the new Laura this year have surpassed our expectations," Skoda Auto India Board Member (Sales and Marketing) Thomas Kuehl said. With the launch of sports utility vehicle Yeti in 2010, the company is expecting the momentum to continue driving the growth in its sales this year, he added.


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