Daily News Monitor: 8 January 2019

HEADLINES:

1. Amazon Becomes Most Valuable Company, Inching Past Microsoft

2. Boost To Fisc: RBI May Transfer Rs 30,000 Crore Interim Dividend To Government

3. India Airport Privatisation Plan Draws Interest From Switzerland To Singapore

4. HDFC Is The Biggest Winner In Bandhan-Gruh Finance Merger

5. Narendra Modi, Donald Trump Discuss Afghanistan, Trade Deficit Over Phone

6. Bharat Bandh: Banking Services To Get Disrupted Today As PSU Bank Employees Join Trade Unions Strike

7. India-Central Asian States To Hold 1st Ever Joint Meet On January 12-13 To Discuss Roadmap For Strategic Engagement

8. Gita Gopinath Joins IMF As Its First Female Chief Economist 

9. Narendra Modi To Meet Heads Of Global Wealth Funds At Vibrant Gujarat Summit; To Woo Investors For Infra Projects

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