US gasoline prices tumble for sixth straight week
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Govt forms National Drug Advisory Council
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Oil falls after US-Iran talks conclude in Switzerland
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Oil prices fall

Oil prices fell for a second day on Wednesday on worries that fuel demand could fall after US President Donald Trump doused recent optimism over China-US trade talks at a time of rising US crude oil stockpiles.
25 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Huawei CFO’s arrest at airport to be focus of Vancouver hearing

Lawyers for Huawei Chief Financial Officer Meng Wanzhou will be in a Canadian courtroom on Monday to press for details surrounding her arrest at Vancouver’s airport nearly 10 months ago.
23 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Gold gains on global growth woes

Gold rose to a more than one-week high on Monday as weaker-than-expected economic data from Europe heightened fears of a slowdown in global growth, while palladium continued its record run driven by short supply of the auto-catalyst metal.
23 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Online banks to take bigger share of US deposit market

Online banks, such as Ally Financial Inc and Capital One Financial Corp, are expected to take a bigger chunk of the overall US deposit market, after racking up $95 billion in customer deposits this year with enticing yields on most savings accounts.
23 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Govt aims to sell Air India, other firms by March 2020

India aims to sell two or three state-owned firms to local or foreign firms to raise up to 600 billion rupees ($8.5 billion) by March 2020, a senior Finance Ministry official said on Monday.
23 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Fed should delve into causes of cash shortage

The Federal Reserve will have to delve into the causes of the cash shortage that hit financial markets last week and prompted the central bank to step in, New York Fed President John Williams said Monday.
23 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Eurozone ‘close to stalling as Brexit, trade fears bite

Brexit and trade war fears drove eurozone business growth to its lowest level in six years in September, a closely watched survey said Monday, warning that the single currency area’s economy was “close to stalling”.
23 September 2019, 18:00 PM

At shuttered Ohio plant, workers still hope for new GM vehicle

When asked about reports General Motors Co may turn its shuttered Lordstown, Ohio, plant into a battery factory, “Buffalo” Joe Nero snorts and points at the vast complex that until six months ago made the Chevrolet Cruze.
23 September 2019, 18:00 PM

China to assign state officials to 100 private firms including Alibaba

China’s top technology hub Hangzhou plans to assign government officials to work with 100 private companies including e-commerce giant Alibaba, according to state media reports, in a move likely to raise concerns over the growing role of the state.
23 September 2019, 18:00 PM

New York Stock Exchange parent company introduces bitcoin

The parent company of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) will from Sunday offer investors the option to trade Bitcoin, giving the pioneer cryptocurrency further mainstream recognition.
23 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Auto industry warns of ‘seismic’ no-deal Brexit shock

The European auto industry on Monday warned of catastrophic effects of a no-deal Brexit saying it would have a “seismic” impact on car-making.
23 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Bearish signal for crude as China closes in on filling oil storage

One of the fascinating tidbits to come to light in the wake of the attacks on Saudi Arabia’s crude facilities was China’s disclosure that it has enough oil inventories to last 80 days.
23 September 2019, 18:00 PM

LNG prices may hit 10-year seasonal lows:traders

ASIAN LNG prices will likely be at their lowest, seasonally, in a decade by the end of the year as rapidly rising production outstrips feeble demand, weighed down by a global economic slowdown and the US-China trade war, traders said.
23 September 2019, 18:00 PM

178-year-old Thomas Cook collapses: Why and what happens now?

THOMAS Cook, the world’s oldest travel firm, collapsed on Monday, stranding hundreds of thousands of holidaymakers around the globe and sparking the largest peacetime repatriation effort in British history.
23 September 2019, 18:00 PM

OECD slashes global growth forecasts for 2019 and 2020

Escalating trade tensions are eroding global growth prospects with the world economy set for its slowest expansion since the global financial crisis, the OECD warned on Thursday.
19 September 2019, 18:00 PM

China’s growth could slip below 6pc, analysts warn, as trade war takes toll

China’s economic growth risks slipping below the lower-end of Beijing 2019 target of 6 percent in the third quarter or over the next year, analysts warn, but government economists are slightly more optimistic as they expect stimulus to help stave off a sharper slowdown.
19 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Bank of Japan leaves policy unchanged after Fed rate cut

The Bank of Japan on Thursday warned of increasing downside risks for the global economy but held off on further easing, even as European and US peers loosen their credit grip.
19 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Apples rot in Kashmir orchards as lockdown puts economy in tailspin

It’s harvest time, but the market in the northern Kashmiri town of Sopore - usually packed with people, trucks and produce at this time of year - is empty, while in orchards across India’s Jammu and Kashmir state unpicked apples rot on the branch.
19 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Aviation watchdog may ask Boeing to set up 737 MAX simulators in India

India’s aviation safety regulator may ask Boeing to set up simulators in India to train pilots on the 737 MAX planes once it clears the aircraft as safe for flying, a senior official with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters.
19 September 2019, 18:00 PM

Huawei promises smartest 5G phone, but who will be brave enough to buy?

Huawei launches what could be the world’s most powerful and feature-packed 5G smartphone on Thursday, but the fate of the device in Europe will hang on whether it can overcome a US ban to give customers the Google software they expect.
19 September 2019, 18:00 PM