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Oil gains over 2%
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Global AI trade could revive after recent pullback
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Oil prices spike after Trump rejects Iran truce offer
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AI challenges fuel trading’s old guard
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Adani dollar bonds tumble after US bribery charges

US authorities said on Wednesday that Adani Group Chairman Gautam Adani and seven other defendants agreed to pay about $265 million in bribes to Indian government officials.
21 November 2024

Inditex boosts fast fashion flights from India to avoid shipping delays

Zara owner Inditex has sharply increased its use of air freight to bring clothes from factories in India to its logistics hub in Spain to avoid shipping delays, according to trade data, industry experts, and investors.
20 November 2024

Nokia wins 'multi-billion' dollar deal in India

Sources familiar with the talks told Reuters last month Nokia and Bharti were nearing a deal worth several billion dollars to expand Bharti's network in India.
20 November 2024

UK annual inflation jumps on higher energy bills

The Consumer Prices Index reached 2.3 percent from a three-year low of 1.7 percent in the 12 months to September, the Office for National Statistics said in a statement
20 November 2024

Bitcoin breaches $94,000 for the first time

It was last at $92,104 in Asian hours on Wednesday, having touched a record high $94,078 just toward the end of the previous session.
20 November 2024

IMF, Ukraine, reach agreement on $1.1 bn loan disbursement

The swift agreement, which comes just over two months after the last one, will provide Ukraine with a large injection of funds amid Russia's ongoing assault on the country, which entered its 1000th day on Tuesday.
20 November 2024

Trump names China hawk Howard Lutnick as US commerce secretary

Lutnick will also lead the country's tariff and trade agenda, with "additional direct responsibility for the Office of the United States Trade Representative," Trump said in a statement.
20 November 2024

Tata seals deal for iPhone plant in Tamil Nadu

India’s Tata Electronics has agreed to buy a majority stake in Taiwanese contract manufacturer Pegatron’s only iPhone plant in India, forming a new joint venture that strengthens Tata’s position as an Apple supplier, two sources told Reuters.
19 November 2024

US to call for Google to sell Chrome browser

The US will urge a judge to make Google-parent company Alphabet sell its widely used Chrome browser in a major antitrust crackdown on the internet giant, according to a media report Monday.
19 November 2024

UK and India to resume stalled free trade talks

Britain and India will resume stalled talks to agree a free-trade deal, the two countries said after their leaders met at the G20 summit in Brazil.
19 November 2024

Boeing announces almost 2,200 layoffs at historic sites

Boeing intends to cut almost 2,200 jobs in the US state of Washington, which is home to many of its oldest factories, according to a statement released Monday.
19 November 2024

Can the Trump-Musk 'bromance' last?

Can the bromance between the world's wealthiest man and the soon-to-be US president survive some major policy differences and their own combustible personalities?
19 November 2024

Is AI’s meteoric rise beginning to slow?

A quietly growing belief in Silicon Valley could have immense implications: the breakthroughs from large AI models -– the ones expected to bring human-level artificial intelligence in the near future –- may be slowing down.
18 November 2024

Tata seals deal with Pegatron for iPhone plant in India's Tamil Nadu, sources say

Tata will hold 60 percent and run daily operations under the joint venture, while Pegatron will hold the rest and provide technical support
18 November 2024

Japan’s economy slows in Q3

Japan’s economy expanded by an annualised 0.9 percent over the July-September quarter, government data showed on Friday, slowing from the previous three months due to tepid capital spending though an unexpected pickup in consumption added a bright spot.
17 November 2024

India’s forex reserves fall for sixth week

India’s foreign exchange reserves  dropped for a sixth consecutive week to a near 3-month low of $675.65 billion as of Nov. 8, data from the Reserve Bank of India (RBI) showed on Friday.
17 November 2024

US firms bullish on China’s industrial transformation

China’s ongoing transformation and upgrade of traditional industries, coupled with the expansion of emerging sectors, will offer manufacturers in the United States vast opportunities for growth and commercial engagement, said executives of US corporations.
17 November 2024

Elon Musk's political rise stirs hopes for banks that financed his X purchase

Some of the lenders in the consortium, which included Morgan Stanley and Bank of America, think Musk's emergence as a close aide to Republican President-elect Donald Trump could boost the prospects of X
17 November 2024

EU sees eurozone growth ticking up in 2025 but risks loom

The European Commission on Friday predicted economic growth to pick up slightly and inflation to keep falling in the eurozone next year, while warning of growing risks linked to geopolitical tensions.
16 November 2024

UK economy slows, hits govt’s growth plans

Britain’s economy grew less than expected in the third quarter, official data showed Friday, dealing a blow to the Labour government that has set its sights on growth expansion.
16 November 2024