Unnerved by the sabre-rattling between Russia and the West over Ukraine, traders are scouring global markets for investments that could provide them with protection against losses in case the conflict escalates.

State Bank of India, the country’s largest lender by assets, reported a 62.3 per cent rise in third-quarter profit on Saturday, the Mumbai-based lender said in a regulatory filing, helped by lower provisions.

China’s automobile exports doubled year on year to nearly 2.02 million units in 2021, latest data from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers showed.

Islami Bank Bangladesh Ltd (IBBL) has received the Gold Award in the Remittance Award-2021 and 2022 by the Centre for NRB, a non-profit research organisation for non-resident Bangladeshis.

Dubai plans to cut carbon emissions by 30 per cent by the end of 2030, the emirate’s government media office said on Sunday on its website.

Ford will cut its North American vehicle production next week due to a semiconductor shortage, US media reported Saturday.

The price of permits in the European Union’s carbon market closed at a record high above 96 euros on Friday, with analysts expecting the symbolic 100 euro level could soon be breached.

Global energy major ExxonMobil is looking at signing more long-term gas sales deals with India as rising spot prices have added to the appeal of longer duration contracts.

Coal India Ltd, the world’s largest coal miner, plans to directly export output to neighbouring countries, according to sources and documents seen by Reuters, after decades of exclusively supplying domestic consumers.

China has joined the World Intellectual Property Organization’s treaty on protecting industrial designs, which should help Chinese designers safeguard their work internationally, the UN agency said Saturday.

The US economy created far more jobs than expected in January but despite the disruption to consumer-facing businesses from a surge in Covid-19 cases, pointing to underlying strength that should sustain the expansion as the Federal Reserve starts to raise interest rates.

Britain on Friday ordered Facebook parent Meta to pay another £1.5 million for breaching regulatory rules over its acquisition of animated graphics startup Giphy.

Bitcoin hit its highest in two weeks on Saturday, extending the previous session’s strong gains as cryptocurrencies basked in a recovery in risk appetite and a rally in stock markets.

The window for technology companies to list their shares is closing. Falling stocks have depressed valuations and made investors pickier about new listings. Private firms will have to reluctantly consider Plan B.

Stocks were mixed Friday as markets weighed a surprisingly good US jobs report against concerns over tighteningmonetary policy, while oil prices pushed closer to $100 a barrel.

Two top Bank of England officials stressed on Friday the need for restraint on pay rises, drawing an icy reaction from unions and government, a day after the BoE sought to head off inflation running at a 30-year high by raising interest rates again.

The International Monetary Fund is ready to discuss “options” with Sri Lanka if the government asks for financial support, its mission chief for the island told AFP on Thursday.

Russian President Vladimir Putin unveiled new Russian oil and gas deals with China worth an estimated $117.5 billion on Friday, promising to ramp up Russia's Far East exports at a time of heightened tension with European customers over Ukraine.

Sri Lanka has asked for  “advice” from the International Monetary Fund amid a worsening economic crisis, the finance minister said Wednesday, signalling Colombo could seek an international bailout.

Facebook’s parent firm Meta on Wednesday delivered a gloomy mix of a sharper-than-expected drop in profit, a decrease in users and threats to its ad business that plunged shares some 22 per cent in after-hours trading.