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Easy money defined Asia in 2025, but tightening curbs hint at harder times

The real hit - if there is to be one - from the barriers erected by the White House will only be truly felt in 2026

Updated On: 22 Dec 2025 | 7:59 AM IST

OpenAI reports better margins on business sales amid push for AI dominance

The ChatGPT creator set off the modern AI boom, but it has yet to show a profit, one of the main indicators for investors concerned about a bubble in the industry

Updated On: 22 Dec 2025 | 7:40 AM IST

iShowSpeed marvels at China as tourism boom offers many perks for visitors

Close to 5 billion people travelled in the first three quarters of 2025, an 18 per cent jump from last year

Updated On: 22 Dec 2025 | 7:39 AM IST

India's calm stock market tests options traders amid record low volatility

Despite geopolitical flare ups and a recent global selloff in risk assets, the NSE Nifty 50 Index has barely budged for months as domestic money overwhelms foreign flows

Updated On: 21 Dec 2025 | 10:30 PM IST

Pakistan's former PM Imran Khan sentenced to 17 years in graft case

Judge Shahrukh Arjumand of an anti-graft court handed Khan the maximum prison sentence for illegally undervaluing and then obtaining expensive gifts from the national treasury when he was premier

Updated On: 21 Dec 2025 | 6:53 AM IST

Elise Stefanik suspends New York governor campaign, won't seek reelection

Moments after Stefanik's surprise statemement, Trump described her on social media as a "fantastic person" and "tremendous talent"

Updated On: 20 Dec 2025 | 2:27 PM IST

Ex-Trump adviser Powell McCormick steps down from Meta board after 8 months

Powell McCormick, who served as Trump's deputy national security adviser during his first term, is considering retaining an advisory role where she continues working with Meta's senior leadership team

Updated On: 20 Dec 2025 | 2:15 PM IST

US trade chief criticises India, EU as negotiations drag on into 2026

He also said negotiations with India that began earlier this year still haven't resulted in an agreement - noting that the US had concluded deals with a slew of other partners

Updated On: 20 Dec 2025 | 12:20 PM IST

Yale, US universities plan student loan options as Trump caps grad debt

Graduate student loans account for half of the outstanding $1.7 trillion federal student loan portfolio, according to the Education Department

Updated On: 20 Dec 2025 | 8:20 AM IST

Mystery surrounds motive in Brown, MIT killings after suspect found dead

With no clear explanation, anxiety is still festering in Providence and Brookline, two communities that up until now had largely avoided such traumatic bursts of violence

Updated On: 20 Dec 2025 | 8:14 AM IST

US Department of Justice appeals dismissal of James, Comey indictments

The Justice Department had said earlier it would appeal Currie's ruling, but since then, prosecutors have tried and failed twice to convince other grand juries to approve the charges against James

Updated On: 20 Dec 2025 | 8:08 AM IST

US launches retaliatory strikes on 70 targets in Syria after Trump threat

The US Central Command said that fighter jets, attack helicopters and artillery targeted ISIS infrastructure and weapon sites

Updated On: 20 Dec 2025 | 7:57 AM IST

Avendus Capital founders eye $35 million each after Mizuho Financial deal

The deal shows how finance founders in India are getting rich as the sector's rapid growth attracts a wave of mergers and stock listings

Updated On: 19 Dec 2025 | 10:52 PM IST

EU leaders agree to $106 bn loan to Ukraine for 2026-2027 amid peace hopes

EU leaders were under intense pressure to agree to the massive loan for Ukraine at the make-or-break summit after months of talks failed to break the deadlock over the contentious plan

Updated On: 19 Dec 2025 | 10:52 PM IST

Adani plans nuclear energy foray after private firms get OK to enter sector

The plan, part of efforts by Asia's second-richest man to broaden his renewable portfolio, would give the conglomerate about 1,600 MW of nuclear capacity

Updated On: 19 Dec 2025 | 5:47 PM IST

Adani's airport unit plans $11 bn investment, seeks partner ahead of IPO

Adani Airport Holdings currently operates seven airports, including those in Mumbai and Ahmedabad, and is now targeting 11 more airports slated for privatisation, Jeet Adani said

Updated On: 19 Dec 2025 | 11:34 AM IST

India's big bang financial reforms open doors to wave of foreign capital

In the latest step, lawmakers passed a bill this week allowing up to 100 per cent foreign ownership of insurance firms, bolstering an industry long viewed as under-penetrated and capital-starved

Updated On: 19 Dec 2025 | 10:50 AM IST

Goldman, JPMorgan expect India's record IPO boom to continue in 2026

Kotak Mahindra Capital Co and Goldman Sachs Group Inc expect next year's IPO fundraising to reach as much as $25 billion, representing an increase of roughly 14% from the current year's level

Updated On: 19 Dec 2025 | 8:50 AM IST

Japan should have nuclear weapons, PM's security adviser reportedly says

The official cited Japan's worsening security environment, pointing to China's expanding nuclear arsenal, Russia's nuclear threat and North Korea's ongoing development of nuclear weapons

Updated On: 19 Dec 2025 | 8:27 AM IST

Asia sees Mexico's sweeping 50% tariffs as building Trump's new trade wall

For the countries affected by the new rates out of Mexico City, this is a sobering reminder that they have more than just the US president to deal with

Updated On: 19 Dec 2025 | 7:42 AM IST