Page 21 - Agencies

40 years on, Microsoft bids adieu to mice and keyboards: Report

It will develop Surface-branded PC accessories, which include mice, keyboards, pens, and more, the media reported

Eight core sector industries post 3.6% growth in March; slowest in 5-month

The output of crude oil declined by 2.8 per cent, power by 1.8 per cent and cement by 0.8 per cent in March this year

Jerry Springer, host of unapologetically brash talk show, dies at 79

Springer's death was confirmed in a statement by Jene Galvin, a family friend and executive producer of Springer's podcast

Standard Charted posts surprise 21% rise in profit on high interest rates

The bank said first-quarter pretax profit rose 21 per cent beating analyst estimates, as rising interest rates and increased trading in volatile markets boosted income at the emerging markets-focused

Nomura Holdings' profit sinks 76% as banking turmoil hits trading

Net income slid 76 per cent from a year earlier in the three months ended March 31 to $55 million, Japan's largest brokerage said in a statement on Wednesday

Alphabet posts $69.7 billion in revenues, beats analysts' estimates

Microsoft sees AI reshaping search; rosy earnings spark rally in tech stocks

ISMA lowers 2022-23 sugar output and ethanol diversion estimates

However, several industry players said despite fall in sugar production, ethanol diversion will be steady at 4.5 million tonnes as against 3.6 million tonnes in 2021-22 (October to September)

Hawkers must be prohibited from selling contaminated water: HC to MCD

HC allows Daiichi to withdraw Rs 20.5 cr deposited with court

30 years on, Japan okays nation's first abortion pill, says report

t would provide an alternative to a surgical procedure amid calls for progress in women's reproductive rights and gender equality

Chile to nationalise vast lithium industry, unveils model to share resource

Shock move in country with world's largest lithium reserves would in time transfer control of Chile's vast lithium operations from industry giants SQM and Albemarle to a separate state-owned company

Dancing supercars to hologram-fitted convertibles: Auto rivals lure drivers

Some of the world's biggest automakers showed off their latest models at the bustling auto show in Shanghai

Tesla earnings drop 20% but Elon Musk to put sales ahead of profit

Stock tanks 8%; operating margin shrinks to 11.4%, a roughly two-year low, after several price cuts

New York world's richest city with most millionaires in 2023: Report

China has two of its cities (Beijing and Shanghai) in the list. The report covers 97 cities across nine regions worldwide

Artificial intelligence teaching itself things, independent of programmer

Pichai has long argued for wide-ranging global regulation of AI.

JSW Group eyes share of country's infra boom, plans to spend $65 bn by 2030

Jindal said steel was "a cyclical business, and we cannot afford to have a high-leverage regime," according to the FT

The world is volatile but luxury brands remain in vogue, says report

In the 2008 financial crisis, the sector had two quarters of lower sales, while global GDP contracted for four quarters

Now, Elon Musk enters AI system race, plans company to rival OpenAI

The firm, named X.AI, has Musk listed as director; billionaire seeks to hire engineers, attract investors, and buy chips needed to build large language model

Oxford, Serum Institute deliver malaria vax; Ghana first to give nod

The approval is unusual as it comes before the publication of final-stage trial data

State Bank of India to consider raising $2 billion via offshore bonds

The board will meet on April 18 to consider the fund raising

$2.6-bn stake sale money went to group firms: Adani counters Rahul Gandhi

These funds were reinvested by promoter entities to support the growth of new business and in portfolio companies such as Adani Enterprises Ltd, Adani Ports and Special Economic Zone Ltd