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Democrats' billionaire tax plan puts about 700 people in sights

The levy would apply to taxpayers who for three consecutive years have had assets worth at least $1 billion or have earned at least $100 million three years in a row

Pandemic hurt to global employment much worse than anticipated, says ILO

In what it termed a "dramatic revision," the Geneva-based group now estimates that global hours worked this year will be 4.3% below their pre-pandemic level, the equivalent of 125 mn full-time jobs

India's inclusion in global bond index may lure $25 bn inflows: JPMorgan

Actual inclusion will depend on domestic and international developments: JPMorgan

Invesco vs Zee latest shareholder activist challenge to falter in Asia

Aggressive, no-holds-barred shareholder activism has met with plenty of cultural resistance in Asia

India's billion Covid-19 vaccine doses milestone hides disparity: Report

While it is likely to hit the billion-doses mark this week, the country has only given two shots to 20% of its population of about 1.4 billion

Apple drops Intel chips in biggest MacBook Pro overhaul in years

With the new processors and devices, Apple is aiming squarely at the high-end chips that Intel has provided for the MacBook Pro and other top-end Macs for about 15 years

India lenders look for new-age talent to capture tech deals worth billions

Technology-focused investment bankers in Asia previously focused on larger and more developed markets such as Japan and South Korea, and more recently, China

Netflix stock in winning spot month after 'Squid Game' release

Netflix shares are just 1.7 per cent away from an all-time closing high

Volvo Car eyes $2.6 billion through Stockholm IPO, says report

The deal values Volvo Cars at as much as $23 billion

Apple's iPhone partner Foxconn Technology unveils first electric vehicles

Foxconn is the largest assembler of iPhones, giving it an edge as a potential carmaker partner for Apple as the U.S. company weighs expanding into vehicles

China likely to allow rivals access Tencent, ByteDance content

It's also considering making short videos from ByteDance's Douyin - TikTok's Chinese cousin - show up in searches

India pushing to get LIC IPO done on time: FM Sitharaman

Finance Minister announced plans to sell shares in the insurer in February 2020, but pandemic slowed the process

Don't ban their Bitcoin: India's millennials pull crypto out of the shadows

Industry gains confidence that policy makers have been persuaded of benefits to the economy from blockchain-based innovation.

Former US secretary of state Colin Powell dies of Covid complications

In an announcement on social media, the family said Powell had been fully vaccinated.

Ronaldo teams with Singapore tycoon for secretive soccer startup

The startup aims to drive communication and commerce in the worldwide community of four billion fans

India in no hurry to unwind stimulus but oil a worry, says Sitharaman

Rising crude oil prices are emerging as a huge challenge and the uncertainty could upend some of her plans to get the economy back on track, she said

Green, sustainable: Google's new campus searches for carbon-free future

Google envisions its latest campus as the embodiment of a grander ambition to run its operations entirely free of carbon

Dirtier trains and less newsprint is the latest energy crisis fallout

Crunch situation threatens vegetable greenhouses, hits metal supply; Europe and Asia are already reeling from soaring gas and power prices

Hong Kong's IPO market withers as billion-dollar listings lapse

China's regulatory onslaught leads to slowdown in the hub's market

China economy set to slow after successive batterings: Report

Crackdown on property market, energy crunch to hamper growth