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Tantrum fears fade as riskier EM bonds rise to defy taper talk

Fixed-income securities issued by South Africa, Turkey, Indonesia and India posted the biggest gains among 46 sovereign markets, returning at least 1.2% last month, excluding currency fluctuations

Rapid spread of Delta variant weighs on Asia's factories as PMIs drop

Vietnam's IHS Markit PMI fell to 40.2 from 45.1 in July, its third consecutive month of contraction and the lowest reading since April 2020

Afghan crisis: Taliban will unveil govt with Akhundzada pulling strings

Consultations on forming an inclusive Afghan govt end in 'consensus'

OPEC+ sticks to agreed schedule for oil-production increases

Ministers ratified the 400,000 barrel-a-day supply hike scheduled for October after less than an hour of talks, one of the quickest meetings in recent memory

Jobs lost, wages cut: India's world-beating GDP masks pain of the pandemic

An economy that performs well below potential for too long will suffer a permanent loss, writes Andy Mukherjee.

India to offer indemnity to Air India bidder over Cairn claim: Report

Air India, unprofitable since a 2007 merger with state-owned domestic operator Indian Airlines Ltd., has total debt of Rs 60,000 crore and loses Rs 20 crore every day

Go ahead and reinvent your career. you'll have plenty of options

Declines in automobile and new home sales, combined with the rise of services like Uber, led to a belief that in the future people would be less attached to buying things

Rupee's sudden gains have traders speculating RBI is easing grip

The rupee has rallied 1.6% in the previous three sessions to post its biggest gain for the period since March 2

Amazon app seeks share of India's farm market, offers advice on crops

Dedicated mobile app to help farmers make decisions on crops and even deploy machine learning technology.

India's red-hot property stocks seen extending run on demand surge

India's property market is rebounding after being in a down cycle for the last six years as a series of headwinds ranging from the pandemic, a bad-loan crisis and a surprise 2016 cash ban hurt demand

Covid vaccines may become a viable business, but that's not good news

Vaccines are not consumer products made by pharmaceutical industry: they are infrastructure.

Apple plans to add satellite features to iPhones for emergencies

The company is developing at least two related emergency features that will rely on satellite networks, aiming to release them in future iPhones, according to a person with knowledge of the situation

China's securities regulator vows to crack down on private equity funds

The China Securities Regulatory Commission will work to root out "fake" private equity funds that are actually sold to the general public, Chairman Yi Huiman said in a speech

Xi Jinping clears action on everything, from monopolies to pollution

Xi in particular stressed the importance of strengthening anti-monopoly regulations, a push that has already cost tech giants hundreds of billions of dollars in market value

China threatens to ban e-commerce companies that flout IP laws

E-commerce platforms will be restricted from online business operations or even have their licenses revoked if they fail to deal with serious violations of IP rights by vendors on their platforms

Alpha, Delta and more: Why coronavirus variants are causing alarm

Scientists pay the most attention to mutations in the gene that encodes the virus's spike protein, which plays a key role in its entry into cells and is targeted by vaccines

Evergrande Group flags default risk from cash crunch; bonds fall

The company said it's exploring the sale of interests in its listed electric vehicle and property services units, as well as other assets

Euro-area inflation jumps to decade-high 3% in challenge for ECB

Consumer prices rose 3%

Aluminium hits 10-year high as demand roars, China supply curbed

Prices rallied as much as 2.9% to $2,726.50 on the London Metal Exchange, hitting the highest since 2011

Yandex buys Uber out of food-delivery, self-driving venture in $1-bn deal

The Russian internet giant will own 100% of Yandex.Eats, Yandex.Lavka and Yandex.Delivery, as well as a self-driving venture that operates cars and drones, according to a statement Tuesday