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International hunt for Covid's origin points to China animal trade

Live animals susceptible to coronavirus infection were present at Huanan food market in Wuhan, the city where the first major Covid-19 outbreak was detected.

Jerome Powell is in it to win it despite bond-market inflation fear

Fed chair makes clear FOMC will only react to actual data

EU resets AstraZeneca vaccine effort after chaos that may undermine trust

Countries across the European Union, including Germany, France and Spain, are resuming using AstraZeneca Plc's vaccine after temporarily suspending it to investigate a possible blood-clot issue

Apple warns against unauthorised tracking after China workaround

Several Chinese technology companies, including Baidu, ByteDance and Tencent Holdings, are preparing workarounds for Apple's new policy

Tesla cars banned by China's military on concerns about cameras

Images of what was purported to be a notice about the ban were also circulating on Chinese social media

European Union sues UK over tax breaks as post-Brexit skirmishes mount

The EU is still smarting from the U.K.'s threat -- later withdrawn -- to break international law last year and rewrite the Brexit agreement

Food delivery start-up Zomato planning to file $650 mn IPO next month

Deliberations are ongoing and details of the offering such as size and timeline could change

Rupee becomes only Asian currency to gain in month of sweeping losses

The rupee has advanced 1.3% in March, boosted by $2.4 billion of overseas purchases of local stocks, including inflows related to initial public offerings

Tata Motors says Marc Llistosella not to join as CEO

Guenter Butschek will continue as CEO & MD till June 30, 2021

Why a ban on cryptocurrency could have dire consequences for India

Just like its disastrous predecessor - demonetisation - banning cryptocurrency to fight "black money" would be like setting fire to the forest in order to smoke out a few sheep

Myanmar's Suu Kyi charged with bribery, faces 15 years in prison

Authorities have prevented Suu Kyi from meeting with her legal team, which has denied wrongdoing and views all the charges as political

AstraZeneca shipment from India behind UK vaccine delay, says report

The delay has to do with the Indian government allowing the export of the doses to the UK

SPACs look to India for next wave of acquisition targets, says Nomura

Nomura also expects more initial public offerings in India this year, with sentiment buoyed by the post-debut performance of recently listed companies

Why world's power grids are increasingly vulnerable to cyber attacks

"India's power system is in urgent need of proper cybersecurity systems," said Reji Kumar Pillai, president of India Smart Grid Forum

Facebook, Amazon, Google vie for piece of India's digital payment markets

The contest is fierce as regulator Reserve Bank of India is expected to give just one or two licenses, as implied in its notification inviting bids

Goldman Sachs to swell to record size in Singapore with 100 tech hires

Part of the tech hiring will support the bank's cash management operations, a new area of business for Goldman Sachs

Turkey widens war technology hunt by tapping Pakistan's China ties

A deal would get Nato-member Turkey closer to some of China's military technology

Chinese hackers are still actively targeting Indian port, says US firm

As of Tuesday, Recorded Future could see a 'handshake' -- indicating an exchange of traffic -- between a China-linked group and an Indian maritime port

Elon Musk suggests 'Starbase' name change for Texas launch town

"Creating the city of Starbase, Texas," Musk tweeted Tuesday. "From thence to Mars, And hence the Stars

Amazon, Google, Facebook vie for a piece of India's digital payments market

The companies are part of four consortia preparing to apply for licenses to operate retail payments and settlement systems in the country