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Jeff Bezos versus Mukesh Ambani isn't the only fight in India's retail

Away from this high-profile fight for the ordinary Indian's wallet, a different contest is shaping up for control of what goes on shop shelves

China declares war on cryptocurrency mining, stirring wider fear

Inner Mongolia plans to shut all such operations by April

Ex-French president Nicolas Sarkozy sentenced to jail for corruption

Guilty of helping a magistrate land a prestigious job in return for a favour

Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index set for biggest overhaul in 51 years

In 2019, the information technology sector overtook financials as the index's largest industry by market value

Netflix and Walt Disney emerge as big winners at the Golden Globes

Here's the complete list of the winners

Wirecard's India deal started with 'fraud': London judges panel

Hermes was sold at a valuation of $40 million, before being acquired by Wirecard for more than $250 million

BPCL to sell entire stake in Numaligarh Refinery for Rs 9,880 cr

BPCL will sell its 61.65% holding in Numaligarh Refinery to a consortium of Oil India and Engineers India and may also include the state govt of Assam

Food inflation in India to increase as chicken, milk may cost more

An expected rise in food prices could be a setback for the monetary policy makers, who have been betting on softer levels

Oil rebounds from biggest slump since Nov ahead of a key Opec+ meeting

At 8.48 pm (IST), Brent crude was trading at $64.65 a barrel, up 0.36 per cent

Wall Street won't intimidate retail giant Walmart this time around

Walmart announced in January that it formed a partnership with Ribbit Capital to create a new financial technology startup

UK tries to trace mystery person infected with Brazilian Covid variant

Six cases of the mutation, which originated in the Amazonian city of Manaus, have been detected in the UK, Public Health England said on Sunday

Gold bounces back after worst month since late 2016 as bond yields steady

Last week's sell-off in global bonds stabilized after central banks from Asia to Europe provided reassurance that policy support remains in place

Bitcoin's long-term value doubted due to ESG, tighter regulation

Bitcoin is still up more than five times over the past year, a divisive rally pitting believers in a new asset class against naysayers who see a speculative bubble

Indian biggest fuel retailers gearing up for rural-led economic rebound

The increasing economic importance of India's hinterlands is influencing business expansion plans and accelerating a trend of more service stations being opened in the countryside

Rishi Sunak plots tax raid to plug UK deficit, risking Tory rage

Sunak's answers will shape his own fortunes, the Conservative government's political identity, and the UK economy's chances of making a full recovery from its deepest recession for 300 years

UK's Covid-19 variant trackers led the way, now others are following

Each genome analysed by the UK operation looked similar to the last.

Warren Buffett won't take the Reddit bait, suggests his Berkshire letter

No mention of Bitcoin, Robinhood or WallStreetBets in Buffett's latest annual letter but plenty of homespun value-investing wisdom

Saudi Prince implicated in Washington Post columnist Khashoggi murder: US

The report builds on classified intelligence from the CIA and other agencies after Khashoggi's murder in October 2018 inside the Saudi consulate in Istanbul

European Union told to back vaccine passports or Google may do it anyway

Europe's leaders have been anxious to find a response after facing criticism for a vaccination program that lagged behind the US and UK

G-20 nears consensus on boosting IMF reserve amid Covid-19 pandemic

Talks focused on a proposal for a $500-bn allocation of the IMF's special drawing rights