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Xi Jinping asks Starbucks's Schultz for help mending US-China ties

Chinese leaders have often tried to utilize ties with US business leaders to improve US-China relations, and have repeatedly stressed the role of commerce as a stabilizer in bilateral ties

Johnson & Johnson's one shot Covid vaccine grants lasting response in trial

More than 90% of participants made immune proteins, called neutralizing antibodies, within 29 days after receiving the shot, according to the report

Donald Trump struggles to build legal team as impeachment trial nears

Lawyers who defended him in the previous impeachment trial, including Jay Sekulow and White House Counsel Pat Cipollone, have said no this time, according to people familiar with the matter

Warner Bros Entertainment delays Harry Potter video game until 2022

Hogwarts Legacy, developed by Utah-based Avalanche Software, is a prequel to the iconic fantasy book series by J K Rowling

UBS fund pursues $400 million stake in SoftBank-backed Paytm: Report

UBS aims to finalize an agreement as soon as this month

McConnell holds Donald Trump's fate as impeachment heads to Senate

McConnell told Republican colleagues in a letter Wednesday he would block starting an impeachment trial before Joe Biden takes office Jan. 20 and control of the Senate shifts to Democrats

Brazil sends plane after India agrees to expedite vaccine supply

Serum Institute, the world's largest producer of vaccines by volume, will supply 2 million doses of the coronavirus vaccine developed by AstraZeneca Plc and the University of Oxford to Brazil

Global chip shortage hampers Japanese automakers' production and recovery

Lockdowns and travel restrictions are prompting housebound shoppers to snap up more phones, game consoles, smart TVs and laptops, which in turn has fueled demand for the chips

Export opportunity: China made 40 masks for every person in the world

Chinese firms also exported almost 100 billion-yuan worth of other personal protective equipment

Optimistic earning estimates, lower liquidity raise alarm in stock market

RBI governor warned earlier this week about the rally, citing the disconnect between the markets and the economy as well as expectations that bad-loan ratios at lenders will almost double this year

Mumbai prepares to vaccinate 50,000 daily and put an end to lockdowns

The city's Municipal Commissioner Iqbal Singh Chahal and his deputy Suresh Kakani, who's in charge of the vaccination drive, spoke in separate interviews this week

Fearing taxes after Brexit, dealers moved artworks worth millions out of UK

Before Dec. 31, European artworks could, like all other goods, move freely between the EU and the U.K. with minimal restrictions and without cumbersome tax

Circle K owner in talks to buy Carrefour for about $20 billion: Report

Shares of Carrefour have risen 10 per cent in Paris trading this year, giving the company a market capitalisation of €12.6 billion at Tuesday's close

EU food watchdog approves bugs for human consumption, says report

Dried yellow mealworm, the larval form of the mealworm beetle, is safe for human consumption in both its whole form and as a powder additive

India to emerge as key military partner in US' plan to counter China's rise

The document lays out a vision for the region in which North Korea no longer poses a threat, India is predominant in South Asia and the U.S. works with partners around the world to resist Chinese acti

Oil set for longest run of gains in two years as stockpiles fall: Report

Futures in New York rose for a seventh session toward $54 a barrel, heading for the longest run of gains since February 2019

Nursing back post-Covid financial system biggest challenge for India

The state-dominated lending system's aggregate balance sheet had a gaping hole even before Covid-19. Now things could turn uglier

These $4,400 sneakers are new stilettos as Covid accelerates causal trend

Demand for designer shoes last year slid 21 per cent globally compared to a 19 per cent slump for the broader footwear market

Tokyo's Olympics mired in doubt again as coronavirus surges

With less than 200 days left until the opening ceremony, the situation has revived questions about the feasibility of safely holding even a limited version of the quadrennial games

Falling reliance on China: Optimism grows for India's best-performing stock

The optimism is stemming from the company's capacity-expansion plans and potential to win more business as India cuts its reliance on Chinese suppliers