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Borders, Bavaria and bust-ups: How Germany lost its way on Covid-19

The trained physicist's unusually emotional outburst during a debate in parliament was brought on by her failure to slow the spread of the disease

Modi needs to resolve the farm agitation or it may hurt India's recovery

Modi's presidential style of working has botched things up, but there's still a way to turn this crisis into an opportunity

Apple's greatest chip challenge: Replacing Qualcomm cellular modems

Modems are one of the most critical components in an iPhone, connecting the device to cellular networks so users can browse the web, access apps and make phone calls

China Telecom, Huawei face US agency action to secure national security

The agency in 5-0 votes ordered carriers to remove equipment made by Huawei, and commenced a proceeding asking whether to end China Telecom (Americas) permission to operate in the US

The current IPO craze is starting to look like tech bubble of late 1990s

The FTSE Renaissance Global IPO Index, which tracks the performance of offerings worldwide, is up 82 per cent this year, compared with a 12 per cent gain for MSCI's all-country equity index

Blackstone poised to buy Piramal Glass for $1 billion: Report

The transaction could be announced as soon as in the next few weeks, the report said

Barclays rethinks real estate push in India, other places to cut costs

Barclays isn't the only lender that is trying to take its real estate costs down at a time of squeezed profitability

Asian hospital giant IIH eyes Singapore-to-Turkey vaccine push

Health systems around the world are shifting focus from research and development to distribution

Taihei Kobayashi: From homeless high school dropout to CEO of $1 bn company

Taihei Kobayashi has gone from sleeping on the streets of Tokyo to heading a technology startup whose market value topped $1 billion. His rags-to-riches story is among the most remarkable to emerge f

Star to play a pivotal role in helping Disney outshine Netflix in streaming

The array of product offerings is a bit messy, as is par for the course in streaming land

US to impose sanctions against Turkey for buying Russian S-400 missiles

President Donald Trump has signed off on a package of measures recommended by Secretary of State Michael Pompeo

Asia's unequal recovery sounds warning bells for global economic rebound

Asia is an important barometer for the world economy because it accounted for more than two-thirds of global growth in 2019 and is home to a majority of those between the ages of 15-24

Back from the Covid abyss: Oil stages remarkable turnaround; back above $50

It's possible the market is getting ahead of itself though, with key technical indicators signaling benchmarks are overbought and U.S. inventories recently piling higher

Japan races to catch up to Huawei in 5G tech after Trump crackdown on China

Japanese brands have also fallen behind Nokia Oyj, Ericsson AB and above all Huawei Technologies Co. in the buildout of 5G infrastructure

Iron ore is this year's hottest commodity on China-fuelled surge

Futures in Singapore have surged almost 70% this year, hitting their highest since trading started in 2013, as China's stimulus-led rebound fuels steel output and consumption

Apollo Hospitals preparing to administer 1 million vaccine shots daily

Companies vying to roll out those vaccines, along with public health experts, have raised concerns about India's capacity to swiftly inoculate its population of about 1.3 billion people

Antitrust lawsuit: Facebook breakup would demolish Zuckerberg's tech empire

Zuckerberg struggled to convince Congress of the merits of the company's plans for a cryptocurrency in light of all the other challenges the company has failed to solve

India seeks cheaper renewable power contracts to spur solar, wind projects

The country's debt-burdened distribution utilities, which have suffered losses related to electricity theft, have been reluctant to agree to long-term contracts

Vedanta Resources sells bonds worth $1 bn at one of highest yields in Asia

The company priced the January 2024 bond on Wednesday at a yield of 13.875%

Xi's microchip dreams under stress as Unigroup hints $450 mn bond default

With sprawling operations from memory chip manufacturing to smartphone and smart card chip design, Unigroup is the closest China's got to Samsung Group