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Corporate America puts $2 trillion in bank in run-up to election

While analysts have a million ways to spend it, the market's preference is clear: don't. Doing so has been bad for your stock.

Advanced Micro Devices plans to buy rival Xilinx in $30 billion deal

The other major supplier of advanced FPGAs is Intel, which acquired its market position through the purchase of Altera Corp. in 2015.

Apple sued over alleged mobile game monopoly for Arcade, says report

The practice results in higher prices and fewer choices for gamers who subscribe to Apple Arcade, according to the complaint filed Thursday in federal court in San Jose, California

Porsche and Ferrari face $59,000 tax on gas guzzlers in France

The government in Europe's second-largest auto market is planning to more than double the "malus" -- or penalty -- consumers must pay based on cars' carbon-dioxide emissions

Google chalks out a plan to turn YouTube into the next shopping destination

The moves have the potential to transform YouTube from an advertising giant into a new contender for e-commerce leaders such as Amazon and Alibaba

London Stock Exchange to sell Borsa Italian to Euronext for $5.1 billion

LSE, which is selling Borsa Italiana to get approval from the European Union for its $27 billion Refinitiv deal, announced the transaction in a statement Friday

Gaming ETFs on brink of boom as new Playstation, Xbox near debut

The supply-chain constraints coupled with high demand shows "this console cycle is going to benefit mostly all of the videogame companies," according to Pedro Palandrani, an analyst

Nobel Peace Prize 2020 awarded to World Food Programme for fighting hunger

Long forgotten during the 1990s and early 2000s as famine and hunger largely disappeared from news headlines, the WFP jumped into the spotlight again in 2007-08 as the world faced a food crisis

Dubai company plans India foray to help manage deadly winter smog

The toxic air costs the country as much as 8.5% of its GDP, according to World Bank calculations, besides shortening the lives of citizens

RBI announces a mix of unconventional steps to check borrowing costs

Das doubled the size of open-market bond purchases to $2.7 billion, offered to buy state debt, and also ease a corporate cash crunch through a Rs 1 trn of targeted long-term funds available on tap

RBI MPC votes to keep key rates unchanged, maintains accommodative stance

Mood of the nation has shifted to confidence & hope, says RBI Governor Shaktikanta Das

EasyJet racks up first ever loss after Covid-19 pandemic slams demand

The airline has about £2.3 billion in cash to survive an extensive slump and called on the state for further support.

Jack Ma's Ant Group faces US headwinds in race to IPO before Trump vote

America is exploring restrictions on Chinese payment services

Trump made 'greatest failure' in coronavirus response: Kamala Harris

Pence evades question on peaceful transfer of power, hits out at Biden on taxes, court

Won't enforce Covid vaccine patents during pandemic, says Moderna

Holding a drug patent usually assures a company an extended period of exclusivity, and the profits that can come with having a market to itself

Lifting lockdowns amid high infections won't boost GDP, says IMF

The fund will publish new forecasts on October 13 during its annual meeting with the World Bank

Yale, Oxford campuses in India? Modi govt pushing for changes in laws

The legislation -- which will regulate the operation of foreign universities -- is being prepared for approval by the parliament, where the government retains a significant majority

India, largest spewer of sulfur dioxide, sees first decline in 4 years

Emissions from India dropped 6% last year as the country consumed less coal, mirroring a similar decline in global emissions of the toxic gas

US Presidential elections: Trump or Biden, the US and Europe Will Split

Today, under President Donald Trump, it often looks more like Europe's "foe" than friend

Can China invade Taiwan? Here's what could happen if it really does

China and Taiwan have many reasons to avoid a war that could kill tens of thousands, devastate their economies and potentially lead to a nuclear conflict with the US and its allies