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As Disney+ booms in India, company hopes to make it its biggest market

The growth of Disney+, which launched a year ago, has far exceeded the expectations of both Wall Street and the company itself

RBI policymakers spar over high inflation forecasts, steep yield curve

For months now, inflation has exceeded the central bank's tolerance band and held it back from cutting rates

Asia pacific nations including China set eyes on FTA to be signed on Sunday

Fifteen Asia-Pacific nations including China aim to clinch the world's largest free-trade agreement this weekend

India's economy is reviving and festive season's online sales show it

In the run-up to the festival, retailers including Amazon.com Inc. and Walmart Inc.'s Flipkart saw a 55% jump in online sales from a year ago to $4.1 billion, according to RedSeer

Covid-19 overhauls decades of aviation boom; a third of 50,000 routes shut

With borders effectively shut from Europe to New Zealand, the bulk of the world's dropped routes are inevitably cross-border

Why is China regulating Big Tech now? Blame a K-shaped recovery for it

Big Tech has been aggressive and unwilling to share profits with small businesses on their sites. In the antitrust draft, Beijing placed a heavy focus on the so-called "pick one of the two" tactic

WhatsApp under scrutiny as Germany probes messaging apps: Report

WhatsApp is the most used messaging app by Germans using Android devices with more than 7 million daily users

China, 14 Asia-Pacific nations set to sign world's biggest FTA

15 nations seek to announce the agreement by the end of this week's Asean Summit, which Vietnam is hosting virtually

TCS acquires Pramerica Technology Services from Prudential Financial

No cash will change hands and TCS will take on more than 1,500 Pramerica employees.

Biden must steer away from Trump's tariffs, focus on digital push in India

By the time Donald Trump and Prime Minister Narendra Modi walked hand-in-hand in a Houston stadium in September 2019, the US had raised tariffs on 14% of Indian exports

Future of retail at stake: Why Amazon is feuding with Biyani and Ambani

Amazon is willing to 'sink the ship' but doesn't want Reliance to acquire Future's assets, says one analyst.

Govt expands stimulus to 15% of economy, aims to create jobs and help firms

An additional outlay of Rs 180 billion will be made toward an affordable urban housing program

World's central banks are now begging govts to power economic rebound

Without aggressive fiscal stimulus now, economies may develop deep scars that hobble growth over the longer term. That could then leave central banks unable to prepare for the next shock or recession

Joe Biden is set to 'undo the Trump years' with civil rights makeover

Biden will seek to return the division to its original purpose, focusing on anti-discrimination laws that protect millions of people in minority groups that were mostly ignored in the Trump years

After worst decline in a decade, Indian companies see profits rebound

Aggregate net income of 46 NSE Nifty 50 members grew 4.8% from a year earlier in the quarter through September, according to data compiled by Bloomberg

Indian rupee set to return near pre-Covid-19 levels by March, says Nomura

Nomura expects the rupee to bounce back to 72 per dollar by end-March, a level last seen in February

Singapore makes move to attract top global tech talent, announces new visa

The two-year visa isn't designed for mid-tier tech workers who might compete with locals for jobs

India in historic technical recession, RBI signals in first ever nowcast

"India has entered a technical recession in the first half of 2020-21 for the first time in its history," the authors wrote. The government is due to publish official statistics Nov. 27

Xi's Hong Kong move seen as message to Biden: Will not tolerate dissent

China's top legislative body on Wednesday passed a resolution allowing for the disqualification of any Hong Kong lawmakers who aren't deemed sufficiently loyal

Ex-Google exec Arun Majumdar top pick to be Biden's energy secretary

The Energy Department has a budget of about $35 billion and a disparate mission that includes helping to build the nation's nuclear warheads, maintaining its emergency stockpile of oil