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Always in the lead: Why Kamala Harris is Biden's best bet as VP pick

Take a moment to appreciate the fact that a woman with Black and Indian heritage can be considered a safe pick to be the US Vice President.

India's troubled shadow lenders show signs of revival on stimulus

The sound health of shadow banks is vital because they form the backbone of the Indian economy in lending to a wide range of borrowers from small merchants to business giants

Apple to Amazon line up in battle against Trump's immigrant visa ban

The group asked a court Monday to be allowed to add the industry's voice to a lawsuit opposing the ban, saying it's causing irreparable harm on businesses and the nation's economy

Covid-19 pandemic worsens the US gender pay gap, with women losing out

In a regular recession, the pay gap between men and women shrinks by two percentage points as men tend to get hit harder by job losses

In support of Jimmy Lai: Hong Kong protestors drive 1,100% stock gain

Now Hong Kong's pro-democracy supporters are wielding a new protest weapon: their stock-market trading accounts.

Russia registers first Covid vaccine, hopes to begin mass inoculation soon

"The first registration has taken place," Putin said Tuesday at a televised government meeting, adding that one of his daughters has already been given the vaccine

Donald Trump says he is 'seriously' considering a capital gains tax cut

The president can't unilaterally cut the 20 per cent long-term capital gains rate without Congress, but some advisers tell him he could issue an executive order

American Express in advanced talks to buy SoftBank-backed Kabbage

American Express Co.'s small-business aspirations just took another step forward

SoftBank returns to black as Vision Fund recovers from Covid-19 pandemic

Recovery largely due to rising valuations of bets like Uber and Slack

Tim Cook hits billionaire status as Apple's market value nears $2 trn

Apple's share price rose almost 5% last week, leaving the company Jobs co-founded 44 years ago in his parents' California home on the cusp of stock-market milestone: a market value of nearly $2 trn

Top AirAsia officials suspended after pilot alleges safety lapses

AirAsia India's head of operations, Manish Uppal, and head of safety, Mukesh Nema, were suspended for three months

Why even herd immunity may not prove to be the best bet against Covid-19

Herd immunity, as a general concept, could mean a more dangerous virus for some areas and population subgroups

'Experiment on me first': Duterte accepts Russia's Covid-19 vaccine offer

Philippine president says Manila can assist Moscow in clinical trials and local production of the vaccine.

Fuelling jugaad: Indian farmers' hacks threaten demand for diesel

Farmers' exasperation was driven by diesel prices bloated by a fivefold jump in central government taxes over the last five years.

Unplanned lockdowns slow economic recovery as unemployment rises

Economy already headed for its worst slump in more than four decades, with the International Monetary Fund estimating the nation's GDP will shrink 4.5% this year.

Global market capitalisation exceeds world GDP, evoking 'bubble' concern

Total stock market capitalisation reached $87.83 trillion on Sunday

Tencent Holdings shares lose $66 billion in 2-day rout on WeChat ban

The stock fell 4.8 per cent Monday and nearly reached Friday's low

Belarus police crush protests as ruler claims landslide win in polls

About 3,000 people were held by law enforcement including 1,000 in the capital, Minsk, the Interior Ministry said Monday

Media tycoon Jimmy Lai arrested in Hong Kong, led away in handcuffs

Apple Daily, which is under Lai's media network Next Digital Ltd. and the biggest pro-democracy paper in Hong Kong, reported that nearly 200 officers were entering its offices

Covid-19: Truth is the first casualty of India's pandemic finance

Shadow banks will be the biggest losers. They will restructure their borrowers' loans but their own liabilities to banks won't get the same treatment