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Indian bond yields may rise further on rate hike fears, fiscal concerns

The benchmark 10-year yield is up about 34 basis points to 7 per cent since the outbreak of the Iran war three months ago

US AI companies' fundraise plans spur bets on future Asian winners

Fundraising by OpenAI, SpaceX and Anthropic is fuelling investor bets that the next winners of the AI boom could emerge from Asia's supply chain

European Union mulls temporary freeze on Russian crude oil price cap

The EU is weighing a freeze on its Russian oil price cap as the West Asia conflict drives crude prices sharply higher ahead of a July review

SpaceX, OpenAI windfall fuels fresh bets on next-wave Asian AI winners

The listings of SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic may mean a total of $70 billion in AI spending on top of the more than $750 billion already committed by the biggest hyperscalers

Indian airlines urge oil firms to defer jet fuel price hike amid Iran war

The proposal floated by airlines including Air India Ltd., IndiGo and SpiceJet Ltd. is being considered by the refiners

Danish pension fund blacklists SpaceX over 'catastrophic governance'

SpaceX, which submitted its IPO filing on May 20, is expected to start formal marketing of its offering next month

Trump admin to appeal US court order mandating broad tariff refunds

US Customs and Border Protection launched a new online portal to process refund claims on April 20, signaling that it intended to repay at least some of the approximately $1 billion in refund

Mercedes-Benz risks US ban under bill targeting China-linked automakers

The legislative provision effectively bans companies from the US based on certain thresholds, such as whether they are more than 15 per cent owned by a foreign entity

Goldman's model shows Spain as 26% probable winner of FIFA World Cup

The analysis combined historical match data, team rankings, scoring talent and geographic factors to forecast the tournament's outcome

Social media giants to pay $27 mn to settle Kentucky school lawsuit

The settlements, which were announced earlier this month but without financial details, allowed the companies to avert the first trial in the nation over a school district's complaint

Trump admin's immigration surge cost 668,000 jobs, says Brookings report

In the 86 cities that saw the sharpest rise in ICE arrests, they found roughly 13 lost jobs associated with each excess arrest

Trump to hand Kennedy Center control to Congress after court setback

Trump decried the judge's ruling and said he would be 'working with Congress to transfer this failing Institution back to them so they can make a determination as to what to do with it'

Internet built Backrooms, does Hollywood effectively own them now?

As A24 turns the internet-born Backrooms phenomenon into a blockbuster, fans are debating who truly owns collaborative online storytelling

SpaceX lowers IPO valuation target to at least $1.8 trillion

SpaceX is targeting a valuation of at least $1.8 trillion in its IPO, potentially making it the largest public offering in history

Founder supremacy is eroding the discipline of corporate governance

It's not an accident that Apple's Steve Jobs, maybe the greatest of all high-tech founders and CEOs, had no need to shelter behind bespoke extra protections

Companies face tougher investor scrutiny as rupee hits record lows

The rupee has lost about 10 per cent against the dollar over the past 12 months, the worst performance among Asian currencies

Indian power firms boost gas purchases to meet night-time cooling demand

Large swathes of India have suffered from blistering heat waves this summer, with sweltering temperatures around-the-clock pushing peak electricity demand to new highs

Waaree Energies planning to hire banks for $700 million share sale

Waaree Energies has selected Motilal Oswal Investment Advisors Ltd., JPMorgan Chase & Co., Nuvama Wealth Management Ltd., and Nomura Holdings Inc. to manage the offering

Vietnam emerging as Asia's rising power by balancing US-China rivalry

According to the Lowy Institute's 2025 Asia Power Index, Vietnam recorded the second-largest increase in overall influence in the region; it now ranks seventh in Asia for economic relationships

Anthropic valued at $965 bn after latest funding round, eclipsing OpenAI

Alphabet Inc.'s Google contributed several billion dollars to the round as part of a previously announced commitment to invest up to $40 billion in Anthropic over time