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Amazon, Apple to provide digital training to women in Indo-Pacific

The program, undertaken within the broader 14-nation Indo-Pacific Economic Framework for Prosperity, is focused on Brunei, Fiji, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand and Vietnam.

China's consumer inflation moderates in Aug as lockdowns suppress spending

The consumer price index rose 2.5% from a year earlier, the National Bureau of Statistics said Friday, down from 2.7% gain in July

Citigroup's epic $500 mn blunder ends in legal victory for the bank

A federal appeals court saved Citigroup Inc. from an epic blunder, rejecting a ruling that Revlon creditors could keep more than half a billion dollars the bank accidentally sent them

Google pays billions annually to remain top search engine: US Justice Dept

DOJ attorney Kenneth Dintzer didn't disclose how much Google spends to be the default search engine on most browsers and all US mobile phones, but described the payments as "enormous numbers"

Twitter paid whistle-blower $7 million to silence him, says Musk's lawyer

The payment was mentioned in passing at a Sept. 6 hearing in the lawsuit between Twitter and Musk over his attempts to cancel a $44 billion purchase of the company

Russia's exclusion may pave way for India into global bond index

Getting high-yielding Indian sovereign bonds into global indexes would make it easier for overseas investors to put their money into Asia's third-biggest economy with its $1 trillion debt market

Need to boost investor confidence for sustainable, transformative growth

India needs to show investors not only that they can achieve decent returns in the country but that their money is safe here

Apple's China partner bars workers from leaving premises to shut out Covid

The firm, which also manages data for other clients, didn't say whether the iPhone maker's servers had been affected or when the lockdown will lift

Apple CEO Tim Cook credits Steve Jobs with fostering culture of privacy

Cook, speaking at a Code Conference panel Wednesday about Jobs's legacy, said Apple has tried to ensure that privacy doesn't get lost in a surveillance-driven world

Singapore unveils new work visas to lure talent in next-gen industries

"Singapore is still a global city," Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said in an address last month, in which he vowed to bolster the national workforce's skills

Judge slams Elon Musk for not handing over texts in Twitter fight

The judge also said most of the burden in collecting and handing over information in the case has so far fallen on Twitter

Amid political unrest, faltering economy, Pak floods turn into a nightmare

Pakistan's climate minister, Sherry Rehman, called the floods a catastrophe of "very epic proportion"

Why 'Make in India' in defence may be leaving India vulnerable to threats

India's air force, army, and navy can no longer import some critical weapons systems to replace aging ones, the officials said

Work from home is loved worldwide, even if Wall Street firms hate it

Workers say they're more productive at home, would quit their jobs or look elsewhere if they are forced back, and would take pay cuts to maintain the remote option, the study found

Germany heading for recession, warns Deutsche Bank CEO Christian Sewing

"The longer inflation remains high, the greater the strain and the higher the potential for social conflict," Sewing said.

Apple updates AirPods Pro with better audio, easier-to-find case

The new model, which keeps the $249 price of the previous generation, offers crisper audio and the H2 wireless chip

Pound falls to weakest level since 1985 against dollar amid dire UK economy

The last time the sterling-dollar exchange rate was this low the world's richest nations signed the Plaza Accord, an agreement to weaken the US currency

US told Israel that Iran nuclear deal unlikely in near future, says report

Israel opposes efforts to revive the 2015 pact that eased sanctions on Iran's economy in return for caps on its nuclear program

Oil slumps below $85 for first time since January on demand fear

US benchmark West Texas Intermediate sank below $85 while the global Brent benchmark fell below $90

Office rents in Dubai rebounding, rising faster than in New York, London

Demand for space in the skyscraper and across Dubai is surging as the emirate attracts more wealth and expats due to its nimble response to the pandemic and relatively easy access to visas.