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Asia largely spared from global job cuts, says Barclays CEO Venkatakrishnan

"It is a reduction in workforce generally speaking," CEO C.S. Venkatakrishnan said in a Bloomberg TV interview Thursday in Singapore"

Taiwan probes alleged election graft linked to Foxconn's founder Gou

The Central Election Commission will announce by Nov. 14 whether Gou has enough signatures

Behavioural ads: Meta faces EU crackdown on leveraging personal data

Regulators signed off on the new restrictions just as Meta announced its own plan to offer an ad-free version of the social media sites if users choose to pay a fee

Alphabet to pay $40 million to Match to settle Google Play antitrust battle

Lawyers representing Match and Google said in a court filing Tuesday they've agreed to drop all claims and counterclaims against each other

Nokia sues Amazon from US to India over 'unauthorised' streaming patents

Companies providing video streaming services or streaming devices enjoy "huge benefits" from Nokia's research which in turn needs to be compensated accordingly, Patel said

Tata Steel cancels press conference as UK workers brace for job cuts

People familiar with the matter had said the firm was set to announce the restructuring of its operations at the Port Talbot site in south Wales

Unemployment rate in October rises to more than two-year high, says CMIE

The weakest monsoon rains in five years is weighing on farming output in the world's second-biggest producer of rice, wheat and sugar

Infosys asks some staff back in office 10 days a month, bucks global trend

Since the pandemic, they had been allowed to work remotely full-time, and the company's other employees are still permitted to do so

Asian factories grapple with rising costs amid ongoing Israel-Hamas war

The data are a discouraging sign for the global economy, which has seen its bid for recovery threatened by uncertainty over the Israel-Hamas war and the prospect of wider conflict in the region

Festive season spending booms as consumers splurge, buoying economy

The sales are a key indicator of the health of consumption, which makes up about 60% of India's gross domestic product

US, Israel weigh peacekeepers for Gaza strip after Hamas amid war

"Between those shoals are a variety of possible permutations that we're looking at very closely now, as are other countries," Blinken said

UK officials pressured to drop IP law demands in India trade talks

Critics say the changes would damage India's position as a leading provider of generic drugs - essentially "copycat" versions of those which fall out of patent

Global real estate fundraising slumps 71% with interest rate risk

Around the world, $18.2 billion was raised by 61 funds in the three months through September, a 71% decline from the second quarter, when 117 funds raised $63.4 billion

Nokia sues Amazon from US to India over streaming-tech patents infringement

The suits were filed in the US, Germany, India, the UK, and the European Unified Patent Court, Arvin Patel, Nokia's Chief Licensing Officer said in a statement on the company's website

Qualcomm unveils new PC chip in bid to challenge to Apple, Intel dominance

The new Snapdragon X features 12 high-performance cores capable of crunching data at 3.8 gigahertz, Qualcomm said at a company event Tuesday in Hawaii

Israel's step by step offensive on Hamas risks extending war in Gaza

Five-day ongoing ground campaign to destroy the group that runs the Gaza Strip involves armed forces moving gradually into the Palestinian territory while backed up by tanks and artillery

High interest rates causing surge in company insolvencies in England

Official figures Tuesday showed the number of company insolvencies in England and Wales jumped 10% year-on-year to 6,208 in the third quarter

Saudi Arabia's economy suffers biggest contraction since 2020 on oil cuts

Gross domestic product shrunk 4.5% in the third quarter compared to a year earlier, driven by a 17% drop in the oil economy

China's spy agency vows crackdown on weather stations with foreign links

Foreign embassies and research groups gather weather data in China, activity that becomes more important as the nation deals with bouts of extreme weather such as flooding in the Beijing area

Debut of 50-year bond in India leaves insurers hungry for a share

The government plans to sell Rs 10,000 crore ($1.2 billion) of a 2073 bond on Friday, according to the Reserve Bank of India.