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Ready to boost bid if Seven & i engages in takeover talks, says Couche-Tard

Couche-Tard's top executives are in Tokyo Thursday to promote their multi-billion dollar bid to purchase the parent company of the 7-Eleven stores

Intel names semiconductor industry veteran Lip-Bu Tan as next CEO

Tan will assume the role on March 18, the company said in a statement Wednesday. He will rejoin the board as well after stepping down in August 2024

UK breaks from EU stance, opts against swift tariff retaliation on US

Business and Trade Secretary Jonathan Reynolds called the US decision to impose 25 per cent levies on foreign metal products without exemptions on Wednesday morning "disappointing"

US inflation cools to 2.8% in Feb, offering some reprieve ahead of tariffs

The consumer price index increased 0.2 per cent after a sharp 0.5 per cent advance in January, according to Bureau of Labor Statistics data out Wednesday

Donald Trump dials back 50% Canada tariff threat, downplays recession

Trump's roller-coaster day saw him threaten to double duties on Canadian steel and aluminum to 50% after Ontario announced plans to place a surcharge on electricity sent to the US only to retreat back

Razorpay eyes group profitability ahead of IPO plans, expands to Singapore

The Tiger Global Management-backed company is focused on becoming profitable on a consolidated basis across all business verticals, said Shashank Kumar, co-founder and managing director of Razorpay

Ukraine-US accord on a ceasefire proposal puts the onus on Vladimir Putin

The accord reached in Saudi Arabia by US and Ukrainian negotiators for a 30-day halt in the conflict, which began with Russia's full-scale invasion three years ago

TA Associates plans to sell majority stake in OmniActive Health Tech

The private equity firm is in talks with potential advisers about a possible sale and could seek a valuation of as much as $1 billion for the Indian company, the people said

US factories face higher metal prices than overseas rivals due to tariffs

Trump's plan to impose tariffs on steel and aluminum imports is unlikely to arrest decades of declining market share and stagnating production

Pfizer's breast cancer drug Vepdegestrant posts mixed results in key trial

The drug, vepdegestrant, failed to meaningfully delay cancer progression for all patients enrolled in the study but met its goals for a subset who have a specific genetic mutation

RBI asks lenders to widen scope of reporting offshore swap trades

Reserve Bank of India has requested foreign banks operating in India to report details of all offshore trades involving rupee interest rate products

WWDC 2025: Apple readies dramatic software overhaul for iPhone, iPad, Mac

Apple is gearing up to revamp OS for iPhone. iPad and Mac. The changes are coming as part of iOS 19 and iPadOS 19 - code-named "Luck" - and macOS 16, which is dubbed "Cheer."

Former Philippine leader Rodrigo Duterte arrested in drug war case

Duterte's anti-narcotics campaign during his 2016-2022 presidency killed more than 6,000 people

India's amateur retail investors risking it all amid mounting risks

The markets have lost $1.3 billion in value since last September, and the Nifty 50 is down about 14 per cent

Mukesh Ambani's empire faces turbulence as US trade tariff risks mount

The concern in New Delhi is that any retaliatory trade action by Washington will cover broader ground than just India's massive tariffs

Elon Musk eyes Social Security and Medicare as key targets for cuts

During the 2024 campaign, Trump repeatedly promised that he would not cut Social Security payments or health coverage from Medicare

Motive to hire hundreds as AI unicorns expand, follow Big Tech to India

Motive is among upstarts that are following major tech corporations like Meta and Microsoft into India, betting on one of world's deepest AI engineering pools to speed innovation

Asian shares fall for third consecutive session, tracking US losses

Equity-index futures for the S&P 500 and the tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 slipped in early Asian trading, extending a decline on Monday as Wall Street tempered bullish views

Fitch cuts Adani Energy's outlook to negative, cites US probe risks

The US indictment may lead to negative rating action in the near to medium term for Adani Energy

Emerging Asian currencies dip with stocks as investors avoid risk

Risk aversion picked up across financial markets on Monday, with investors buying gold, the yen and the Swiss franc due to concerns the period of US economic strength may be ending