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From Reliance to Unilever, firms worried about low consumer demand in India

At least 7 of India's largest companies, including RIL's retail arm and consumer bellwether Hindustan Unilever Ltd., have flagged softer consumption demand and a challenging operating environment

Here's why South should worry about bringing more people, not more babies

Thankfully, neither Stalin nor Naidu is proposing regressive policies in order to push the birth rate back up. What the two leaders should do is think more closely about why exactly they're so worried

US Presidential election nerves fueling bets on Asian sovereign bonds

Traders across Asian markets are bracing themselves for volatility as Nov. 5 nears. Wall Street banks are telling their clients to expect a decline in China's currency amid rising tariff risks

Sunil Mittal's Bharti Telecom to raise Rs 8,500 crore via bond market

The borrowing is coming days after India's second-largest wireless carrier Bharti Airtel Ltd., in which Bharti Telecom is the largest shareholder

Gold demand surpasses $100 billion globally as western investors rush in

Gold - which set a record above $2,782 an ounce in Wednesday's trading - has registered gains every month this year, apart from a minor pullback in January, and in June, when prices were flat.

Boeing, union hold 'productive' talks in attempt to end stalemate

Boeing confirmed that it has resumed negotiations, and met earlier Tuesday with the union

Visa profit rises, beats expectations as cross-border transactions jump

The results were "driven by relatively stable growth in payments volume, cross-border volume and processed transactions, plus strong momentum across new flows and value-added services," Chief

Snap reports strong revenue growth, boosting shares amid ad revamp

"Snap's continued hard work to revamp its ad business to better serve performance-focused advertisers, particularly small and medium-sized businesses, and diversify its revenue streams through

Centre, power industry exploring curbs on most potent greenhouse gas SF6

The stable nature that makes SF6 an excellent insulator also aggravates its impacts on the climate

US Elections: Kamala Harris' speech at National Mall casts Trump as threat

But a major challenge for the vice president has been streamlining and consolidating her often scattershot argument to voters who have spent a decade hearing about the dangers Trump poses, even as new

Russian hackers are targeting US govt officials, defence workers: Microsoft

Microsoft has said the attacks are perpetrated by sophisticated Russian nation-state group Midnight Blizzard, which US and UK governments have connected to SVR, Russian foreign intelligence service

OpenAI partners with Broadcom to develop specialized AI inference chip

The process for taking a chip from design to production is long and expensive. OpenAI is less focused on graphics processing units, chips that are used to train and build generative AI models

OpenAI partners with Broadcom to develop specialized AI inference chip

The process for taking a chip from design to production is long and expensive. OpenAI is less focused on graphics processing units, chips that are used to train and build generative AI models

Samsung's sudden $122 billion wipeout shows cost of sleeping on AI

South Korea's biggest company has become a stark example of how quickly fortunes can turn in an industry where the spoils go to those who maintain a technological edge

AI will change nature of work, but won't lead to job losses: Axis Bank

Axis Bank spent nearly two years on so-called 'hyperpersonalization' for its app, which includes nudges for customers when their salaries get deposited or when bills come due, its digital head said

Alphabet Inc beats sales estimates in Q3 results on Google Cloud growth

As its main search business matures, Google is betting on growth from its cloud division, which supplies computing power, software and services to other companies

Climate change drives sleep loss as temperatures increase at night

Eighth annual Lancet Countdown on health and climate change report, authored by 122 global experts, found that high temperatures, drought and heavy rainfall are increasingly impacting people's health

American CEOs say this is as bad as it gets for corporate earnings

A broadening becomes especially important for the rally's progress now that megacap tech companies are projected to show slowing profit growth, on average

GitHub forges AI deals with Google, Anthropic to integrate models

Microsoft also lets its Azure cloud customers use models other than OpenAI's, including ones from Meta Inc. and Mistral, but doesn't offer models from Google or Anthropic

Kamala Harris' tech embrace halts Donald Trump tide, fills war chest

Her campaign has been holding nearly weekly roundtables with business leaders in Silicon Valley and New York. It frequently involves billionaire venture capitalist Mark Cuban and Box Inc