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Hotel prices in Paris surge up to 300% ahead of next year's Olympics

Travelers heading to the French capital can expect to pay about $685 a night for a three-star hotel, compared with around $178 for a typical July stay, according to data from Google

HP to make Chromebook laptops in India in win for PM Modi's tech push

India has been expanding its electronics manufacturing sector as companies diversify production beyond China amid growing Washington-Beijing tensions

Tesla Inc's sales drop brings BYD the closest ever to global EV crown

Including hybrids, Shenzhen-based BYD sold a total 822,094 vehicles for another record quarter, helping it cement its lead as China's best-selling car brand

Microsoft Corp was willing to drop Bing name to nab Apple search deal

Taking the stand at Google's antitrust trial, Microsoft's Nadella described the lengths his company was willing to go to become Apple's default search engine

Ex-Googler's struggling search startup becomes antitrust cautionary tale

Taking the stand Monday in federal court in Washington, Neeva co-founder Sridhar Ramaswamy recalled how the company thought it could deliver a better search experience by charging consumers

As households save less, India's growth story may not have happy ending

What the data suggests, however, is that India's numbers are unsustainable. They're driven by debt-fueled household consumption and government investment

Here's why a US recession may still be on the cards for its economy

A summer in which inflation trended lower, jobs remained plentiful and consumers kept spending has bolstered confidence that the world's biggest economy will avoid recession

Rural reprieve pushed India's unemployment rate to 1-year low in Sept: CMIE

The overall joblessness rate slid to 7.09% last month, from 8.10% in August, data from private research firm Centre for Monitoring Indian Economy showed.

Gold prices decline for a sixth straight day, hits seven-month low

Treasury yields climbed on Monday after a US government shutdown was averted over the weekend, pushing gold down to the lowest since March

Medicine Nobel for scientist duo behind mRNA vaccines against Covid-19

The laureates are announced through October 9 in Stockholm, with the exception of the peace prize, whose recipients are selected by the Norwegian Nobel Committee in Oslo

Elon Musk streams himself playing 'Diablo IV' to test X capacity

The broadcast on X, formerly Twitter, lasted 52 minutes, of which the first dozen were spent setting up the stream correctly, with a staffer helping Musk

Vedanta's dollar bonds decline after plan to split up biz to tackle debt

All four junk-rated notes were indicated lower on Monday, Bloomberg-compiled data showed. The August 2024 bond posted the biggest drop, down 0.6 cents on the dollar to 62.6 cents

X partners with Paris Hilton for video push in bid to revamp platform

X will work with Hilton to create original video content on fashion, beauty, travel and other topics, the company announced Monday

Microsoft's Nadella calls search choice 'bogus' in Google trial: Report

'You get up in the morning, you brush your teeth and you search on Google,' Nadella said

Car manufacturers are buying 'green steel' that's far from carbon-free

"Steel made with natural gas is not climate-neutral steel and that is what ultimately matters," he said

The bull case for emerging markets in 2023 is now finally shattering

Investors have also fled bonds, with both local- and hard-currency fixed income indexes sliding in the third quarter, according to data compiled by Bloomberg

Between manufacturing and services, can AI show India a third way to grow?

Even if generative artificial intelligence has been overhyped, it's safe to assume that ChatGPT-type bots will only get better at routine tasks like writing computer software

Microsoft's Satya Nadella to testify at Google antitrust trial Monday

Last week, Microsoft business development executive Jonathan Tinter testified that the Redmond, Washington-based software giant failed to secure a deal to put its Bing search app on Apple's products

Retailers in UK demand immediate action to stop wave of shoplifting

Tesco recently started offering body cameras to its staff for better protection and Aldi is currently trialling the idea

Good progress on bringing down inflation, says British PM Rishi Sunak

"Inflation is making people feel poorer, the quicker we bring inflation down the better it is, and that is why it is the right priority, and we are making good progress," Sunak told the BBC