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Swiss PE eyes IT, pharma in India portfolio rejig after 300% gain

The fund is looking to exit some India investments and deploy the winnings in other sectors in the country such as healthcare, technology, education and shadow lending

Singapore pulls ahead of Hong Kong in race to become digital-assets hub

Singapore doled out 13 crypto licenses in 2024 to a range of crypto operators including top exchanges OKX and Upbit, as well as global heavyweights Anchorage, BitGo and GSR

Global disease resurgence in 2024 highlights growing health threat

The year also saw unprecedented number of human contracting avian influenza caused by the H5N1 virus in the US

Here's all about the best climate news you may have missed this year

Averting catastrophic climate change was always going to involve plenty of steps forward as well as steps back

Biden commutes 37 federal death sentences in latest use of pardon power

Of the 40 men on federal Death Row in Terre Haute, Indiana, 18 are White, 15 are Black, six are Latino and one is Asian. At least nine of the spared convicts were on death row for killing

Trump's Panama Canal threat dents bonds, raises fears of credit downgrade

Notes due in 2036 fell 0.7 cent on the dollar and the cost of insuring against a sovereign default jumped to the highest level since February on a closing basis amid thin trading, according to pricing

Telegram turns profitable for first time after paying down $2 billion debt

White-supremacist groups escalated efforts in the run-up to the US election to recruit new members over Telegram, where they've amplified racist conspiracies while posing as men-only fight clubs

Govt-owned oil refiners struggle to get adequate crude supplies from Russia

Oil executives from three of the nation's government-owned processors said they haven't been able to obtain enough Russian crude for January loading in the so-called spot market

Bitcoin sees weekly decline over Fed policy outlook, 1st since Trump's win

The Fed on Wednesday delivered a third straight interest-rate cut while signaling a slower pace of monetary easing next year to keep inflation in check, sending global stocks into a tailspin

Sebi punctures Bharat Global's 10,000% stock rally over fake disclosures

Shares of the Gujarat-headquartered company surged over 10,000 per cent in the 12-month period ending November as it announced forays into market-fancied sectors

Honda, Nissan aim to merge in 2026 as negotiations begin this week

The two automakers plan to create a holding company that would be helmed by a president picked by Honda

Banks lobby RBI to approve new benchmark for overnight indexed swaps

The move is intended to improve price discovery in the interest-rate swap market

Here's all about the worst climate news of the year you may have missed

If the ongoing renewables boom (see below) doesn't avert those plans, coal's role in India's grid looks to be getting back on track

Donald Trump keeps door open to Putin offer for talks on war in Ukraine

The Russian president offered on Thursday to hold talks with Trump, saying, 'I'll be ready to meet if he wants'

Germany's SPD calls for Antitrust Act to limit Elon Musk's influence

A modern-day version would essentially lead to a break-up of Musk's increasingly monopolistic conglomerate of companies

Trump denies claims he's ceded presidency to Musk, calls it 'hoax'

Trump told a conservative audience in Phoenix, addressing growing complaints about the outsized role the Tesla boss has already had in his incoming administration

Honda-Nissan merger talks driven by challenges in China's auto market

The surging popularity of electric and hybrid vehicles made by BYD Co. and others has erased the leading position that Japan's automakers once enjoyed

Trump shakes up global politics a month before taking charge at White House

His trade threats helped set off a cabinet crisis in Canada that has Prime Minister Justin Trudeau teetering

Donald Trump makes crypto and defence picks for his second-term team

Trump picks billionaire Stephen Feinberg official as the No. 2 at the Pentagon and appoints Michael Kratsios to lead tech policy at the White House

Reduce transit fees or return it: Trump threatens to reclaim Panama canal

The US is the canal's biggest customer, responsible for about three quarters of the cargo transiting through each year