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Delhi chalo march: Govt needs to present a better deal for angry farmers

While the new laws aimed to make the mandis - and their notoriously extractive middlemen - irrelevant, the farmers read them as a sign that the six-decade-old price mechanism itself would be scrapped

Cracks start to emerge in global central bank's four-year synchronicity

The International Monetary Fund's latest round of forecasts highlights the divergence: an improved US outlook, worse prospects for the euro zone and miserable figures for the UK

Dubai's popular golden visas helping city defy global office slump

Policymakers wanted to help Dubai shed its reputation of being a transient city by attracting expatriates and encouraging some of them to set up businesses

Apple set to face near $539 million penalty from EU over Spotify row

In a closed-door meeting between EU officials and Apple in June last year, the tech firm told regulators it had already addressed any possible competition concerns arising from Spotify's complaint

Farmers gear up for another round of talks after almost week of protests

The farmers have been massing at the Punjab-Haryana border since Feb. 12, prevented from marching toward Delhi by police barricades of barbed wire and metal barriers.

Global factory check-up about to reveal extent of nascent recovery

A recent uptick in a global index of manufacturing - to the highest level since mid-2022 - has spurred expectations the sector has reached a turning point

UK, allies looking to arm Ukraine with new AI-enabled swarm drones

The drones could be sent to Ukraine within months, they said, while warning the timeline could slip

Taiwan signs migrant worker MoU with India, seen as new source of labour

The ministry will formally notify lawmakers of the MOU and hold follow-up meetings with Indian officials, according to the statement

SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son seeks to build a $100 bn AI chip venture

Son has been unwavering in his enthusiasm for AGI. In October, he told a large group of Japanese enterprise clients to adopt AI or get left behind

Eli Lilly closer to joining Magnificent Seven in $1 trn market cap club

"Could Lilly be the first $1 trillion biopharma stock?" Morgan Stanley's Terence Flynn and colleagues asked in a note to clients. "We continue to see a path for further upside"

Intel in talks with Biden admin for more than $10 bn in subsidies

Intel climbed as much as 1.1 per cent in late trading Friday after Bloomberg reported the news. The stock was down 13 per cent this year through the close

Not planning harsher rules to curb fintech, says RBI's P Vasudevan

There are "no harsher measures coming on fintech," P. Vasudevan, an executive director in charge of enforcement at the Reserve Bank of India, said on Friday

Climate change is fueling a different type of anxiety, say therapists

In her book A Field Guide to Climate Anxiety, Sarah Ray describes a student who had such severe "self-loathing eco-guilt" that she stopped consuming much at all, including food

New streaming deal among Fox, Warner, and Walt Disney faces scrutiny

Regulators will look at terms of the joint venture once it is finalized, according to two people familiar with the process

India's economic growth may exceed 6% for rest of the decade: Goldman Sachs

India's demographics, strong government-led spending and healthy domestic demand makes it a "favorable destination for investments going forward," he said

Foreign investors back India bonds over pricey stocks in tactical bet

For bulls who powered the massive rally, the tactical trade at the moment is to move into the bonds, whose appeal has been further burnished by the nation's improving finances

Nike to slash global workforce by 2% as sportswear giant seeks savings

That sparked a slump in Nike's shares, which have struggled to recover and remain down about 2% this year

Pak polls: Imran Khan's PTI names PM choice, seeks to form coalition govt

Omar Ayub Khan, the PTI nominee for prime minister, said his first priority would be to release Imran Khan and other party leaders from jail

Jeff Bezos unloads another $2 billion of Amazon stock in latest sale

The move to Florida has now likely saved Bezos about $430 million in taxes. Washington state recently implemented a 7% levy on capital gains, while Florida has no such tax

Google to provide AI cyber tools, investments to bolster online security

The company will also release a white paper on Friday at the Munich Security Conference in Germany that details how it is using AI for cyber defence