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Struggling India needs more trade; RCEP may just be the right card to play

Modi has long sought to portray himself as both a reformer and a global statesman. A bold decision would not only shore up his reputation , it would point India in the direction of recovery

Economy may be struggling but Narendra Modi's right turn project is not

India's global reach hinges on its ability to drive the global economy over the next decade

A manager tried to halt Boeing 737 Max production on safety before crashes

At least one whistle-blower also told the committee that the company sacrificed safety for cost savings

Bond vigilantes worry too much: Veteran banker shrugs off fiscal concerns

Gautam, a banker for nearly thirty-five years, is counting on Prime Minister Narendra Modi's administration's past fiscal-track record

Standard Life plans to divest up to 4.5% stake in HDFC Life Insurance

From October lows of Rs 575, shares of HDFC Life had gained as much as 8 per cent amid strong buying in shares of private insurers

Forget zero fees and robots: One broker doubles down on humans

It's essentially a bet customers will still pay extra to be hand-held in their trades

In one of its biggest deals, Airbus bags $30-bn IndiGo order for 300 jets

The deal marks the latest victory for Airbus as rival Boeing reels from the idling of its 737 Max after two fatal crashes in five months

The 'Uber for trucking' tries to navigate some uber-scale problems

For Convoy, the company risks drawing comparisons to Uber in less flattering ways

Google, Facebook and Twitter urged to take more steps to curb fake news

EU says companies need to do more to tackle disinformation

A health check on India's shadow banks shows the crisis is far from over

Troubles began last year when major shadow bank IL&FS Group unexpectedly defaulted, prompting broader shock that made it hard for many companies to refinance debt

Govt mulls personal I-T relief while scrapping some exemptions: Report

If the government tinkers with personal taxes, it will add to the list of measures taken in recent months to boost growth that's expanding at the slowest pace in nearly six years

Market forces easing price war among Indian telecom companies: Trai chief

In one signing of easing competition, Reliance Jio Infocomm Ltd. earlier this month said it was imposing a charge on voice calls that were formerly free

Google accused of creating a surveillance tool to curb worker dissent

Company says it's an effort to curb calendar, meeting spam

Scientists say it'll take $300 billion to halt global warming for 2 decades

The sum is not to fund green technologies or finance a moonshot solution to emissions, but to use simple, age-old practices to lock millions of tons of carbon back into the soil

Shadow banking crisis claims another victim; fin stocks a drag on Sensex

Financials have seen sharp erosion in their share prices in wake of the yearlong crisis in India's credit markets

Indian firms default on record $1.2 bn of bonds this year as economy slows

Those firms that delayed or missed debt payments in 2019 still have $17 billion of notes and loans outstanding including the defaulted securities

Yesterday once more: How the latest crisis is playing out at Infosys

For the second time in about as many years, the Indian icon synonymous with the country's technological ascendancy is being forced to answer accusations of impropriety

SoftBank throws WeWork a $9.5 billion lifeline, picks up 80% stake

WeWork founder Adam Neumann will leave the company's board as part of the package, to be replaced by SoftBank executive and newly appointed Executive Chairman Marcelo Claure

M&A deals set to surge as founders face acute cash squeeze: Axis Capital

The financing squeeze has already taken a toll on the country's economic expansion, which in turn erodes borrowers' capability to repay further

China's central bank boosts liquidity ahead of tax payment surge

The People's Bank of China on Tuesday net injected 250 billion yuan ($35 billion) via seven-day reverse repurchase agreements, according to a statement