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Families of 737 crash victims urge US judge to reject Boeing deal

Lawyers for 15 families argued Boeing should stand trial for criminal conspiracy as the government had originally planned, to hold the company more accountable for the deaths of 346 people

Amazon orders workers to relocate to Seattle, other hubs stirring concerns

Amazon has satellite workplaces around the country, including major metropolitan areas like New York, Boston, Los Angeles, Dallas and Austin, giving workers some flexibility about where they lived

Erratic weather hurting Indian companies in biggest consumer market

A cooler-than-usual summer this year - followed by the earliest onset of rain since 2009 - has hurt companies selling everything from talcum powder to air conditioners

Blackstone's ASK to hire 70 bankers amid surge in India's wealth sector

ASK's private wealth unit aims to have 175 bankers by the end of March next year, up from about 105 now, Rajesh Saluja, chief executive officer and co-founder of the business said

China's rare earth exports hit five-year low as magnet sales curbs

Export controls launched on April 4 covered not just seven individual rare earths, but also magnets that contain even tiny amounts of them

Standard Chartered faces RBI scrutiny over lapses in derivatives sales

The banking regulator has also flagged issues relating to Standard Chartered's maintenance of reserves and the accounting treatment of forward rate agreement trades in previous financial years

Trump turning US into electric vehicle laggard with rollback of policies

Trump ordered the elimination of subsidies and other measures boosting electric vehicles during his first day back in the White House in January

Darwin port dispute shows not all Chinese stakes pose security threat

Beijing's ownership of critical infrastructure has been growing steadily over the years, but Trump's new administration is paying more attention

G7 confronts new reality after US Prez Trump spoils hopes for unity

G7 gatherings have served to bring leaders together to coordinate their response to the pressing issues of the day, but the summits are getting trickier after Trump changed the rulebook on diplomacy

Here's why outdated census data threatens India's vast welfare programmes

The bureaucratic challenge of organising the world's biggest census is immense

US-China tech fight widens after Taiwan blacklists Huawei, chipmaker SMIC

Taipei this month added Huawei Technologies Co. and its main chipmaker Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. to its entity list, barring the island's firms from doing business with the pair

Trump policies driving firms to explore markets beyond US: McKinsey chief

To counteract the impact of tariffs, McKinsey is increasingly working with clients to cut costs, adopt more 'frugality' when it comes to capital expenditures

Nuclear-powered ships may reshape trade with cleaner, faster transport

While there are clean fuels in development like ammonia, the dearth of affordable options to power massive cargo ships has created an almost insurmountable problem

Elon musk's xAI in talks to raise $4.3 billion via fresh equity funding

Musk's company, which is responsible for the AI chatbot Grok, needs the new money, in part, because it has already spent most of what it previously raised, the materials shared with investors indicate

Softbank-backed Lenskart set to file for $1 bn IPO in coming weeks

The company raised $200 million from Temasek Holdings Pte and Fidelity Management & Research in June 2024 at a $5 billion valuation, according to Avendus Capital Pvt, one of the deal's advisors

Washington Post probes hacking attempts on journalists' email accounts

The attack was first reported by the Wall Street Journal, which cited unnamed sources as saying the hack was potentially the work of a foreign government

OpenAI wins $200 mn contract with Pentagon to pilot AI for defence tasks

OpenAI will work with the Defense Department to come up with ways that AI can help with administrative tasks, such as getting health care for US military members and helping prevent cyberattacks

Banks in need of better security as payment frauds triple in value

According to the central bank's latest annual report, more than half of frauds took place in digital or card-based transactions, even though they accounted for only 1.4% of the $4 billion in scams

Senate Republicans unveil new tax-cut plan, slash health coverage for poor

The bill would preserve Trump's first-term tax cuts and create several new breaks that he championed on the campaign trail - including eliminating taxes on tips

Russia sanctions would cost US 'a lot of money', says Donald Trump

European leaders urge Trump to impose new sanctions, saying it's key to pressuring Putin to negotiate sincerely as the Ukraine war enters its fourth year