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Onion price slump adds to farm distress, sharpens Modi's election stakes

A growing disenchantment with the faltering profitability of farming has emerged as a political variable. But how much of a risk does it pose to the government?

Investors in a 'get-me-out-of-here mood' as Asian stock markets tumble

With every single market in the red, Asia's benchmark MSCI Asia Pacific Index has erased November's 2.7 per cent climb and is heading to its lowest level since end-October

Huawei CFO cites health issue in bail bid, offers $12 mn home as collateral

The 46-year-old mother of four, accused of guiding a global effort to mask violations of sanctions on sales to Iran, has languished in jail since her arrest

Breaching borders and beating tax, India's gold smugglers get creative

The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence arrested four people last week for smuggling in 66 kilograms of gold, worth about Rs 210 million rupees, and seized fours cars.

When one man dominates a company: The problem with Mark Zuckerberg types

The US new-issues market is the de facto standard setter for the rest of the world. Undemocratic voting structures are an unwelcome export

The US has Huawei in cuffs, but China has American industry in chains

Concerns over the immediate future of Huawei Technologies Co with its CFO under arrest, are well warranted

JSW Steel lone stock that's set to end in green among metal indices

Metal stocks in India are feeling unloved by investors, with one exception: the country's top steelmaker JSW Steel

Australia turns its attention to Google, FB's market dominance, data misuse

Google, Facebook have come under increased scrutiny internationally amid concern about the dissemination of fake news and their potential to dominate online advertising

US-China trade spat to end? Trump keen on locking deal with Xi at G20 meet

It was unclear if Trump was easing up on US demands that China has resisted

Google walkout: Pichai says he's still the boss, protests won't sway him

On Thursday, thousands of Google employees walked out of their offices worldwide to protest the company's handling of alleged misconduct by some executives

Sensex heads for best week since 2016 as tensions between govt, RBI ease

The benchmark S&P BSE Sensex climbed 1.2% to 34,841.20 as of 9:36 am in Mumbai, extending its weekly advance to 4.7%

Apple will no longer report how many iPhone, iPad, Mac it sells; stocks dip

Apple CFO Tim Cook said the forecast was partly driven by weakness in emerging markets, including India and Brazil, and currency volatility

Japan victory over mobile carriers triggers a 3.8-trillion-yen rout

Docomo reduced its forecast for net income in the current fiscal year by about 3.6 per cent to 670 billion yen, which would mark a 10 per cent drop and the first annual decline in years

No sleep till Brexit: the city scrambles to deal with quitting the EU

With five months left to go, there are still many possible outcomes, including a snap election and the installation of Labour Party firebrand Jeremy Corbyn in 10 Downing Street

Netflix gives films exclusive theatrical run ahead of streaming

"Roma" will screen exclusively in theaters weeks ahead of its streaming debut

The Jeff Bezos way of investing in 'little humans to make them big humans'

Jackie Bezos "goes to work every day" at the Bezos Family Foundation, focusing on childhood development programs and research -- all with one big purpose

Xi Jinping's new love of imports leaves long road to trade balance

Xi has already pledged that China will import $24 trillion dollars of goods from abroad over the next decade and a half

Get past jeans, here's how yoga pants have conquered American streets

Fashion trends seesaw constantly, but rarely does an entire category shift

Trump agrees to grant India waiver from Iran oil sanctions, says report

No final decision has been made and an announcement is unlikely before US sanctions on Iran are reimposed Nov 5

AI may have arrived but new blue-collar jobs may survive its rise

At a Rolls Royce parts plant with "virtually no manual operations," human workers continually refine automation