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Samsung Q1 profit likely surged 45% on bumper smartphone, appliance sales

Samsung is scheduled to announce preliminary first-quarter results on Wednesday

LG Electronics to end production, sales of its loss-making smartphone biz

The division is the smallest of LG's five divisions, accounting for just 7.4% of revenue in the fourth quarter

China reports 32 cases of coronavirus on April 4, highest since January 31

The total number of confirmed COVID-19 cases in mainland China now stands at 90,305, while the death toll remains unchanged at 4,636

US puts J&J in charge of plant that botched vaccine, removes AstraZeneca

US puts J&J in charge of plant that botched vaccine, removes AstraZeneca

ByteDance says India's freeze on bank accounts is harassment: Court filing

Beijing has repeatedly criticised India over that ban and those of other Chinese apps

Amazon acknowledges issue of drivers urinating in bottles in apology

The company said the issue was industry-wide and it would look for solutions, without specifying what these might be

Suez Canal shipping backlog ends, days after giant vessel freed

The last 61 ships, out of 422 ships that were queuing when the vessel was dislodged on Monday, passed through the vital trade artery on Saturday

India braces for restrictions as Covid infections hit 6-month high

Maharashtra accounted for more than half of the 89,129 new cases reported by the union health ministry in the last 24 hours, with a record 47,827 infections

Covid-19 vaccines, fiscal stimulus power US employment; economy blooming

By Lucia Mutikani

US Capitol complex on lockdown after reports motorist rams officers

All roads leading to the complex were blocked by police or police officers.

Train crash kills 51 in Taiwan's deadliest rail tragedy for decades

Many passengers were starting long weekend holiday; some carriages ripped apart in tunnel

Power play: India wields oil 'weapon' to cut dependence on Saudi Arabia

Indian refiners plan to cut imports from the Kingdom by about a quarter in May, sources said, dropping them to 10.8 million barrels from monthly average of 14.7-14.8 million barrels

Tesla Inc posts record deliveries in first quarter, beats estimates

Tesla Inc on Friday posted record deliveries for the January to March quarter, beating Wall Street estimates, as solid demand offset the impact of a global shortage of parts.

US job growth accelerates in March; unemployment rate falls to 6.0%

Economists expect job growth will average at least 700,000 per month in the second and third quarters

Coinbase gets all-clear from SEC, setting stage for landmark crypto listing

The surge in Coinbase's private market valuation illustrates how the perceived value of the company has rallied hand-in-hand with the jump in the price of cryptocurrency bitcoin.

Deadline to adopt new emission norms for coal-fired utilities pushed back

India pushes back deadline for coal utilities to adopt new emission norms

Tencent's Timi gaming studio generated $10 billion in 2020: Report

The $10 billion would make Timi the world's largest developer, the sources say, which many industry watchers had suspected to be the case

Japan gathering information on Nomura, MUFG losses linked to US client

Japan is looking into the financial losses incurred by MUFG and Nomura through deals related to an unnamed US client, and will gather and share information on the matter with the Bank of Japan

SoftBank Group-backed Compass valued at $8.22 billion in NYSE debut

Shares of SoftBank Group Corp-backed Compass Inc jumped 18% in their stock market debut on Thursday after being priced at the lower end of the reduced initial public offering (IPO) price range

India's March gold imports surge 471% to a record 160 tonnes: Report

Higher imports by the world's second-biggest bullion consumer could support benchmark gold prices, which have corrected nearly 17% from an all-time high of $2,072 in August 2020