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Iran official says nearly 2,000 killed in ongoing anti-regime protests

The Iranian official, speaking to Reuters, said that people he called terrorists were behind the deaths of both protesters and security personnel

RedTape founders look to sell majority stake, approach Blackstone, KKR

EY has reached out to private equity firms Blackstone and KKR and Co to explore potential offers for the family's stake, said two of the three sources

Palm oil imports drop to 8-month low as refiners shift to rival oils: SEA

Lower palm oil imports by India, the world's largest buyer of vegetable oils, could lift inventories in top producers Indonesia and Malaysia

Asian stocks rise as Nikkei hits record amid AI optimism, earnings ahead

In share markets, Japan's Nikkei returned from holiday with a jump of 3.4% to record highs, aided by a weak yen and talk of fiscal stimulus

Vitol, Trafigura offer Venezuelan oil to India, China for March delivery

The trading firms are ​scrambling to secure ships, moving swiftly to sell the Venezuelan oil, with Trafigura's CEO saying it will load its first cargo for the US this week

Apple, Google ink Gemini deal for revamped Siri in major win for Alphabet

Alphabet has been jostling with OpenAI for the Apple deal, the financial details of which were not disclosed

National Stock Exchange plans to file draft IPO documents by end of March

NSE has not indicated how much of its equity would be listed. A platform that trades NSE's unlisted shares puts the exchange's total ​value at $55 billion

Trump's Greenland threat sparks investor search for new safe havens

Although gains in both are expected to continue regardless of what happens to Greenland, investors face the dilemma of how to position for any longer-term fallout

Dollar slides, gold hits record as Trump escalates fight with Fed

Fed funds futures have added in about three basis points more in cuts this year, which is small but points to the risk that the Fed gets pushed into being more aggressive

Rupee ends flat, caught between softer dollar and corporate hedging

The rupee closed at 90.1525 per dollar, little changed from 90.1625 in the previous session

Indian banks' Q3 earnings to get loan growth, asset quality boost

Analysts expect private sector banks to post average profit after tax growth of about 3.5%-5% year-on-year for October-December

'RBI's $10 bn foreign exchange swap to sail through on corporate demand'

The swap involves the RBI buying dollars and injecting rupees in the first leg, which will be settled on Friday, before reversing ​the transaction three years down the line

Shapoorji Pallonji unit likely to face higher costs in new fundraising

Goswami Infratech, the SP Group's real estate and civil engineering company, is planning to raise as much as ₹25,000 crore ($2.77 billion) through a two-year zero-coupon bond issue

India's 2025 rice exports surge to near record levels as curbs lifted

An improved flow of rice from the world's largest exporter of the grain curbed shipments from rivals Thailand and Vietnam and drove prices in Asia to their lowest in nearly a decade

Bob Weir: Guitarist who made Grateful Dead iconic psychedelic jam band

He was diagnosed with cancer in July and "succumbed to underlying lung issues" surrounded by loved ones

Trump says no more Venezuelan oil or money to go to Cuba, pushes for deal

Treasury-supervised accounts, a major test of the emerging relationship between Trump and interim President Delcy Rodriguez

US to push for quicker action in reducing reliance on China for rare earths

"Urgency is the theme of the day. It's a very big undertaking. There's a lot of different angles, a lot of different countries involved and we really just need to move faster," the official said

Israel on high alert over possible US intervention in Iran amid protests

President Donald Trump has repeatedly threatened to intervene in recent days and warned Iran's rulers against using force against demonstrators

Sebi set to clear way for NSE to launch its initial public offering

NSE, also the world's most active ​derivatives exchange, has been in litigation with the Indian market regulator Sebi since 2019 when it was fined $122.04 million

CIA warns of Cuba's grim economy but unsure if government will collapse

The CIA's view is that key sectors of the Cuban economy, such as agriculture and tourism, are severely strained by frequent blackouts, trade sanctions and other problems