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Ahead of jobs miss, some Fed officials edged towards 'taper' debate

US stocks dropped further into negative territory after the release of the minutes, while the US 10-year Treasury yield rose to a session high of 1.678%.

Indian refiners set to curb spot buying to make room for Iranian oil

The world's third largest oil consumer and importer halted imports from Tehran in 2019 after former US President Donald Trump withdrew from a 2015 accord

Wall Street remains lower after Fed minutes show unmet economic goals

A couple of Fed policymakers raised concerns that inflation will rise to "unwelcome" levels before the case for policy action becomes sufficiently evident.

Dow Jones falls 490 points on inflation jitters ahead of Fed minutes

Crypto-related stocks take a hit as digital coins tumble; US 10-year Treasury yield firms ahead of Fed minutes

Blue Origin discloses $2 mn as current highest bid for seat on space flight

Blue Origin, billionaire Jeff Bezos' rocket company, disclosed $2 million as the current highest bid for a seat on its New Shepherd spacecraft after the startup closed the first phase of its auction.

Bitcoin plunges to $30,066; crypto market cap losses nearly $1 trn

The sharp declines came after China banned financial and payment institutions from providing cryptocurrency services

Bitcoin slides below $40,000 after China's ban on cryptocurrency services

The cryptocurrency has tumbled 40 per cent from a record high of $64,895 hit on April 14. It is also heading for its first monthly decline since November 2018.

UK 'increasingly confident' that vaccines work against variant from India

PM Johnson cites review of latest data on B.1.617.2; experts say spread of variants out of hotspots is key

Futures fall as technology stocks lag ahead of US Federal Reserve minutes

The yield on 10-year Treasury notes touched a one-week high, driving down shares of Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp and Facebook Inc by about 1 per cent premarket.

Braving Covid risks, Indian volunteers tend to the sick and the dead

Volunteers say they have been moved to act by desperate pleas for help on social media and in their local communities.

IOC Q4 results: Rs 8,781-cr net profit beats estimates on inventory gains

Revenue rose 18% to Rs 1.64 trillion

Asia snubs IEA's call to stop new fossil fuel investments for the world

Energy companies in Australia, the biggest carbon emitter per capita among the world's richest nations, and officials in Japan and the Philippines said there were many ways to get to net-zero

Indian data suggests runaway Covid infections as deaths hit daily record

Data from Thyrocare, a chain of private laboratories, shows that 63.5% of people tested positive for Covid antibodies on average over the last seven days, up from 45% a month ago

Oil prices fall on rising Covid-19 infections in Asia, inflation fears

Brent crude futures fell 85 cents, or 1.2 per cent, to $67.86 a barrel at 1005 GMT. It settled 1.1 per cent lower on Tuesday after briefly climbing above $70 earlier in the session

Royal Enfield recalls about 237,000 motorcycles on ignition coil defect

Royal Enfield said it will recall close to 236,966 motorcycles across some models due to defects in the ignition coil that can cause misfiring and, in rare cases, an electric short circuit

What Beijing's new crackdown means for cryptocurrencies in China

Many of the new rules expand on previous restrictions aimed at cryptocurrencies and close loopholes that had allowed some finance and payment firms to continue in the trade

Bitcoin slides below $40,000 on China crypto restrictions, ether tumbles

Bitcoin's volatile week-long slide saw it tumble to below $40,000 mark as news of further restrictions on cryptocurrency transactions in China added to earlier concerns sparked by Elon Musk's tweets

Oil prices fall on rising Covid-19 infections in Asia, inflation fears

Oil prices fell for a second day on Wednesday on renewed demand concerns as coronavirus cases in Asia rise and on fears of rising inflation might lead the U.S. Federal Reserve to raise interest rates

Asian shares slip, bitcoin extend losses as inflation worries linger

Also weighing on digital coins was a new Chinese ban on financial institutions providing services related to cryptocurrency transactions

Gold hovers near 4-month high as dollar eases; Fed minutes in focus

Gold prices inched up on Wednesday, hovering near a four-month high on a weaker dollar, while investors awaited minutes from the US Federal Reserve's last policy meeting as inflation worries persist