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Tata Steel to continue separation of Dutch and British operations

This comes despite Swedish steelmaker SSAB's decision to halt talks over the potential acquisition of Tata's Dutch steel mill

Global Markets: Stocks fall on long-short battle, European vaccine row

Wall Street has been gripped by a coordinated assault by small traders organising over online forums

Economic survey likely to predict 11% economic growth for 2021-22: Report

The Indian economy, which the International Monetary Fund singled out as a global bright spot only a few years ago, is set to contract 7.7% in the current fiscal year

Gold set to post weekly, monthly decline on firmer dollar rising 0.2%

Spot gold was unchanged at $1,840.91 per ounce by 0058 GMT. Prices were down 0.6% for the week and 2.9% for the month. U.S. gold futures rose 0.1% to $1,839.70

Oil industry seeks alliance with Farm Belt to fight Biden's EV agenda

While the oil industry and biofuels producers are natural competitors for space in America's gas tanks, they share a desire to ensure a future for internal combustion engines.

Small investors behind surge in GameStop and other shares hit by curbs

GameStop, the video game retailer whose 1,700% rally has been at the heart of the slugfest in the past week, initially rallied to more than $480 a share on Thursday

Facebook shuts popular stock trading group amid GameStop frenzy

Allen Tran, a 23-year-old from Chicago who created Robinhood Stock Traders, said he woke up on Wednesday to a notification that Facebook had disabled the 157,000-member group

WeWork in talks to go public through a merger with SPAC, says report

A source directly familiar with the matter said that WeWork had held talks with at least three blank-check firms over the past two months, cautioning that current talks could fall apart.

Apple's Cook criticises social media practices, intensifying FB conflict

Cook critiqued apps that he argued collect too much personal information and prioritize "conspiracy theories and violent incitement simply because of their high rates of engagement."

Walmart plans big push to challenge Amazon on advertising business

The efforts are key to Walmart's aggressive plan to achieve a more than tenfold increase in its advertising business within five years, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Citigroup hires Black-owned firms for $2.5 billion bond distribution

Citigroup has hired four Black-owned firms to distribute a $2.5 billion bond issuance to investors, as part of its work to promote racial equity in the capital markets

GM aims to end sale of gasoline, diesel-powered cars, SUVs by 2035

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Covid-19 crisis: EU threatens to block exports of AstraZeneca vaccines

The European Commission is to lay out the criteria under which such exports would be evaluated on Friday

Toyota beats Volkswagen to become world's top selling automaker in 2020

Toyota said on Thursday its group-wide global sales fell 11.3% to 9.528 million vehicles in 2020. That compared with a 15.2% drop at Volkswagen to 9.305 million vehicles

Commerzbank's new CEO plans to axe 10,000 jobs in cost-cutting drive

The plan to reduce the workforce by around a quarter and cut the network of branches from 800 to 450 by 2024 will be finalised by Feb. 3, the bank said

SAP pitches cloud transformation to coronavirus pandemic-hit customers

Industry experts say SAP's shift to hosting more standardised applications from remote datacenters is key to keeping up with rivals such as Salesforce and Oracle

Samsung, Hyundai, Daewoo prepare for Petrobras oil platform tender: Report

The competition marks Petrobras' comeback as a key customer for Asian shipyards

Dow Inc quarterly results beat estimates on higher demand, prices

Dow Inc reported quarterly results on Thursday that beat analysts' estimates and forecast better-than-expected sales for the first quarter as demand and prices for its chemicals recover

Toyota South Africa to produce new model, creating 500 direct jobs

Toyota South Africa will start manufacturing a new model, the Corolla Cross, in the country this year, creating 500 jobs at its production plant in the east coast town of Durban

Govt's Budget 2021 aiming to revive economy with limited fiscal headroom

The sources said the government was also likely to project a tax revenue increase of 18-20%, aided by the lower base of the current year and an expected economic turnaround