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US policy to change if Netanyahu fails to protect Gaza civilians: Biden

Washington is Israel's top weapons supplier and the Biden administration has mostly provided a diplomatic shield for it at the United Nations

Samsung estimates 10-fold rise in its Q1 profit as chip prices recover

In its mobile business, Samsung likely reported a solid profit after launching sales of its new flagship Galaxy S24 smartphones in late January, analysts said

BOJ Guv Kazuo Ueda signals chance of rate hike if yen moves affect prices

The BOJ releases fresh quarterly growth and inflation forecasts at its next meeting in April 25-26. Its board also holds rate-setting meetings in June, July, October and December

US officials raise commercial, market access issues with China in meeting

Washington has raised concerns with Beijing for years over restricted access to the Chinese market for US companies

Meta pushes back on US FTC's attempt to amend 2020 privacy settlement

The agency has accused Meta of misleading parents about protections for children

Google parent Alphabet weighs offer for $35 bn valued firm HubSpot

The potential acquisition would be Alphabet's largest ever and allow it to put some of its cash pile, which reached $110.9 billion at the end of December, to work

Israel beefs up defences; on alert after Iran's retaliatory attack threat

Israel is believed to have carried out the strike, among the most significant yet on Iranian interests in Tehran's close ally Syria. Israel has neither confirmed nor denied involvement

US weekly jobless claims for unemployment benefits rises more than expected

The number of people receiving benefits after an initial week of aid, a proxy for hiring, dropped 19,000 to 1.791 million during the week ending March 23, the claims report showed

Nvidia, Alphabet lead market cap surge in March driven by AI enthusiasm

Nvidia's market cap soared to $2.25 trillion at March-end, up 14% from February, while Alphabet's rose 9% to $1.8 trillion

Levi Strauss surges on profit forecast raise as cost cuts pay off

The company has turned to own stores and its website to drive sales as some of its wholesale partners such as department store chains Macy's and Kohl's struggle to attract customers

Disney to start cracking down on password-sharing from June: CEO Bob Iger

Streaming rival Netflix's password-sharing crackdown had helped it add nearly 22 million subscribers in the second half of 2023 and shatter Wall Street expectations

RBI delays implementing rules on exchange-traded derivatives till May 3

"In view of feedback received and recent developments, it has been decided that these directions will now come into effect from Friday, May 03, 2024," RBI said

Tesla begins making cars in Germany for export to India this year

Under the new Indian policy, companies can import up to 8,000 cars a year at the lower tax rate

PM Modi sets ambitious India economic goals for probable third term

For the next six years, Modi's goal is to raise per capita income to $4,418 from around $2,500, the document says, without specifying the spending or reforms needed to achieve that

Boeing paid $160 mn in compensation after MAX 9 grounding, says Alaska Air

"Although we did experience some book away following the accident and 737-9 MAX grounding, February and March both finished above our original pre-grounding expectations," Alaska said

Financials, IT power stocks to record closing high before RBI rate decision

While the rate pause is a given, RBI's commentary on the inflation outlook will be crucial, especially for consumer stocks, said analysts

Govt bond yields little changed ahead of Friday's key interest decision

The benchmark 10-year bond yield ended at 7.0934%, following its previous close of 7.1030%

US layoffs surge 7% to reach 14-month high amid govt, tech cutbacks

Tech industry continued to outpace other sectors in jobs cuts through the first quarter of this year

Microsoft, Quantinuum claim breakthrough in quantum computing: Details here

Microsoft said it plans to release the Quantum computing technology to its cloud computing customers in the coming months

Dabur flags sluggish demand in Q4, indicates slowing revenue; shares drop

Its shares fell 4.5 per cent after the news, and were on track for their worst day since May 2023. The stock was also the top drag on the FMCG index, which slipped 0.2 per cent