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Amazon India launches online academy to coach JEE aspirants

Amazon.com Inc has launched an online academy to train students for one of India's most competitive college entrance tests

China-backed AIIB to help vaccine rollout, expects steady lending in 2021

The Beijing-backed Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) will follow other development banks in helping to finance the rollout of vaccines, its president said

Intel's Mobileye plans to step up use of its own radar tech by 2025

Mobileye has taken a different strategy from many of its self-driving car competitors, with a current camera-based system that helps cars with adaptive cruise control and lane change assistance

Saudi Aramco cuts February crude supply to some Asian refiners, sources say

Saudi Arabia has cut supplies of February-loading crude by 10% for at least two Asian buyers while meeting requirements of at least three others, several refinery and trade sources said

Walmart, Disney suspend contributions to US lawmakers who opposed Biden win

Walmart Inc, the world's biggest retailer, and Walt Disney Co joined other major companies in indefinitely suspending donations to US lawmakers who voted against Joe Biden's election certification

US Federal Reserve sees possible economic boom if vaccine gets on track

One US Federal official says there is now a "clearer focus" about the economy's path forward and a horizon for a fuller recovery. Another says the pandemic's "endgame" is here

Huawei had plane waiting to whisk CFO away after May extradition judgment

Huawei had a plane waiting to take CFO Meng Wanzhou back to China from Vancouver as a key verdict in her extradition case was to be handed down last May, prosecutors said in a Canadian court

Huawei CFO asks Canada to drop security detail to loosen bail conditions

Lawyers for Huawei CFO Meng Wanzhou argued in a court to let her leave home without the security detail that was a condition of her bail since she was released after her December 2018 arrest

Global investors call for end to seafarers marooned at sea due to Covid

A group of investors called for an end to a crisis involving hundreds of thousands of seafarers stuck on ships for months due to Covid, warning the situation was creating bigger risks every day

China needs to learn to restructure emerging market debt: WB economist

Increasing debt distress in emerging markets means that China, will need to start restructuring debts in the same way that Paris Club lenders did in past crises, Reinhart said

US to require negative Covid-19 tests for international air passengers

The new rules are to take effect two weeks from the day they are signed by CDC Director Mark Redfield, which would be Jan 26

Wall Street barely higher as investors pause amid US Capitol turmoil

Five of the 11 major S&P sectors were trading higher with energy stocks leading the gains with a 3% advance, as crude prices rose

President-elect Joe Biden to name Gary Gensler as US SEC chair: Report

Gensler was chair of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) from 2009 to 2014, and since November has led Biden's transition planning for financial industry oversight

Trump denies any responsibility for his supporters' Congress attack

Democrats in the US House of Representatives plan to impeach Trump on Wednesday unless he steps down or is removed before then

Laws are just the start: Australian watchdog warns Google, Facebook

Google and FB will be subject to mandatory price arbitration if a commercial agreement on payment for Australian media cannot be reached

Oil hits 11-month high near $57 a barrel on tight supply expectations

Saudi Arabia plans to cut output by an extra 1 million barrels per day (bpd) in February and March to keep inventories in check

WB economist: China will need to learn to restructure emerging market debt

Increasing debt distress in emerging markets means that China will need to start restructuring debts in the same way that Paris Club lenders did in past crises, World Bank Chief Economist said

Look, up in the sky - it's a flying Cadillac! GM unveils futuristic vehicle

By Paul Lienert and Ben Klayman

Removed record number of disinformation campaigns in Dec, says Facebook

The activity spanned 11 countries, including Argentina, Brazil, Morocco, Ukraine, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan

India says trust with China 'profoundly disturbed', US ties on upswing

Both sides have deployed heavily in the contested area, and the escalation poses the most serious military crisis between the nuclear-armed neighbours for decades.