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CCI seeks SC hearing to expedite investigation in Amazon, Flipkart cases

The commission's investigation unit concluded in August that Amazon and Flipkart breached India's antitrust laws by favouring selected sellers on their websites

China regulators tell banks to speed up offshore listings to boost economy

The closed-door meetings and their details, which have not been reported previously, mark a strategic change for China after it framed rules for offshore fundraisings in March 2023, tightening

Taiwan raises alert as China deploys naval ships in possible drills

Such zones are temporarily reserved and allocated for a particular user during a set period, though other flights can pass through with permission from controllers, according to international rules

UK's Domino's Pizza enters into new 5-yr framework with franchise partners

Last month, the company said it was expecting to open 50 to 60 new stores in 2024 fiscal, and was on track to open its 1,400th store in the next year

Group to invest over Rs 7.5 trillion in Rajasthan, says Karan Adani

As part of its investments, it plans to set up four new cement plants to build additional capacity of 6 million tonnes per annum

Jack Ma envisions AI-driven future for Ant Group in rare public appearance

Ma, China's best-known tech entrepreneur, publicly criticized Chinese regulators in a speech in October 2020, derailing a massive listing by Ant Group. That was followed by regulatory crackdowns

German opposition leader Merz visits Ukraine amid snap election campaign

The Ukraine war is panning out to be one of the top issues in the campaign ahead of Germany's snap election, scheduled for Feb. 23 after the collapse of Scholz's fractious coalition

16 member countries urge to include vapes in EU's tobacco tax law

Initiative, led by Netherlands, has support of Croatia, the Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Latvia, Slovakia, Spain, Belgium, Bulgaria, Ireland, Slovenia and Portugal

Yoon still controls military, says South Korea as leadership crisis deepens

While Yoon survived an impeachment vote in parliament on Saturday, his party's decision to delegate presidential authority to the prime minister has plunged the nation into a constitutional crisis

Apple plans three-year modem rollout in a bid to top Qualcomm 5G chips

Apple's new component is set to feature in the iPhone SE, the company's entry-level smartphone, which is scheduled for its first update since 2022 next year

China's consumer inflation hits five-month low in Nov as new risks arise

World's second-largest economy is bracing for likely fresh tariffs from a second Donald Trump White House and still dealing with other headwinds, suggesting more policy stimulus will be needed

BYD on track to beat 2024 sales goal of 4 mn vehicles, outsell Ford, Honda

During August to October, BYD added nearly 200,000 units in production capacity and hired 200,000 workers for auto and part manufacturing

Asian shares dip on South Korea slump, busy week for central banks

Mood was generally upbeat after US November payrolls showed enough of a recovery to assuage concerns of a slowdown

Australian lender ANZ names former HSBC wealth chief Nuno Matos as new CEO

Hong-Kong-based Matos has served in several of HSBC's largest regions, including Europe and Latin America, and was among the internal candidates vying to take over as CEO of HSBC

2024 will be world's hottest year ever recorded, say EU scientists

C3S said data from January to November had confirmed 2024 is now certain to be the hottest year on record, and the first in which average global temperatures exceed 1.5 degrees Celsius

Rachel Reeves to push for UK, EU reset at finance ministers' meeting

Britain's Labour government is pushing to reset ties with the EU after coming to power in July and improve trading relations in a bid to raise growth

Extreme heat, high temperature puts garment factory workers at risk: Study

Report identified only three retailers - Nike, Levi's, and VF Corp - which specifically include protocols to protect workers from heat exhaustion in their supplier codes of conduct

At Gulf bitcoin gathering, Trump allies to bask in crypto's euphoria

President-elect Trump is World Liberty Financial's chief crypto advocate, and sons Eric, Don Jr and Barron are ambassadors, according to the WLF website

Russia's abandonment of Syria's President Assad led to his downfall: Trump

Trump, who has said he will seek to halt the Ukraine war rapidly, met Ukraine's President Zelenskiy on Saturday in Paris where they were both attending a ceremony to reopen Notre-Dame Cathedral

Israel shells northern Gaza hospital, disrupting service, say doctors

The health ministry of Hamas-run Gaza said a doctor was killed with his family in an Israeli airstrike near the Kamal Adwan Hospital on Saturday night