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Tesla urges Delaware Supreme Court to restore Musk's $56 billion payday

One of the biggest corporate legal battles entered its final stage after a lower court judge rescinded the Tesla CEO's record compensation in January 2024

US tech startup Anthropic unveils cheaper model to widen AI's appeal

Anthropic's annual revenue run rate - a calculation of annual revenue extrapolated from the current sales pace- is almost $7 billion, the spokesperson said

US government shutdown costing economy $15 billion a day, says Bessent

The only thing slowing us down here is this government shutdown, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said

HDFC Life Q2 profit rises 3.3% to ₹4470 cr, net premium income up 13%

The insurer's net profit rose 3.3% year-on-year to 4.47 billion rupees for the quarter ended September 30

Apple lobbies Centre to change tax law on high-end iPhone machinery

In China, Apple procures the machines used to make iPhones and gives them to its contract manufacturers, and is not subject to tax even though it still owns them

RBI's liquidity boost falters amid FX market intervention, say analysts

In June, the central bank announced a phased 100-basis-points CRR cut from September to November to release about ₹2.5 trillion ($28.3 billion)

India's palm oil imports hit four-month low as soyoil gains preference

India's palm oil imports in September dropped 16.3 per cent to 829,017 metric tonnes, marking their lowest point since May, the industry trade body SEA of India said

Govt scraps tax exemption on imports of missile parts amid Adani prob

In September, the government said it would free up all such parts, whether for long- or short-range missiles, from import taxes, in a boost for defence companies

Meet Indian AI startups replacing call-center jobs with human-like chatbots

AI-powered systems are subsuming jobs done by headset-wearing graduates in technical support, customer care and data management, sparking a scramble to adapt

Indian-origin US strategic expert Ashley Tellis held over China links

Tellis is also a senior fellow at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, a Washington think tank

Asia shares recover, dollar eases as Fed cut bets reclaim spotlight

Powell left the door open to further rate cuts on Tuesday and said the end of the central bank's long-running effort to shrink the size of its holdings may be coming into view

US banking giants see gains from dealmaking surge but warn of asset froth

Global investment banking fees reached a four-year high in the first nine months of the year, underpinning earnings

Broadcom to launch Thor Ultra networking chip, intensifying Nvidia rivalry

The Thor Ultra will battle Nvidia's networking interface chips and aim to further entrench Broadcom's control of network communications inside data centers designed for AI applications

Gold hits record high above $4,100/oz on Fed rate cut bets, trade jitters

Spot gold rose 0.7% to $4,137.76 per ounce as of 11:22 a.m. ET (1522 GMT), after hitting a record high of $4,179.48 earlier in the session

India-backed oil refinery in Mongolia to start operations by 2028

The announcement was made during Mongolian President Khurelsukh Ukhnaa's visit to India

India's EAAA Alternatives to invest up to ₹400 bn in clean energy by 2030

EAAA Alternatives on Tuesday got a $60 million commitment from the European Investment Bank for the India Energy Transition Fund, which is looking to raise about $300 million by the end of the year

Goldman Sachs profit jumps 37% as bankers cash in on strong deal activity

Goldman announced last month it will take a stake worth as much as $1 billion in T Rowe Price, as part of a partnership to tap the asset manager's retirement money for alternative assets

Crude oil declines more than 2% on US-China trade tensions, IEA report

Brent crude futures fell $1.38, or 2.2%, to $61.94 a barrel by 1248 GMT, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude was down 2.3%, or $1.37, at $58.12. Both contracts were at a five-month low

RBI may allow Emirates NBD to acquire controlling stake in RBL Bank

While India allows 74% foreign investment in private banks, the shareholding of a single foreign institution is limited to 15% by the RBI unless the regulator gives exceptional approval

China is making it harder to get rare earth magnet export licenses

Approvals are taking longer, although generally still within the commerce ministry's 45 business day deadline, but the scrutiny is now similar to April, at the height of the trade war