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US, UK strike Yemen to counter Houthi attacks; Tesla, Volvo halt production

A US official said more than a dozen locations were targeted in strikes that were not just symbolic but intended to weaken the Houthis' military capabilities

Trade department backs lower tax on hybrid vehicles in green push

India's combined sales and additional taxes on hybrid vehicles sales are as high as 43%, based on the size of the car, compared with the highest rate of 50% imposed on petrol and diesel cars

Tesla launches restyled Model 3 in North America at unchanged prices

The move will refresh Tesla's aging vehicle line-up in its biggest market and follows a price war last year that helped the company meet its annual deliveries goal at the cost of margins

BlackRock, Ark Investment lower fee for planned spot bitcoin ETFs

BlackRock's iShares Bitcoin Trust would charge 0.25%, compared with the 0.30% fee set earlier. ARK 21Shares Bitcoin ETF lowered its fee to 0.21% from 0.25%

Barclays raises target on Europe's STOXX 600 to 510 from 485: Report

The new target represents a roughly 7 per cent upside from current levels

Samsung Electronics family shares block sale seen at $1.66 bn: Report

The sale of about 29.8 million shares in the deal will be at a discount of 1.2% to 2.0% from Samsung shares' Wednesday closing price of 73,600 won

US State Secy Blinken meets Palestinian leader Abbas in occupied West Bank

The visit came a day after talks on Tuesday with Israeli PM Netanyahu and his war cabinet over Israel's war with Hamas, regional tensions and the future of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict

Govt not planning higher taxes on steel imports despite industry's demand

Steel mills want authorities to raise taxes from the prevailing 7.5% on several steel products to curb imports

REC to issue multiple-tenor bonds to raise up to 10 billion rupees

REC plans to raise up to Rs 1,000 cr ($120.43 million), including a greenshoe of Rs 500 crore billion, through bonds maturing in over three years

Cen banks to intervene more in bond mkt; regulation needs review: ICMA

The report is based on the biggest government bond markets in Europe

Here's what airlines and regulators are doing about Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets

US regulators have ordered a temporary grounding for safety checks on 171 Boeing 737 MAX 9 jets installed with the same panel, while investigations and safety checks take place.

TSMC posts flat Q4 revenue but beats market expectations on AI boom

For December alone, TSMC reported that revenue fell 8.4% year-on-year to T$176.3 billion, which was down 14.4% compared with the previous month

In talks with multiple prospective buyers of gaming assets: ByteDance

The firm stopped working on unreleased games and planned to divest of titles already launched, people familiar with the matter told Reuters at the time

How does a Taiwan election work? Everything you need to know about it

Taiwan's three main parties contesting the election are the ruling Democratic Progressive Party (DPP), the Kuomintang (KMT) and the Taiwan People's Party (TPP), only set up in 2019

Indian refiners set to ask for extra Saudi oil after sharp price cut

Indian Oil Corp, the country's top refiner, and Bharat Petroleum Corp, are looking at lifting an additional 1 million barrels of oil each from Saudi Aramco in February, the sources said

Juniper shares climb 23% as Hewlett Packard Enterprise nears $13 bn deal

Juniper has a market value of about $9.6 billion as last close of $30.22. The company's shares were trading at $37.25 on Tuesday, while Hewlett Packard Enterprise's stock fell nearly 8%

Meta to restrict more content targeting teens on Instagram, Facebook

The move will make it more difficult for teens to come across potentially sensitive content or accounts when they use features such as Search and Explore on Instagram

Quakes, storms cause $95 billion in insurance losses in 2023: Munich Re

The tally of losses from natural catastrophes covered by insurance is less than the $125 billion recorded in 2022 and is also lower than estimate of $100 billion published last month by rival Swiss Re

Google faces $1.67 bn damages demand at AI-related patent trial in Boston

A lawyer for Singular Computing, founded by Massachusetts-based computer scientist Joseph Bates, told jurors that Google copied Bates' technology

Keep hope of Palestinian state alive: Blinken brings Arab message to Israel

International concern has been growing over the huge Palestinian death toll from the Israeli assault on the enclave as well as a humanitarian crisis enveloping hundreds of thousands of people in Gaza