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Donald Trump calls to 'open up' North Sea and get rid of windmills

Oil companies have been steadily exiting the North Sea in recent decades with production declining

Apple's China challenge deepens as foreign phone sales slump 47.4% in Nov

The US company's smartphone sales in China still slipped 0.3 per cent during the third quarter from a year earlier, while Huawei's sales surged 42 per cent, according to research firm IDC

H-1B visas benefit both nations, mobility of professionals important: MEA

Late last month, Trump said he fully backed the H-1B programme for foreign workers opposed by some of his supporters after Musk, the billionaire CEO of Tesla and SpaceX, vowed to go to "war" to defend

US pizza chain Papa John's aims to re-enter Indian market in 2025

Papa John's exited India in 2017 saying its restaurants were not able to meet the expectations of the brand and the franchisee

Aiming to boost economic ties with US, engaging with Trump admin: Goyal

Bilateral trade between India and the United States, India's largest trading partner, exceeded $118 billion in 2023/24, with India registering a trade surplus of $32 billion

Rupee logs 9th straight week of losses, analysts expect more weakness

The rupee may touch the 86-per-dollar mark in the short term, said Jigar Trivedi, a senior analyst at Reliance Securities, who recommends buying the dollar-rupee pair on every dip

UN's world food price index eases in December as sugar prices decline

Sugar prices led December's monthly decline, dropping 5.1 per cent month-on-month thanks to improving sugarcane crop prospects in the main producing countries to stand 10.6 per cent below its December

Oil set for weekly gains as market eyes US, Chinese policy support

Signs of Chinese economic fragility heightened expectations of policy measures to boost growth in the world's top oil importer

Tesla's China sales hit record high in 2024, bucking global decline

Tesla's record China sales while its worldwide deliveries fell is reflective of the global EV landscape as China is the only major market seeing robust growth

China gives govt workers first big pay hike in a decade to boost economy

On a combined basis, the immediate payout would amount to a one-time shot to the economy of between about $12 billion and around $20 billion

Rupee may dip to all-time low on Fed outlook-spurred dollar rally

The dollar index rose 0.7 per cent on Thursday, hitting 109.54, helped by the US jobless claims data

Asian shares rise, dollar at two-year high as US rates, Trump in focus

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was 0.33 per cent higher but on course for a nearly 1 per cent drop for the week

Tesla Cybertruck explodes outside Trump Las Vegas hotel, killing driver

Videos taken by witnesses inside and outside the hotel showed the vehicle exploding and flames pouring out of it, as it sat outside the hotel

Wall Street rises in first trading session of 2025, Tesla stock slides

At 11:41 a.m. ET, the Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 111.85 points, or 0.26%, to 42,656.07, the S&P 500 gained 25.69 points

At 211,000, US weekly unemployment claims declines to eight-month low

"A stable job market will squelch the Fed's appetite for cutting rates aggressively amid nagging services inflation," said Jeffrey Roach, chief economist at LPL Financial

China proposes further export curbs on battery, critical minerals tech

Thursday's announcement does not say when the proposed changes, which are open for public comment until Feb. 1, could come into force

Tesla records 1.1% sales drop for 2024, first annual decline in 9 years

The annual decline for the Austin, Texas, company came despite offers such as 0 per cent financing, free charging and low-priced leases

US ETFs may face obstacles this year after record $1.1 trn inflows in 2024

The inflows were the most in the product's 35-year history and came close to doubling last year's figure of $597 billion.

Europe, Asia's factories end 2024 on weak footing as Trump 2.0 risks mount

U.S. President-elect Trump has pledged to impose tariffs across the board, with bigger barriers on imports from three major trading partners - Mexico, Canada and China

In Norway, nine out of ten new cars sold in 2024 were fully electric

Fully electric vehicles accounted for 88.9% of new cars sold in 2024, up from 82.4% in 2023, data from the Norwegian Road Federation (OFV) showed