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US Supreme Court divided over Google bid to end Oracle copyright suit

Google lawyer told the court that the disputed Java code should not receive copyright protection because it was the "the only way" to create new programs using the programming language

Four big tech companies under attack, accused of 'monopoly power'

The antitrust subcommittee of the Judiciary Committee recommended that Alphabet's Google, Apple, Amazon.com and Facebook should not both control and compete in related businesses

Nobel Prize in Chemistry awarded to Emmanuelle Charpentier, Jennifer Doudna

Emmanuelle Charpentier and Jennifer Doudna become fifth and sixth women laureates in the category

Google faces antitrust case in India over abuse in smart TVs market: Report

The latest case alleges that Google's agreements with companies like Xiaomi and TCL India effectively stop them from using both the Android system and its modified version on different devices

UK's Covid testing system face disruptions by Roche supply chain glitch

By Estelle Shirbon

Amazon sends legal notice to Future Group over Reliance deal: Report

Amazon, in its legal notice, cited a contract arrangement that included "a restricted list" of companies Future was not supposed to enter deals with, according to the report

Oil prices decline over 2% on US stimulus impasse, stockpile rise

Brent crude futures were down $1.05, or 2.5 per cent, to $41.60 a barrel by 7.33 pm (IST) and US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude declined $1.19, or 2.9 per cent, to $39.48

Japan's ANA to seek workers to leave voluntarily, cuts winter bonus to zero

ANA said redundancies would be offered to some of its 15,000 employees but did not give a specific figure

US Supreme Court hears Google bid to end Oracle copyright lawsuit

Oracle accused Google of copying thousands of lines of computer code from its popular Java programming language without a license in order to make Android

Wall Street jumps 1% at open, shaking off Donald Trump's stimulus shock

The Dow Jones Industrial Average rose 198.60 points, or 0.72%, at the open to 27,971.36.

Dip in German industrial output casts doubt on strength of recovery

Factories churned out fewer capital goods and consumer goods, with the slump particularly deep in vehicle production

Billionaire wealth reaches new high during Covid-19 pandemic: UBS report

The pandemic accelerated a trend of technology and healthcare entrepreneurs, and other business innovators, pulling ahead of their ultra-rich peers

India's rice exports could jump to record on Thailand drought effects

Higher shipments from India, the world's biggest rice exporter, could cap global prices, reduce the country's bulging inventories and limit Indian state stockpiler purchases from farmers

Indian banks say govt interest waiver will add to costs, spark litigation

The change will waive the compounded interest component on small business loans and some personal debts from March to August

S&P Global sees US, European corporate default rates doubling in 9 months

S&P predicted U.S. corporate default rates would rise to 12.5% from 6.2% and saw Europe's rate going to 8.5% from 3.8%

Donald Trump urges Congress to provide $25 billion bailout for US airlines

American Airlines and United Airlines last week began laying off 32,000 workers

Citigroup terminates manager involved in running QAnon website

Citigroup Inc said it terminated a manager in its technology department following an investigation into his role as the operator of a popular website dedicated to the unfounded QAnon conspiracy theory

Factbox: How the four Big Tech companies gain and maintain dominance

US House of Representatives subcommittee issued a report detailing tactics biggest tech companies used to gain dominant positioning in online search, advertising, social networking shopping

Samsung likely to post 35% surge in Q3 profit as smartphone sales recover

Last year Samsung's chip business accounted for roughly half of its profit

Oil prices slide as Trump cancels aid talks, US crude stocks expand

US West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures fell 87 cents, or 2.1%, to $39.80 a barrel by 0104 GMT while Brent crude futures fell by 74 cents, or 1.7%, to $41.91 a barrel