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Gold recovers slightly after 6 sessions ahead of key US inflation data

Spot gold was up 0.3 per cent at $2,615.19 per ounce, as of 0833 GMT. US gold futures edged 0.2 per cent higher to $2,632.30

Star Health investigates alleged role of security chief in data leak

Investigation comes after the hacker, an individual dubbed xenZen, publicly asserted on his website that the executive had 'sold all this data to me'

Japan's Seven & i, facing a $47 bn Couche-Tard bid, to divest some assets

Operator of 'Seven Eleven stores'- numbering over 80,000 worldwide, has been under pressure from investors to divest from its large portfolio of peripheral businesses

Google's Nobel prize winners stir debate over company's AI research

Former Google researcher Geoffrey Hinton, meanwhile, won the Nobel prize for physics on Tuesday, alongside US scientist John Hopfield, for earlier discoveries in machine learning

Shift to EV-only future likely to bring job losses, warns Toyota chairman

Toyota, the world's biggest automaker by sales, has been more cautious in its approach to EVs than other makers

Adani Group plans 10 GW overseas hydroelectric projects over next few yrs

While the group is mostly focussed on building pumped hydro storage in India, it is drawn to countries that have favourable topography and demand for hydropower

GSK agrees to settle about 80,000 Zantac lawsuits for up to $2.2 billion

Lawsuits against the companies began piling up in both state and federal courts after the US Food and Drug Administration in 2020 asked manufacturers to pull Zantac off the market

Uniqlo owner Fast Retailing posts 31% rise in yearly profit, beats estimate

Fast Retailing's operating profit rose 31 per cent to 500.9 billion yen ($3.35 billion) in the 12 months through August from 381.1 billion yen a year earlier

Hurricane Milton destroys homes, weakens as it moves across central Florida

Eye of the storm made landfall in Siesta Key, a barrier island town of some 5,400 off Sarasota about 60 miles (100 km) south of the Tampa Bay metropolitan area, home to more than 3 million people

UBS integration with Credit Suisse 'bang on target' in test run: IT chief

The bank will begin migrating clients booked in Luxembourg and Hong Kong in the coming weeks, and Singapore slightly later, and other countries would follow later in 2024 and next year

World Bank raises S Asia growth forecast to 6.4% on Indian domestic demand

India's economic growth forecast for the current fiscal year, ending in March 2025, was revised to 7 per cent year-on-year

HSBC weighs cost-cutting plan of up to $300 million, targeting top ranks

Reported $300 million in savings would be a fraction of group costs that reached $16.3 billion in the first six months this year, 5 per cent higher than in the same period a year ago

Tesla's China-made EV sales grow 19.2% in Sept, sells over 72K vehicles

Tesla sold more than 72,000 EVs in China's domestic market, up 66 per cent year-on-year, its best month this year, according to a company statement on Thursday

Israel eliminates Hezbollah 'Golan Heights' member, airstrikes Syria

Israel, which has carried out strikes against Iran-linked targets in Syria for years, has ramped up its raids since the Oct. 7

Here's how Trump could overhaul US financial regulators if he wins on Nov 5

In 2020, the US Supreme Court handed the president more authority over the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, including by empowering him or her to fire its director at will

Airbus faces pressure as lower deliveries highlight challenging target

Airbus and Boeing supplier Senior said on Tuesday it was cutting headcount in response to challenges in commercial aerospace manufacturing, sending its shares tumbling

Haryana elections: Cong files complain with ECI over outcome of state poll

In a letter to Congress President Mallikarjun Kharge that day, the election panel said the Congress's rejection infringed the norms of free speech

Ex Pfizer CEO, CFO not to involve in Starboard's campaign on drugmaker

Pfizer's shares have fallen more than 9% in the past year and trade at around half of their pandemic-era highs as sales of its COVID products shrink

Donald Trump rejects Fox News invite to debate Harris in late October

In a statement, Fox had said a second debate 'would present an opportunity for each candidate to make their closing arguments'

Boeing workers in for 'long haul' after pay talks collapse: Union leader

Reaching an accepted deal is critical for Boeing, ratings agency S&P estimates the strike is costing it $1 billion a month and it is at risk of losing its prized investment grade credit rating