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India's October-February sugar output jumps 20%, few mills close early

A few mills closed operations ahead of normal schedule, a trade body said on Wednesday

Gold prices slip as US bond yields and equities dull its appeal

Spot gold fell 0.6% to $1,727.11 an ounce by 1016 GMT

Protestors shut down roads as Lebanese pound plummets to new low

Protesters blocked roads with burning tyres and dumpsters across Lebanon on Tuesday

Chinese telecoms firm ZTE preparing electric vehicle product line

The firm is joining a number of Chinese technology companies entering the electric vehicle market

Oil rises as US vaccine progress raises demand expectations

Brent crude futures rose 24 cents, or 0.38%, to $62.94 a barrel after four days of losses

Samsung considering four sites in US for $17 bn chip plant, documents show

The tech giant also said in the documents dated Feb. 26 that it is seeking combined tax abatements of $1.48 billion over 20 years from Travis County and the city of Austin

OPEC oil has advantage over US shale during Covid pandemic recovery

Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allies, known as OPEC+, has more than 7 million barrels of daily oil output sitting in reserve

UK to receive 10 mn AstraZeneca vaccine doses from India's Serum Institute

SII, the world's largest vaccine manufacturer by volume, is mass producing the AstraZeneca vaccine, developed with Oxford University, for dozens of poor and middle-income countries

Amazon issues rare apology after complaints that series hurt Hindu beliefs

Amazon's Prime Video streaming service issued a rare apology to its Indian viewers for some scenes in its original political drama series "Tandav", which allegedly offended Hindu religious beliefs

Sunak to promise 'whatever it takes' in UK's new Covid-19 budget plan

Sunak has so far spent almost 300 billion pounds ($419 billion) on emergency support measures and tax cuts

Asian shares nudge higher as investors shrug concerns, dollar soft

Wall Street had retreated overnight after beginning March with a bang, with the S&P 500 staging its best one-day rally in nine months on Monday

Resurgent market evokes memories of long-gone bubble on Tokyo's exchange

The party came to an end when the stocks bubble burst in the early 1990s. Yamaichi was one of four major banks and brokerages that collapsed in 1997

Boeing cites risks in design of Airbus' latest narrowbody jet A321XLR

The debate surrounds the hot-selling A321XLR's main marketing point - the longest range of any single-aisle jet

UK extends furlough scheme by five months, gives more help to self-employed

Britain will extend its huge job-protecting furlough programme by five months until the end of Sept and expand parallel support for the self-employed, finance minister is due to announce

Britain to modernise, ease listing rules to buttress London after Brexit

The London Stock Exchange is facing tougher competition from NYSE and Nasdaq in New York, and from Euronext in Amsterdam since Britain fully left the European Union on Dec. 31

Oil falls to two-week lows as OPEC+ nations seen easing supply curbs

OPEC Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo said the outlook for oil demand was looking more positive, particularly in Asia

Wall Street retreats, stocks edge down as investors hit pause, watch bonds

The subdued performance of the three major Wall Street indices followed a flat close in Europe and slipping shares in Asia

US Fed officials emphasise policy 'patience' as market outlook improves

The Fed will need a "big dose of patience in the summer," she added, as inflation likely picks up sharply but temporarily

Amazon issues rare apology in India over 'Tandav' portrayal of religion

In a statement titled "Amazon Prime Video Apologizes", the company on Tuesday said it deeply regrets viewers considered certain scenes to be objectionable

6-week sprint got Canada's nod for AstraZeneca Covid-19 vaccine

Health Canada's relatively fast approval was underpinned by SII and Verity's four years of working to bring a cancer treatment to Canada