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Trump trade war fuels business uncertainty, rising costs and profit cuts

Dove soap maker Unilever, which was also reporting earnings, described declining consumer sentiment in its North American markets

Tech Mahindra Q4 results: Net profit rises 77% to ₹1,167 cr, revenue up 4%

India's largest IT companies have flagged uncertainty and delays in technology spending decisions due to U.S. president Donald Trump's unpredictable tariff policies stoking fears of weak a fiscal year

SBI Life Q4 results: Net profit increases marginally to Rs 814 crore

SBI Life's net premium income fell about 5% to Rs 23,861 crore as single premiums dropped nearly 73% while first-year premiums rose about 7%

PepsiCo cuts 2025 profit forecast amid trade tensions and cost pressures

PepsiCo now expects fiscal 2025 core earnings per share to decline 3 per cent, compared with its previous forecast of a low-single-digit increase

Dow reports first-quarter loss, expands review of European assets

In January, Dow said it would reduce global headcount by 1,500 as part of a cost-saving plan due to lackluster demand and margin pressures

India may export up to 700K tonnes of sugar this season: Isma member

The world's second-biggest sugar producer set the 1 million ton export allowance i9n January because the government and industry believed there was a surplus for overseas markets

ACC Q4 profit dips 1.8% as rising costs offset strong sales growth

Its sales volumes rose 14% on-year, above the 5%-12% range estimated by at least three brokerages, and lifted overall revenue by 12% to 59.49 billion rupees

India confident of achieving steel production target by 2030: Poundrik

The country, the world's second-largest producer of crude steel, has imposed a temporary 12% tariff on certain steel imports to counter a surge in cheap shipments, primarily from China

Delhi may curb gasoline car sales, ban gas-guzzling bikes to cut pollution

The measures represent one of the most drastic steps the city has lined up to tackle pollution

Adobe adds AI models from OpenAI, Google to its Firefly app: Details here

Adobe said that Firefly users will be able to generate images with OpenAI's GPT image generation, Google Imagen 3, Google Veo 2 and Flux 1.1 Pro, in addition to a new version of its own image model

NSE tightens rules for SME companies shifting to main board listing

The move comes months after India's markets regulator issued tighter regulations for merchant bankers and initial public offerings by small businesses

Forex, interest rate traders turn cautious after Pahalgam terror attack

A day after the attack, the Indian rupee posted its worst performance in two weeks, falling to 85.6625 against the US dollar on Thursday

India's suspension of Indus treaty 'water warfare', says Pakistani minister

In Islamabad, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif was scheduled to hold a meeting of the National Security Committee to discuss Pakistan's response

Bessent says China tariffs not sustainable as US willing to de-escalate

Bessent said the tariffs - 145 per cent on Chinese products and 125 per cent on US products - would have to come down before trade talks can proceed

Apple fined $570 million and Meta $228 million for breach of EU law

The EU fines could stoke tensions with U.S President Donald Trump who has threatened to levy tariffs against countries that penalise US companies

US tariffs may cut India GDP by up to 0.5% points, says finance secy

He added that he expected potential growth rate of around 7% could be achieved over the next decade, though India needed to expand its economy

Trump admin would consider cutting China tariffs as part of talks

China tariffs could come down to between 50% and 65%, the paper said, citing a White House official

IOC plans to operate Gujarat refinery at higher capacity from mid-2026

IOC is revamping one of the five crude units at the 274,000 bpd refinery in Gujarat to raise overall capacity by 86,000 bpd

Ather's valuation set to drop 44% ahead of IPO amid global market turmoil

India was the world's second-largest market by IPO proceeds in 2024 but listings are down 15% this year, data compiled by LSEG showed

Vedanta Resources mulls US listing to raise $1 bn for Zambian copper assets

Vedanta is considering New York as one of the options to list KCM, as the Zambian unit is known, the sources said