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Asian markets slip, led by South Korea, despite upbeat US tech earnings

MSCI's Asia-Pacific index outside Japan fell 0.2%, while South Korean shares dropped over 1%. Concerns over AI spending and Gulf tensions offset stronger-than-expected US technology earnings

Oil prices rise as Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia fuel supply concerns

Brent crude rose 1.2% to $110.11 a barrel and US WTI gained 1% to $98.12 after Houthi attacks in Saudi Arabia killed three people and prompted Washington to order some diplomats' families to leave

OpenAI president seeks AI safeguards as group he funds opposes curbs

OpenAI President Greg Brockman's $25 million donation to a political group opposing restrictive AI rules raises questions about the company's commitment to AI safety regulations.

Why Musk backs a $3.5 trillion Tesla-SpaceX merger and what it means

Elon Musk has backed a potential $3.5 trillion merger of SpaceX and Tesla, aiming to combine their AI, robotics, satellite and energy businesses, though regulatory and governance risks remain.

Eternal Q2 profit jumps 92% to ₹125 crore but falls short of estimates

Eternal's Q2 net profit surged 92.3% to ₹1.25 billion but missed analyst estimates of ₹2.71 billion as rising costs weighed, even as revenue jumped 77.6% on strong Blinkit growth.

Brent near 5-month high on West Asia supply fears, US inventory drawdowns

Brent crude futures rose $1.32, or 1.2%, to $110.11 per barrel by 0747 GMT while US West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude gained $1.18, or 1.2%, to $99.00 per barrel

Indian Oil to trim West Asian oil imports under annual deals amid Iran war

Indian refiners traditionally relied on ‌the West Asia for more than half of their annual crude supplies, particularly heavier, high-sulphur grades, because of the region's proximity

Bajaj Finance, Piramal Finance flag early signs of stress in gold loans

Indian banks ​and non-bank lenders have rushed to lend to consumers against their ​gold holdings as they consider these loans more secure

Getty Images files for US bankruptcy, advances restructuring plan

Last week, Getty announced plans to file for bankruptcy, marking a major reset ‌after its planned merger ​with rival Shutterstock collapsed ​under the weight of heavy debt and growing competition

Rupee jumps to six-week high as Jio IPO-linked inflows bolster recovery

The rupee rose to a ‌peak of 94.4925 before trimming gains slightly to last quote at 94.56, up 0.4% on the day

SBI reports cyberattack exposing 3,897 customer records on dark web

SBI said a analysis showed that exposed information included customer names, mobile numbers, DOBs, email addresses, residential addresses, brand and customer identifiers, along with loan ‌records

Asian shares climb, bonds stabilise as strong earnings buoy Wall Street

MSCI's broadest index of Asia-Pacific shares outside Japan was up 1.5%, led by ​a 4% gain for Korean shares, while Japan's Nikkei 225 climbed 1.3%

Anthropic reports net loss of over $80 billion in first half of 2026

The loss, up from $13 billion a year earlier, was driven by $72 billion in accounting charges tied to changes in the ‌value of financial instruments Anthropic issued to raise ​money

What are the three key issues shaping the 2026 US midterm elections?

Republicans hold narrow majorities in the House of Representatives and Senate while Democrats need a net gain of four seats to take control of each chamber

Musk ordered slowdown of Starlink service used by Ukraine's military

Ukraine uses Starlink ​for battlefield communications and drone ​operations. Restricting the satellite service hampered the country's attack and air defence drone ​missions against Russia

UN experts urge India to cease 'use of excessive force' to curb protests

India has repeatedly dismissed such criticism and cast it as interference ‌in the country's internal affairs

Half of coal plants run critically low on fuel as power demand surges

The number of power plants with critically low coal stocks - which only have enough fuel supply to generate power for less than three days - rose to 96 as of October 19 from 60 plants in mid-September

ByteDance, Alibaba, Tencent place over $35 billion in Nvidia chip orders

ByteDance, Alibaba and Tencent have ordered over 3 million Nvidia RTX PRO 5500 graphics cards, but the chipmaker may struggle to meet demand amid US export restrictions on China

Qualcomm plans worldwide job cuts in performance-focused layoffs

Qualcomm CEO Cristiano Amon said the company would begin notifying affected employees in November as it seeks to strengthen its performance culture amid slowing smartphone demand

US bans Chinese AI firm DeepSeek from government agency IT systems

The department is also banning acquisition of DeepSeek products and third-party services developed using DeepSeek by US civilian ‌government agencies