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Oil jumps above $14 a barrel after massive sell-off. (AFP Photo)

Oil jumps above $14 a barrel after massive sell-off

The Oil Fund had sold its contracts due to expire in June to move into longer-dated holdings amid fears about storage...

29 April 2020 8:40 AM IST

What we need are strategies for coping with Covid-19 and they need not be drastic ones like the national lockdowns, or even large-scale quarantining. PTI Photo

Covid-19: A glimmer of hope as recoveries rise

The difference between the fatalities and recoveries is huge, and gives rise to more than a glimmer of hope

28 April 2020 6:20 PM IST

HSBC Q1 pre-tax profits plunge 48% to $3.2bn. (AFP Photo)

HSBC's pre-tax profit falls 48% as virus batters global economy

Lender reported pre-tax profits of $3.2 billion, down 48 percent citing credit losses from clients hit by the economic...

28 April 2020 10:34 AM IST

Oil fell on Tuesday, adding to huge declines in the previous session. (AP/AFP Photo)

Oil prices slide as world runs low on storage capacity

The main concern is that there is nowhere to store all the oil that is not being consumed due to the drop in global...

28 April 2020 8:40 AM IST

. Civil defence officials wear protective suits to help a man who was lying on the roadside near Hebbal flyover during a nationwide lockdown imposed in the wake of novel coronavirus pandemic. PTI Photo

MP's virus hotspot Indore's virus strain may be more virulent

The emergence of Indore as key hotspot of coronavirus pandemic in Madhya Pradesh has puzzled the experts

27 April 2020 6:49 PM IST

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Franklin Templeton Mutual Fund pledges to return investors money at...

The asset manager blamed redemption pressures and lack of liquidity in the bond markets for the "voluntary" action

27 April 2020 2:24 PM IST

Union minister Nitin Gadkari. (PTI Photo)

Convert world's 'hatred' for China into economic opportunity, says...

Interacting with overseas Indian students he said there is hatred for China. Is it possible to convert it into an...

27 April 2020 1:04 PM IST

Quarterly updates are due this week from Google parent Alphabet, Facebook, Microsoft, Amazon and Apple, all of which will see an impact from the pandemic.

Big Tech firms try to highlight covid efforts to burnish image as they...

Quarterly results looming, Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft do not want to be seen as having cashed in on the...

26 April 2020 10:22 PM IST

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India's holding of US government securities hits record high of $177.5...

US Treasury Department showed that the amount of securities owned by India has also gone up by the maximum quantum in a...

26 April 2020 12:34 PM IST

Tata Steel seeks GBP 500mn government bailout in UK. (PTI Photo)

Tata Steel's UK arm seeks 500 million government bailout package

The government bailout package 500-million figure is said to be a "ballpark" estimate of the company's funding need

26 April 2020 11:14 AM IST

In the first three quarters of fiscal 2019, US Citizenship and Immigration Services adjudicators denied 24 per cent of H-1B petitions

Immigrants, hard hit by economic fallout, adapt to new jobs

The coronavirus pandemic has devastated sectors of the economy dominated by immigrant labour

24 April 2020 12:06 PM IST

Indians among worst affected minority groups in England. (AFP Photo)

Indians among minority groups in UK worst hit by Covid19

Figures released by National Health Service show that of 13,918 patients those identifying with Indian ethnicity made up...

23 April 2020 2:39 PM IST